History lesson on cross-platform identity management

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	History lesson on cross-platform identity management Tom Kemp is the CEO of Centrify, a company which -- at its core -- is about tying other platforms (Unix, Linux Macintosh, etc.) into Active Directory to centralize administration, which Tom refers to as "Active Directory Bridging." He's been practicing this bridging since founding Centrify in 2004 and has been working with AD since founding his previous company, NetIQ. He knows what he's talking about in regard to Active Directory. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Business Manage Complexity, Cost and Compliance To outsource or not to outsource IT security—that is the question for enterprises as they face increasingly complex cyber threats. Managed security services can help organizations alleviate the cost and complexity of proactively securing the IT infrastructure. Read Now. In this Issue US Energy Dept. finds myriad challenges to building culture of network security US CTO wants consumers to have instant online access to their energy usage Security roundup: Stealing from the military; persistent threats; mammoth security problems; bot armies FTC plans changes in online child privacy protection rules Cybersecurity Solution for Anonymous: Hire Hackers vs. 20 Years Jail Time? Oracle: Security flaw could bring down app servers Man stole data from U.S. service members via P2P DHS seeks to share top-secret info with banking and finance cybersecurity pros PCI point-to-point encryption guidelines raise new questions Bot army being assembled, awaiting orders WEBCAST: IBM Using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS Administration can be a complex world where security is concerned. The resources spent on administration, management, auditing and compliance can be considerable. Watch the demo, "Using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS," and see how IBM® can help you protect your business—simply, efficiently and more effectively. Learn More US Energy Dept. finds myriad challenges to building culture of network security When it comes to securing the nation's critical energy networks, the Department of Energy says much work remains. Key to that work are the engineers, network administrators, vendors and others behind the security technology -- but they will be leaving the industry in droves in the next five years, according to a Department of Energy security roadmap issued this week. Read More US CTO wants consumers to have instant online access to their energy usage The idea sounds simple enough: you can go to your utility's Web site, click a green button and you get information about your household energy use. Develop the technology that makes such a green button possible, is what US Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra told attendees of this week's GridWeek conference and then posted on the White House Science and Technology blog. Read More Security roundup: Stealing from the military; persistent threats; mammoth security problems; bot armies Sometimes the difference between selfless valor and selfish cowardice is stark. On the same week that 21-year-old Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer is awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in saving his compatriots in Afghanistan, we hear that Rene Quimby, 42, is sentenced to prison for stealing 16,000 identities of U.S. military service members and using that information to steal from 650 victims. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Hardware Load Balancing A comprehensive F5 solution readies application infrastructure for a successful implementation of the re-engineered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Learn More! FTC plans changes in online child privacy protection rules The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has proposed amendments to online privacy rules for children that aim to give parents control over what personal information websites may collect from children under 13. Read More Cybersecurity Solution for Anonymous: Hire Hackers vs. 20 Years Jail Time? I've always thought hackers could save the world if they chose to, so a post on MSDN blogs my eye. I stopped on Terry Zink's Cyber Security Blog and watched the TED video, Hire the hackers! Read More Oracle: Security flaw could bring down app servers Oracle has issued an emergency patch to fix a vulnerability it says could bring down HTTP application servers it sells that are based on Apache 2.0 or 2.2. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Deliver Workload Automation Services to Business Users Workload automation touches every aspect of the business. It is made up of all scheduled and ad hoc processes that support critical business functions. Read More! Man stole data from U.S. service members via P2P A California man who dug up sensitive information belonging to U.S. service members on peer-to-peer networks, and then used it to order iPods, cameras, and even washing machines from an online store, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison Thursday. Read More DHS seeks to share top-secret info with banking and finance cybersecurity pros The Department of Homeland Security works with financial institutions to thwart cyber attacks and plans to do so more and more in the future, according to DHS testimony to Congress, including sharing top secret cyber intelligence. Read More PCI point-to-point encryption guidelines raise new questions The PCI Security Standards Council today is expected to issue guidelines on use of point-to-point encryption in protecting sensitive payment card data, but the narrow approach — which is focused on hardware — is raising questions. Read More Bot army being assembled, awaiting orders A mammoth army of infected computers is being assembled, but it's unclear yet what purpose they will be put to. Read More
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