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	PayPal CISO: DDoS one big security threat among many Stung by a high-profile denial-of-service attack in December, PayPal's CISO says application layer attacks remain a major threat to businesses in general, which need better defenses and actual testing of the DDoS tools they have. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell The Business Case for Security Information Management It is a mistake to assume that information security is solely a technical problem left for IT to solve. This guide is a non-technical discussion of security information management. Learn more. In this Issue Google patches 19 Chrome bugs week before Pwn2Own hacking contest Facebook security more important as e-mail spam levels drop DEMO 2011: Five Stand-Out Cloud Products for the Enterprise NASA recruiting sponsors for new high-tech competitions Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking Today's CSO: Business, relationships come first Intel completes McAfee acquisition Accused AT&T hacker makes bail Anonymous forces HBGary Federal CEO to step down WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Case Study: Columbus Finance Read this case study to learn how Columbus Finance realized a 75% cost savings and 90% increase in efficiency using Iron Mountain server backup service. Read now Google patches 19 Chrome bugs week before Pwn2Own hacking contest Google on Monday patched 19 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying nine researchers $14,000 in bug bounties for reporting the flaws. Read More Facebook security more important as e-mail spam levels drop Cisco discussed Facebook security, while Websense unveiled a new Facebook anti-spam tool. Read More DEMO 2011: Five Stand-Out Cloud Products for the Enterprise On day one of the DEMO Spring 2011 conference this week in Palm Desert, Calif., a slew of start-up companies pitched products ranging from an ecoATM that recycles old gadgets to a Web site that lets customers virtually try on clothes using their Web cams. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign DNSSEC: What It Is, and Isn't As hackers continue to exploit Internet vulnerabilities, efforts are underway to protect individuals and companies against these exploits. Discover how the rollout of Domain Name System Security Extensions ensures adequate protection, and what benefits individuals and companies can expect from this initiative. Read Now NASA recruiting sponsors for new high-tech competitions NASA gearing up for more Centennial Challenges Organizing, managing, running and paying for a high-tech competition, especially the kind NASA typically offers can be an expensive proposition. Read More Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company's product line toward mobile device and application access, availability and management support. Read More Today's CSO: Business, relationships come first As Baby Boomers are leaving the corporate workplace to enjoy their time on the beach, in the mountains and in their RVs traveling across the country, corporate security departments are losing leadership talent more frequently than at any other time in corporate history. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Trend Micro Deep Security 7.5 Servers and desktop virtualization are essential elements of any IT strategy that seeks to decrease capital and operations expenditures. Tests have shown that Trend Micro Deep Security consistently outperforms non VM-aware implementations. Learn more about Deep Security in this whitepaper. Read now! Intel completes McAfee acquisition Intel has completed its US$7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced on Monday. Read More Accused AT&T hacker makes bail One of the two men accused of hacking AT&T's website to grab personal information about thousands of iPad users has been released on bail. Read More Anonymous forces HBGary Federal CEO to step down The hactivist group Anonymous has won for now its skirmish with the CEO of HBGary Federal, the network security firm whose e-mails were stolen and posted on the Internet, leaving the company red-faced over the content as well as the ease with which its network was hacked. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 20 awesome tech products at DEMO Build-your-own iPhone and Android apps, cloud services, photo tools and more on display at DEMO Spring 2011. Top 10 Chrome OS extensions Though Google is pitching it as an operating system for netbooks and lightweight notebooks, Chrome OS is essentially the Chrome Web browser bolted on top of a bare minimum version of Linux. The following extensions can improve the user experience of Chrome (OS or browser) to give you some of the functionality found in a traditional operating system. MOST-READ STORIES Mr. Linux goes Hollywood for the Oscars Windows Intune hits the street March 23 Open source expert takes on the hardest job at Microsoft 20 awesome tech products at DEMO Texas Gov. Rick Perry flunks Twitter 101 Will the hottest thing about iPad 2 be the price? IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go' PHP user group lauds Microsoft's open source contributions The 6 biggest misconceptions about IPv6 Anonymous forces HBGary Federal CEO to step down
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