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	Windows 8 picture password is 'Fisher-Price toy' says father of 2-factor authentication The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it's not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA's SecurID token. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec When Good Backups Go bad data recovery Failures Whether you're considering software, cloud or an appliance for backup, it's time to modernize your infrastructure and make sure your approach includes: • Better protection of VMs • More use of disk and cloud as backup targets • Use of data deduplication and archiving • Simplified configuration, setup and use of Web-based administration View Now In this Issue Picture Passwords Coming To Windows 8 Privacy Advocates Sue DHS for Big Bro Fake 'Friends' Monitoring Social Media More SCADA security flaws surface Watching the watchers Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012 Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 Mozilla re-releases Firefox 9, backs out fix causing crashes Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! Picture Passwords Coming To Windows 8 Over the last few days, Microsoft has revealed a number of details on the Building Windows 8 blog regarding a new feature coming to the upcoming OS dubbed "Picture Password". Upon hearing the name of the feature, you may assume (incorrectly) that it's some sort of integrated face recognition technique, but that couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, the contents of the picture used for... Read More Privacy Advocates Sue DHS for Big Bro Fake 'Friends' Monitoring Social Media Yes, Virginia, Big Brother is watching you in social media and storing those "naughty" tweets, posts and comments. After those hot keyword terms put you on the naughty list, unlike Santa's list, it's not a redo in a year . . . that info will be stored for five years. The EFF previously warned Big Brother wants to be your online buddy on social networking sites. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications Simplify Telecom Provisioning By working with a single-source provider, customers get a dedicated team of experienced telecom professionals. This relieves you of complex and confusing carrier management tasks, letting you focus on your company's top objectives and projects. Read Now! More SCADA security flaws surface Numerous new authentication issues saddle Siemens' industrial control applications. Read More Watching the watchers While there's no single fix, a number of experts weigh-in on how to make certain those with privileged access don't abuse it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012 The mobile user interface is set for a range of changes in the next 12-24 months, creating new modes for users to interact with their devices, and with other devices nearby and network-based services. Read More Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 The rapid adoption of the newest mobile devices -- especially the Apple iPhone and iPad and the Google Android-based equivalents -- will be a huge disruptive force in enterprise security next year. Not only will there be pressure to decide how to protect and manage these devices, which are growing as malware targets, the complexity of this task is magnified many times over because companies are allowing employees to use their own personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes -- what's sometime called "bring your own device" (BYOD). Read More Mozilla re-releases Firefox 9, backs out fix causing crashes A day after it shipped Firefox 9, Mozilla quickly released an update after backing out a bug fix that was causing some Mac, Linux and Windows browsers to crash. Read More Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee's security predictions for 2012. Read More
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