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	Startup CrowdStrike promises 'game-changer' in fight vs. advanced persistent threats Startup CrowdStrike made its debut this week, promising to have a security product out by the second quarter that will target the so-called advanced persistent threat (APT) problem in which stealthy intruders infiltrate networks to steal sensitive data for business or political reasons. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Join Cisco at RSA Conference Is your network secure for today's needs? At this year's RSA Conference, Cisco invites you to learn how the Cisco SecureX security framework can help solve your organization's biggest security challenges--from BYOD to the move to virtualization and cloud computing and stopping today's most sophisticated and persistent threats. Don't Miss Our Keynote at the 2012 RSA Conference, February 29 at 3:10pm P.T. with Cisco SVP Christopher Young and his session, "Lock It Down or Free It Up?". Click here for details and a complete list of Cisco's RSA event activities In this Issue The BYOD struggle: From writing custom apps to defining security Windows 8 logo hacked to Chinese Web site Avast Free Antivirus 7 adds cloud updates, file reputation and remote assistance Ultimate Man vs. Computer: Garry Kasparov, Deep Blue and the Internet Wireless Can Indeed Be Hazardous to Your Health – Sort of, Anyway… Obama Offers Blueprint for Privacy Rights on the Internet White House privacy push: Some question the details Hacker steals one million user logins from YouPorn website Products of the week 2,20,12 How to Build Multiple Layers of Security for Your Small Business WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Smart Security for Escalating Challenges This eBook examines how CSOs and IT managers are solving these issues using next-generation firewalls. Read now. The BYOD struggle: From writing custom apps to defining security Companies are grappling with the question of whether and how to let employees use their own smartphones and tablets at work even as a huge push is being made to set up internal "app stores" of approved and custom-built corporate mobile apps. Read More Windows 8 logo hacked to Chinese Web site An image of the Windows 8 logo leaked last week was hacked from the design studio's network and posted to a Chinese Web site, according to a published report. Read More Avast Free Antivirus 7 adds cloud updates, file reputation and remote assistance Avast Free Antivirus 7 is set to be released on Thursday and will have new features including cloud-based updates, remote assistance and file reputation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Copying Sensitive Data Into Non-Production Environments Download this paper to learn data masking best practices and enable your organization to safely use production data for development, testing, and sharing with out-source or off-shore partners, without risking a sensitive data breach. Learn More! Ultimate Man vs. Computer: Garry Kasparov, Deep Blue and the Internet Garry Kasparov battled IBM's Deep Blue 16 years ago in February, but that was just the beginning Read More Wireless Can Indeed Be Hazardous to Your Health – Sort of, Anyway… Before we go too far with this, I still do not believe that electromagnetic radiation, at least in the forms used by consumers and in enterprise applications, causes any negative health impacts in humans or other living things. No cancer, no brain tumors, nothing like that. But it can, indeed, at least indirectly, cause severe injury - and I have proof. Read More Obama Offers Blueprint for Privacy Rights on the Internet The White House has unveiled a plan to create a "Bill of Rights" for consumer privacy on the Internet, and announced that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to comply when consumers choose to protect their online tracking habits. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel CI for Dummies eBook This book will help you understand why infrastructure convergence has been widely accepted as the optimal approach for simplifying and accelerating your IT to deliver services at the speed of business while also shifting significantly more IT resources from operations to innovation. Learn more White House privacy push: Some question the details The U.S. White House's announcement Thursday that it will encourage online businesses to develop and adopt privacy codes of conduct and push Congress for privacy legislation received mostly positive reviews, although some privacy advocates questioned whether companies would be too involved in writing the rules. Read More Hacker steals one million user logins from YouPorn website A million logins for the hugely popular YouPorn sex site appear to have been leaked after a hacker chanced upon a URL linking to a user list apparently left exposed for several years. Read More Products of the week 2,20,12 Our round-up of intriguing new products from HP, Norton, Symantec among others. Read More How to Build Multiple Layers of Security for Your Small Business The complex and ever-changing security landscape can befuddle small businesses, and the plain truth is that there is no silver security bullet. Small businesses would be well-advised to deploy a multi-faceted security strategy. Here are eight must-have checklist items. Read More
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