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	DARPA takes aim at building iron-clad cloud services Building highly-secure, vulnerability invulnerable cloud services is part of a new technology drive that will be announced by the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).  The cloud program, known as Mission-oriented Resilient Clouds will be detailed at a meeting in Arlington, Va., on May 26 and a Broad Agency Announcement will follow. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Foundations of Security Information Management This guide examines the details of each of these processes and provides best practices to build a foundation for SIM. Learn more. In this Issue Good News and Bad News On Obama Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal Letter It's the human threat, stupid California bill would dictate privacy on Facebook, etc.. Researcher: Dropbox misrepresents security features Location data is personal and private confirms EU watchdog Senate slates second round with Apple, Google over mobile privacy Anyconnect VPN client Start Before Login (SBL) tips WHITE PAPER: Qwest Why IT Leaders Aren't Scared of Cloud Security Examine this CIO report in which your peers offer advice on cloud services and data protection. Learn 3 key tips for taking the right approach to securing a hybrid cloud infrastructure to dispel any data doubts. Read now! Good News and Bad News On Obama Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal Letter When President Obama was a mere candidate, he promised that he would enact legislation and focus more attention on growing cyber security problems. The president followed through on this promise last week when the administration trasmitted a cybersecurity legislative proposal to Capital Hill. The 5-page document provides some high-level objectives like protecting the American people (online), protecting... Read More It's the human threat, stupid Eric O'Neill, the former FBI operative who played a crucial role in the arrest and conviction of FBI agent Robert Hanssen for spying against the U.S. for the former Soviet Union and Russia, says security can't rely on tech alone. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP 10 Things to Know about Deduplication You as an IT manager want simple, cost-effective solutions for your complex IT challenges. HP kept this in mind while designing StoreOnce. New technologies, such as deduplication can be difficult to understand but StoreOnce powered by Intel Xeon® processor 5500 series makes it simple. Read More! California bill would dictate privacy on Facebook, etc.. There are plenty of reasons to look with great suspicion upon advancing legislation in California that would impose detailed, strict privacy requirements on Facebook and other Web sites that collect personal information to facilitate social interaction. Read More Researcher: Dropbox misrepresents security features Cloud data storage and synchronization company Dropbox has been hit with a complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging that the company has deceived consumers about the level of encryption security it offers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Economics of Cooperative Control: Protocols are Free Inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. Aerohive's Cooperative Control controller-less WLAN architecture delivers an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease. This paper explores the expansive economic benefits of Aerohive's unique approach. Read now! Location data is personal and private confirms EU watchdog The European Union data protection watchdog says that geo-location constitutes private data. Read More Senate slates second round with Apple, Google over mobile privacy Congress on Thursday will again grill executives from Apple and Google over mobile privacy concerns. Read More Anyconnect VPN client Start Before Login (SBL) tips This is going to be an add-on post to a documented procedure, which can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_example09186a00809f0d75.shtml When I needed to configure the same functionality that is described in this tech note, I ran into a few issues and thought it may help others if I share my knowledge around that. Read More
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