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	Businesses should pressure software vendors to meet new Microsoft encryption requirements Businesses should start leaning on vendors now to upgrade applications that use less than 1024-bit encryption before it's too late. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant remote support with LogMeIn Rescue With LogMeIn Rescue, you can start a support session in just 60 seconds. Connect 24/7 to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. You'll get in, solve the problem and save the day without ever leaving your desk. Try it free today. 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The security game changes when the bad guys are backed by foreign governments Fidelis Security Systems has an interesting perspective on the world of security, working, as it does, with the U.S. government to keep other countries from prying into some of our nation's most critical networks. Now that many of those same countries are after intellectual property housed by enterprise shops, commercial customers are knocking at Fidelis' door looking for help. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix talked to Fidelis CEO Peter George about the shifting threat landscape and what companies are doing to cope. Read More The Grill: ADP's CIO on the granddaddy of SaaS Even with continued success, ADP CIO Mike Capone keeps the pressure on to avoid complacency. Read More Media sites brace for hactivist attacks Traditional news companies and other websites covering this year's presidential election are preparing for a flood of Web traffic over the coming months, and not just from political junkies. Politically motivated hactivist attacks have become a top concern among companies providing election coverage online. Read More WEBCAST: VCE/VMware Demystifying Desktop Virtualization Organizations faced with the growing costs and security concerns created by the quantity and diversity of personal computers and devices need a more secure, cost effective, flexible desktop environment. Now organizations can rapidly deploy a more secure, cost effective and flexible desktop environment. View Now Facial recognition may need regulating Congress may need to pass a law to limit the way government agencies and private companies use facial recognition technology to identify people, a U.S. senator said recently. Read More NSA chief seeks help from hackers Gen. Keith B. Alexander, National Security Agency director, addressed attendees of the recent Defcon hacker conference and asked for their help to secure cyberspace. Read More 9 popular IT security practices that just don't work The security products and techniques you rely on most aren't keeping you as secure as you think Read More WEBCAST: IBM Changing the Competitive Dynamics of the Business Date/Time: June 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m., EDT, 4:00 p.m. BST / 3:00 p.m. UTC Please join us for this webcast, as Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting, describes what operational analytics can do for your business and reviews an architectural approach that will enable you to make it a reality. Register Now The cloud services explosion If you follow cloud computing, you're no doubt familiar with software-as a service, typically associated with Salesforce.com, or infrastructure as a service, which was pioneered by Amazon.com. But how about CaaS, SECaaS, DaaS, MaaS and BaaS? Read More Cisco Ironport delivers strong email protection The Cisco Ironport is an appliance that is deployed into an existing mail infrastructure. All emails are sent to the IronPort and the IronPort is either the last point out (most common configuration) or it can process email and then send it back to the mail server where it is sent out. Read More Failure of Senate to pass Cybersecurity Act leaves us all at risk The Senate failed to muster enough votes to pass the watered-down Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S. 2105) earlier this month, which reminds me of the line by Col. Nathan R. Jessep in the movie "A Few Good Men": "All you did was weaken a country today ... That's all you did. You put people's lives in danger." Read More A phishing tale about the one that got away I knew immediately that the email appearing to be from US Airways was actually a phishing attempt because it asked me to confirm a flight I had not booked from a city near which I do not live. Read More
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