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	5 top social media security threats Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn increasingly are being used by enterprises to engage with customers, build their brands and communicate information to the rest of the world. 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 Can you have too much security? Hidden URLs in phone and tablet browsers Memory encryption breakthrough claimed by NC State researchers Key lessons learned from Sony hack-fest Driving? 1 in 5 American drivers inept on the road New malware scanner finds 5% of Windows PCs infected Microsoft downplays IE 'cookiejacking' bug Cloud CIO: The Two Biggest Lies About Cloud Security Not even security managers immune to FakeAV infection RSA tokens may be behind major network security problems at Lockheed Martin PBS hacked by LulzSec: Lulz Boat Sailed, PBS Failed The hubris of years: IT prowess can't be measured only by time on the job WHITE PAPER: Dell IT Managers Face Security Challenges with Mobile Devices A recent IDG survey reveals data security is the top barrier to supporting employees' mobile devices. Read more Can you have too much security? Is there such a thing as too much security? Read More Hidden URLs in phone and tablet browsers Internet users should be extremely cautious before installing upcoming netbook/tablet PC versions of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox which hide the URL of Web sites that users visit – a technique known as compact Web page navigation. Read More Memory encryption breakthrough claimed by NC State researchers Researchers at North Carolina State University claim they've achieved a breakthrough in how encryption can be used in technology called non-volatile main memory, which is seen as an eventual replacement for conventional dynamic random-access memory. Read More Key lessons learned from Sony hack-fest The relentless cyberattacks against Sony should have businesses planning now what they will do when they, too, run afoul of ideologically motivated adversaries, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Manageable Application Security Investments in security solutions have to provide a clear value, which equals additional time spent collecting and documenting proof of this value. The latest version of F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager(tm) (ASM), v10.1, addresses information overload and the need for agility in implementation. Learn more! Driving? 1 in 5 American drivers inept on the road These stats are scary, though not surprising if you do any amount of driving: 1 in 5 drivers on the road today cannot meet the basic requirements to get a driver's license, meaning that nearly 37 million American drivers - roughly 18%- would not pass the written drivers test if taken today. Read More New malware scanner finds 5% of Windows PCs infected One in every 20 Windows PCs whose users turned to Microsoft for cleanup help were infected with malware, Microsoft said this week. Read More Microsoft downplays IE 'cookiejacking' bug Microsoft today downplayed the threat posed by an unpatched vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer (IE) that an Italian researchers has shown can be exploited to hijack people's online identities. Read More Cloud CIO: The Two Biggest Lies About Cloud Security Survey after survey note that security is the biggest concern potential users have with respect to public cloud computing. Here, for example, is a survey from April 2010, indicating that 45 percent of respondents felt the risks of cloud computing outweigh its benefits. CA and the Ponemon Institute conducted a survey and found similar concerns. But they also found that deployment had occurred despite these worries. And similar surveys and results continue to be published, indicating the mistrust about security persists. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Secure iPhone Access to Corporate Web Applications This technical brief describes how the BIG-IP Edge Portal app for iOS devices provides simple, streamlined access to web applications that reside behind BIG-IP APM, without requiring full VPN access, to simplify login for users and provide a new layer of control for administrators. Learn More! Not even security managers immune to FakeAV infection Can you believe it? As I sat down this morning to write this column, I got hit by a drive-by download of FakeAV. Read More RSA tokens may be behind major network security problems at Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin's has "major internal computer network problems," that one security blogger is linking to compromised RSA tokens, according to published reports. Read More PBS hacked by LulzSec: Lulz Boat Sailed, PBS Failed Sunday night, after the Public Broadcasting System aired a documentary on WikiLeaks, displeased hacktivists from LulzSec sailed its "Lulz Boat" to PBS servers. The group posted a bogus news story to the PBS's Newshour website, claiming that reports of rapper Tupac Shakur's death in 1996 had been grossly exaggerated. In fact, the news stated that Tupac had been found "alive and well," living in New... Read More The hubris of years: IT prowess can't be measured only by time on the job I've been doing quite a bit of interviewing lately (again) and there's one thing that really smacks me in the face whenever I do this.  And that is how much everyone seems to prize how long they've been doing something over how well they do it.  And in fact, when I'm giving my tech screenings, the number of times I ask someone a fairly easy question that they can't answer is staggering.  Now, I'm... Read More
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