Canada is out front with identity management

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	Canada is out front with identity management In light of the U.S. government's NSTIC (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace), which may or may not become a victim of the U.S. Congress' budget-cutting axes this fall, I'd thought we go take a look at another government initiative that might provide a blueprint for how NSTIC could proceed. Read More WHITE PAPER: PhoneFactor Phones Become the Leading Multi-Factor Authentication Device According to a leading analyst firm phone-based authentication will comprise 61% of the multi-factor authentication market by the year 2014. This paper will address the key drivers for this market shift away from security tokens and includes real-world case studies from organizations that have made the move to phone-based authentication. Read now In this Issue Security rundown for the week ending Sept. 2 Air Force awards $25K to inventor of insanely fast device that stops fleeing cars US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts Man gets six years for hacking girls to extort photographs 4 simple steps to bulletproof laptop security Apache patches Web server DoS vulnerability VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem Hackers may have stolen over 200 SSL certificates What CIOs Should Do About Rogue IT WHITE PAPER: Entrust, Inc. A Practical Approach to Authentication Enterprise authentication used to be simple: passwords for everyone, expensive tokens for a small number who work remotely. But the workforce is now mobile and confidential data is at risk. CIOs are now challenged to increase authentication security while preserving operational and budget efficiency. Read Today! Security rundown for the week ending Sept. 2 A mish-mash of security issues came up this week, everything from how to protect virtualized environments to a system that protects copper in utility sites from robbery and a story about digital certificate thefts. Read More Air Force awards $25K to inventor of insanely fast device that stops fleeing cars If you remember the "Dirty Harry" movie "Dead Pool" where a radio controlled corvette model car containing a bomb chases Harry around the streets of San Francisco and eventually detonates under his car destroying it, then you have the general idea of the technology a retired 66-year-old mechanical engineer came up with to win a $25,000 prize from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Read More US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts The US Department of Energy and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory has built a security system that is aimed at thwarting at least some of the copper thefts that plague utilities and other large facilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software PCI-DSS Compliance and GFI Software Products The intent of this document is to provide you with GFI's understanding of the requirements, and how the GFI Software product line can assist you to meet PCI compliance as outlined in the PCI DSS Requirements. Read now! Man gets six years for hacking girls to extort photographs A 32-year-old paraplegic was sentenced to six years in prison for infecting more than 100 computers in a quest for financial information, nude photographs and thrills. Read More 4 simple steps to bulletproof laptop security Follow these tips, tools, and techniques to protect your Windows notebook against theft, intrusion, and data loss Read More Apache patches Web server DoS vulnerability The Apache open-source project patched its Web server software Tuesday to quash a bug that a denial-of-service tool has been exploiting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms This paper assesses the current cyber threat environment and discusses the use of distributed cloud services as an effective means to protect against evolving, modern day IT threats. It takes a close look at DDoS defense in particular. Read now VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem VMware yesterday said it has added more security vendor partners to its vShield product-development program in which security firms work with the company to develop data protection specifically designed for VMware's flagship virtualization platform, which today is vSphere 5.0. Read More Hackers may have stolen over 200 SSL certificates Hackers may have obtained more than 200 digital certificates from a Dutch company after breaking into its network, including ones for Mozilla, Yahoo and the Tor project, a security researcher reported today. Read More What CIOs Should Do About Rogue IT The CEO has fallen head over heels for his iPad. The marketing team has set up shop on every social media site known to man. The sales group has secretly purchased its own software-as-a-service subscriptions. Meanwhile, the VP of operations is wondering whether there isn't something better out in the cloud that the company could use to run its supply chain. Read More
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