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	IT pros believe data breach harm assessment is more valuable than victim notification, study says IT professionals believe that assessing the potential harm caused by data breaches is more useful to mitigating the effects of such incidents than notifying affected individuals, according to a survey published on the day the European Union's proposed a 24-hour deadline for data breach disclosures. 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 In this Issue Senate to Consider Cybersecurity Overhaul What the drone invasion looks like Teleconferencing vendors defend product security features Is Security An Afterthought For NoSQL? Proposed EU data protection rules include right to be forgotten Intego: 2011 offered bumper crop of Mac malware Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1 Accused Kelihos botmaster's former employer 'angered' at revelation 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Ten Things We Love and Hate about Windows Server 8 WHITE PAPER: NetSupport Inc Reducing Hidden Operating Costs Through IT Asset Discovery After reductions in headcount and procurements have been made, cost-cutting strategies are now turning to internal operations, and many IT decision makers are taking a closer look at indirect, or "soft," costs within these departments. Learn More Senate to Consider Cybersecurity Overhaul Majority leader Harry Reid is poised to bring long-debated cybersecurity legislation to floor in hopes of broad bipartisan support, according to comments from his senior aide at the State of the Net conference. Read More What the drone invasion looks like Unmanned aircraft are proliferating; this is what they look like Read More Teleconferencing vendors defend product security features Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More Is Security An Afterthought For NoSQL? There has been a not so silent debate going on in the security world about the security posture of the NoSQL database products. Read More Proposed EU data protection rules include right to be forgotten New proposals for Europe's data-protection law would see companies facing fines of up to two percent of their global turnover if they breach the rules. Read More Intego: 2011 offered bumper crop of Mac malware One of Apple's chief advantages in the personal computing market has been that its Mac computers have been relatively impervious to viruses and malware, at least when compared to Windows-based PCs. But that advantage may have been more difficult to maintain in 2011--at least, according to a new report from security firm Intego. Read More WEBCAST: Radware Control the Cloud Like You Do Your Own Infrastructure Industry analyst Robin Layland joins Alan Murphy from F5 Networks and Greg Smith from Citrix to explore how an ADC can allow you to control your applications running in the cloud as effectively as you control them when they are running in your data center. Learn More Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1 All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have until March 1 to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a new provision of the state's data breach law. Read More Accused Kelihos botmaster's former employer 'angered' at revelation A security-related company that until late December employed the Russian developer who allegedly created the Kelihos botnet said today it was 'extremely disappointed and angered' at the revelation. Read More 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries A look back at the most memorable events and products from 1987 Read More Ten Things We Love and Hate about Windows Server 8 Read More
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