NIST proposes National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

	MIT researchers craft defense against wireless man-in-middle attacks | Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool
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	NIST proposes National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education The National Institute of Standards and Technology is taking comments on a proposed initiative to improve general knowledge about computer security in an effort to improve national security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu New TPC-E Benchmark Results Revealed A "glue-less" design, where no additional hardware is necessary to run all eight CPUs and all memory slots enable the shortest route between processors, memory modules and I/O hubs inside a single chassis. It's just one of the many reasons Fujitsu servers are leading the way in TCP-E benchmarks and overall price/performance. Read now! In this Issue MIT researchers craft defense against wireless man-in-middle attacks Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool Windows XP on TSA laptops? TSA Dinged in Wireless Cybersecurity Audit Technology Review's annual 35 Innovators Under 35: Uncrashable software, secure cloud computing among areas of expertise Security needs to get vertical India exempts outsourcers from new privacy rules Experts positive on Facebook's new privacy controls WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Email Security in Small and Medium-sized Businesses No organization can afford to operate without an email security strategy. The risk landscape is constantly changing with new threats surfacing every day. This white paper looks at email security in small and medium businesses, the solutions available and what features SMBs cannot do without. Read now MIT researchers craft defense against wireless man-in-middle attacks A new technique crafted by MIT researches can detect the tampering by man-in-the-middle attackers in wireless networks, making it possible to nip such attacks in the bud. Read More Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool Developers of the Apache open-source project warn users of the popular Web server software about a denial-of-service (DoS) tool that exploits a bug in the program. Read More WHITE PAPER: Seeburger Increasing Supply Chain Efficiency: A cloud-oriented focus A solution called "community cloud" offers advantages such as: -Flexible, scalable compute capacity -A highly secure, consistent services layer managed by a third party in the cloud -The cost benefits of moving IT from a capital expenditure to an operating expense. Read now Windows XP on TSA laptops? TSA Dinged in Wireless Cybersecurity Audit Auditors say the Transportation Security Administration has security problems of its own: bad patch management and configuration controls on Windows XP laptops. Read More Technology Review's annual 35 Innovators Under 35: Uncrashable software, secure cloud computing among areas of expertise MIT's always interesting Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 list is out, including an Australian researcher who came up with an uncrashable operating system that's resilient to cyber attacks. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Unified Communications: Getting the Green Light In these articles, Network World and its sister IDG Enterprise publications explore the rising importance of UC within the enterprise and provide advice on how to create a working strategy. Learn more Security needs to get vertical Security needs of individual industries are diverging, making one-size-fits-all security products less attractive than ones that are customized for specific verticals. Read More India exempts outsourcers from new privacy rules Corporations that outsource the collection of personal data to firms in India won't be subject to new Indian rules that could have created compliance nightmares for foreign businesses that hire those firms. Read More Experts positive on Facebook's new privacy controls Privacy advocates and security experts have given Facebook a preliminary thumbs-up on the upcoming changes designed to improve privacy controls on its site. Read More
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