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	US senators: Corporate data breach reporting is inconsistent and unreliable Cybersecurity breaches need to be made public in a more proactive and efficient way.  That was the crux of a letter Senator John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) and four other senators today sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking the agency to bolster its corporate breach notification requirements. 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 Do-not-track me! White House delivers cybersecurity legislation Cloud-based security as a service: It's catching on and here's why Windows 7's malware infection rate climbs, XP's falls Businesses need to look at security as a military operation Google engineers deny Chrome hack exploited browser's code Facebook denies privacy breach allegations by Symantec How Google will Search & Destroy your privacy, interview with author Scott Cleland Windows malware threatens bank accounts Apple, Google execs squirm before Senate privacy panel 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! 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 White House delivers cybersecurity legislation The White House today sent its cybersecurity legislation to Capitol Hill, asking for changes in the law that will give the Dept. of Homeland Security more authority and duties in overseeing both private-sector and government networks. The White House is also asking for a national data-breach law that would supercede the patchwork of state data-breach laws now in place around the country. Read More Cloud-based security as a service: It's catching on and here's why When technology manager Lincoln Cannon wants to give his company's employees and business partners controlled access to various internal resources or cloud-based services the company uses, he goes to one cloud-based single sign-on security service to assign access privileges. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Windows 7's malware infection rate climbs, XP's falls Data released today by Microsoft showed that Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by more than 30% during the second half of 2010, even as the infection rate of the 10-year-old Windows XP fell by more than 20%. Read More Businesses need to look at security as a military operation LAS VEGAS -- Businesses need to look at security as a military exercise and can benefit from strategies that have proved useful in battle, a former military security expert told an Interop audience this week. Read More Google engineers deny Chrome hack exploited browser's code Several Google security engineers have countered claims that a French security company found a vulnerability in Chrome that could let attackers hijack Windows PCs running the company's browser. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Tips for Safer P2V Migration Join this webcast, Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT, to learn the best practices for post implementation of virtualized servers in your environment. Discover what challenges to look out for and how to prepare to avoid pitfalls ensuring total protection for your systems, applications and data. Learn More Facebook denies privacy breach allegations by Symantec Facebook today denied that it may have accidentally exposed personal user data to advertisers and other third parties for several years. Read More How Google will Search & Destroy your privacy, interview with author Scott Cleland Scott Cleland is said to be "the world's leading Google critic." He's testified about Google in front on Congress and runs GoogleMonitor.com, Googleopoly.net, and Precursor. Read More Windows malware threatens bank accounts Web access security provider Trusteer has identified a Microsoft Windows malware platform that it says has "morphed" into a threat that attacks North American financial institutions and their customer accounts. The trojan, dubbed "Sunspot," has been in circulation for a while but only recently developed financial fraud capabilities, according to a blog post today by Trusteer's Chief Technology... Read More Apple, Google execs squirm before Senate privacy panel Executives of Google and Apple were called to task for mistakes made in how they protect the privacy of consumers using location-based applications on their smartphones and tablets at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing Tuesday. Apple had to admit to a glitch in the iOS for Apple iPhones and iPads that stored location information when location services were supposedly blocked, and Google had to admit... Read More
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