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	Microsoft Improves Exploitability Index Rating System Recently we asked, are IT departments are too slow to patch Windows? Well today Microsoft announced a change to how it will rate exploits in regard to how vulnerabilities will affect newer and older platforms. This is meant to better help IT admins who cannot install all security updates at once. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco TechWise TV from Interop Watch the Cisco Keynote Speakers and get new design tips and best practices from our technical experts from Interop. Tuesday, May 10 thousands of IT professionals will come together for the industry's leading technology event. Register now for our Vegas event! Register Now In this Issue LastPass drops the ball, but looks good doing it LastPass says users no longer have to reset passwords How far and fast can commercial space universe grow? NetWitness' CSO on healthcare security Size matters for firewall rule sets; small is best Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole How to use a known IPv6 hole to fast freeze a Windows Network 10 tips for turning Android into a business phone 12 Awesome iPad Apps for Road Warriors WEBCAST: CA Technologies How to Maximize IT Protection and Minimize Downtime No matter how you define a disaster, you need a strategy that provides protection, fast recovery and high availability of your systems, applications and data. Attend this webcast to learn about disaster recovery best practices and the wide range of technologies available to protect your organization. Learn More LastPass drops the ball, but looks good doing it So it turns out that LastPass - which touts itself as a provider of "The last password you'll ever need" - actually offers no such thing. Not that anyone should have believed otherwise. The password-management company is in Day 2 of damage control after alerting its millions of users that there's at least a small possibility that their personal data has been put at risk. The company is recommending... Read More LastPass says users no longer have to reset passwords PastPass Friday backed off an order it issued yesterday calling for all users to reset their master passwords to the online password management system. Read More How far and fast can commercial space universe grow? The development of the commercial space industry has in the past been slow and deliberate but that seems like it's about to change with a whirlwind of developments that could shape or break its immediate future.  Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More NetWitness' CSO on healthcare security We recently interviewed Edward Schwartz, chief security officer for IT security firm NetWitness (recently acquired by RSA) to get his thoughts on the move to electronic medical records and the impact on the security and privacy of those records. During his extensive career, Schwartz has served in various executive positions for a number of security vendors including CTO of ManTech Security Technologies Corp, SVP of operations of Guardent Inc. and EVP of operations for Predictive Systems. Schwartz also worked as CISO at Nationwide Insurance. Read More Size matters for firewall rule sets; small is best Two research studies have shown there is a direct correlation between firewall rule set complexity and the likelihood of configuration errors. One study shows most firewalls are badly configured and use "very lax rules that constitute gross mistakes." Could yours be among them? Read More Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle How Oracle Exalogic and Exadata Deliver Extreme Java View this webcast to learn why Exalogic and Exadata are the definitive engineered platforms for enterprise application and database consolidation, with added advantage of extreme Java and database performance, unmatched reliability and scalability, and cloud-enabling elastic capacity. Register Today! How to use a known IPv6 hole to fast freeze a Windows Network At last week's Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit in Denver, Ed Horley began his talk about IPv6 in Windows networks by warning attendees about a dangerous DoS vulnerability that Microsoft has so far shown no interest in fixing. I had a longer conversation about it with Horley. He pointed me to the YouTube video below that shows the hole in action. Read More 10 tips for turning Android into a business phone Read More 12 Awesome iPad Apps for Road Warriors Here are a dozen powerful apps that can keep you in business on your Apple iPad, no matter where you work. Read More
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