Trust, respect and personal datastores

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	Trust, respect and personal datastores On the final day of last week's European Identity Conference (EIC) I sat in on a workshop/presentation of the new Respect Trust Framework, which is being billed as a new approach to giving individuals control over their personal data shared over the Internet and mobile phone networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility KnowledgeVault The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault provide expert guidance, peer advice, survey results and best practices to help you protect your mobile infrastructure. From determining a policy for employee-owned devices and data encryption to supporting the six major mobile operating systems, securing mobile devices and data is a top priority. View now In this Issue DARPA takes aim at building iron-clad cloud services California bill would dictate privacy on Facebook, etc.. Researcher: Dropbox misrepresents security features Good News and Bad News On Obama Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal Letter Location data is personal and private confirms EU watchdog Senate slates second round with Apple, Google over mobile privacy It's the human threat, stupid The CEO and his hardware token: A lesson learned Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster Experts: Small firms can take steps to improve cybersecurity Securing Google Apps: A CIO Q&A Cisco VoIP phones part of security weakness demo Do-not-track me! WEBCAST: BMC Software Get the Leading ITSM Suite on your Terms BMC Remedy OnDemand offers the power of the industry's leading IT Service Management solution with the flexibility of Software as a Service. And when your needs change, switching between the OnDemand and on-premise BMC Remedy suite is seamless. Watch the demo for a peek inside BMC Remedy OnDemand. View Today! 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 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 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 WHITE PAPER: HP 6 Key Dedupe Challenges The deduplication market is the fastest segment ofthe storage industry, per IDC. Accordingly, every vendor is telling their version of the deduplication story. With emerging technologies, it is difficult for IT managers to determine what the true IT benefits vs. marketing spin are. Read More Today! 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 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 The CEO and his hardware token: A lesson learned Let me tell you a story. It has everything a gripping tale needs – conflict, a power struggle and a gripping climax. Best of all, it's loosely based on true accounts – could this be your story? Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Distributed Virtualization Management from Big Iron Many enterprises started virtualization efforts to reap the benefits of consolidating their distributed infrastructure. This consolidation, however, has not ended datacenter infrastructure heterogeneity since enterprises seem intent on acquiring different virtualization platforms as well as heterogeneous hardware platforms. Read Now Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said today. Read More Experts: Small firms can take steps to improve cybersecurity Small businesses can protect themselves against cyber threats, security experts say. Read More Securing Google Apps: A CIO Q&A Boston-based Bay Cove Human Services is a non-profit organization that offers assistance and service to 4,000 people and families in Massachusetts. CIO Hilary Croach has several technology challenges to contend with. For starters, the agency has its hands in a number of service areas, including helping individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, and those who need support with aging. With about 140 locations around Eastern Massachusetts, Bay Cove's employees and IT operations are scattered. Read More Cisco VoIP phones part of security weakness demo Cisco reaching out to AusCERT 2011 conference and speakers, Microsoft included in VoIP security weakness demo Read More Do-not-track me! In just one week, privacy advocates have seen two major proposals to promote consumer privacy on the Internet. In California, SB-761, a "Do-Not-Track" bill regulating tracking cookies, passed through committee clearing a major hurdle to adoption. Simultaneously, Sen Rockefeller introduced a very similar bill in the US Senate. Both bills would require companies to honor a "Do-Not-Track" preference set by consumers, usually as a browser setting. The bills represent a significant step forward in online privacy and should be strongly supported by voters. Read More
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