Peeking over the IAM horizon

	Yikes, Microsoft to patch 22 bugs next week | U.S. sacks counterfeiters in massive sting
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	Peeking over the IAM horizon Ireland's Research and Markets issued a report last month ("Business and Technology Issues in IAM") with this premise: The extended enterprise needs a comprehensive identity layer. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave More Power, Lower Price, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security's 500h appliance delivers 1Gbps of throughput for unrivalled speed and performance across your enterprise. We've got the power to handle your biggest pipeline. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue Yikes, Microsoft to patch 22 bugs next week U.S. sacks counterfeiters in massive sting It's Time To Re-Examine Endpoint Security Pwn2Own organizer predicts Chrome will survive first day Can you guarantee secure remote access from devices in the wild? 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FREE video and 30-day trial. www.hitachimonitoringcenter.com Download free 30-day trial Yikes, Microsoft to patch 22 bugs next week Three zero days will be fixed and security experts warn that the massive re-boot could cause some services to freak out.There's some good news and bad news about next Tuesday's scheduled monthly patch day. The bad news is that it will be monster big, with restarts required. Microsoft will issue 12 updates that fix 22 holes, including holes in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, its Internet server and Visio. So what, pray tell, is the good news? Read More U.S. sacks counterfeiters in massive sting With the National Football League's Super Bowl extravaganza as a background, the government announced what it called a record breaking $3.6 million sting aimed at counterfeit game-related sportswear sellers. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worked with multiple NFL teams and various law enforcement agencies throughout the nation to identify stores and vendors selling counterfeit trademarked items, ICE stated. Read More It's Time To Re-Examine Endpoint Security Commodity viewpoint is erroneous -- and dangerousBack in 2007, ESG Research asked 206 IT security professionals to respond to the following statement: "Desktop security has become a commodity market with little difference between products." As expected, 58% of respondents either strongly agreed (17%) or agreed (41%) with this statement. In other words, it really didn't matter whether your ran Internet security tools from Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft,... Read More Pwn2Own organizer predicts Chrome will survive first day Google's Chrome will likely survive the first day at next month's Pwn2Own hacking challenge, but may fall the next when the rules change, the contest organizer predicted. 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Read More Microsoft fixes cookie security bug in Windows Azure Microsoft fixes a security bug in Windows Azure, and offers a new "extra small" cloud computing instance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qualys Inc. The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities This free guide covers the key aspects of the vulnerability management lifecycle and shows you what reports today's best-in-class organizations are using to reduce risks on their network infrastructure. Read now! Google bets $20K that Chrome can't be hacked Google will pay $20,000 to the first researcher who successfully exploits its Chrome browser at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest. Read More NIST report aims to help U.S. agencies deploy cloud apps The ease with which cloud computing services can be deployed heightens the security and management risks, according to a National Institute of Standards and Technology report. Read More Cisco announces three new security certifications It's Cisco Live this week - in London, at least. As usual, Cisco announced new certifications, this time all of them in security. Read More DARPA offers up $10,000 challenge for new military fighting vehicle Can you design a tank? Well you could win $10,000Ok so it may not be a tank, but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today issued a $10,000 to design a next-generation military fighting vehicle. Read More Super technologies that will change the face of football As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, we take a look at science and technology that could redefine football as we know it. Read More
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