New BIOS security standards aimed at fighting rootkit attacks

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	New BIOS security standards aimed at fighting rootkit attacks There's a growing threat of attacks on computer basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware, and to deter it, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is putting in place new security guidelines for updating the BIOS. And in doing this, NIST is getting high-tech manufacturing to raise the bar on security. Read More WEBCAST: CDW & Symantec Symantec is Data Loss Prevention This video documents the importance of data loss prevention solutions. It touches upon the negative effects data breaches have on companies and how unified DLP solutions from Symantec can help locate confidential data, how this data is being used, and how to prevent its loss. Learn More. In this Issue Want security, privacy? Turn off that smartphone, tablet GPS Information Security: A Sobering Topic at VMworld Groups lodge FTC complaints over children's online privacy After a hack: The process of restoring once-lost data Dumbest & craziest sports technology moments of 2012 Class of 2016: Born of cyberspace; no need for TV, CDs or airline tickets but cannot miss "The Daily Show" Mark Zuckerberg praises mobile app, accidentally brings down small company's website Cloud provider: The best security for your passwords is to never give them to us WHITE PAPER: Good Technology Data Loss Prevention eBook: Beyond Mobile Device Management Critical business data, intellectual property, and sensitive information are spread throughout your organization on servers and desktops they're also being transmitted to smartphones and tablets. Learn how to go beyond device control to manage mobile apps and user interactions. Read Now! Want security, privacy? Turn off that smartphone, tablet GPS People with smartphones and tablets may be giving Apple and Android apps they download the permission to capture their geolocation data to know where they are, but security experts are making the strong argument to just say no instead -- and turn off that GPS function unless really needed. Read More Information Security: A Sobering Topic at VMworld The technology industry is about to come together next week for VMworld in San Francisco. In the span of a few short years, this show has become a real showcase of the latest and greatest IT technology and industry vision. At VMware, every company wants its IT department to look like Amazon, Google or Zynga, running applications on fully-automated and orchestrated cloud computing platforms, and easily... Read More WHITE PAPER: Good Technology Data Loss Prevention Whitepaper: When MDM Isn't Enough This paper explores common methods of data loss that cannot be prevented through MDM alone. In addition, this paper will introduce Good for Enterprise and its unique approach to managing security on mobile devices, which does address some of the shortcomings of an MDM-only strategy Learn More Now! Groups lodge FTC complaints over children's online privacy A coalition of 17 advocacy groups filed complaints on Wednesday with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against five prominent companies, including McDonald's, claiming that certain of their online marketing practices violate child privacy laws. Read More After a hack: The process of restoring once-lost data Mat Honan, a reporter with Wired magazine, thought almost his entire digital life had been lost, but a team of recovery engineers were able to restore most of it by diving deep into his compromised laptop. Here's how they did it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Array Networks Secure Your Business. Employees want to work anytime, anywhere, often from personal and mobile devices. See what Frost & Sullivan has to say about the risk of relying on VPNs and learn about zero-trust models that keep devices "off-network" and prevent data from leaving the network. Learn more. Dumbest & craziest sports technology moments of 2012 From phony websites to regrettable tweets to Apple Siri chatter, it's clear athletes and technology often don't mix well Read More Class of 2016: Born of cyberspace; no need for TV, CDs or airline tickets but cannot miss "The Daily Show" In one of the more interesting annual measurement of society the Beloit College Mindset List offers a snapshot of what the entering college class of 2016 likes and dislikes. Read More Mark Zuckerberg praises mobile app, accidentally brings down small company's website At 10:31 p.m. on Sunday evening, Mark Zuckerberg updated his Facebook status. He was grilling a steak, and noticed that the iOS app he was using to monitor the meat's temperature had integrated Facebook to inform users' Friends what they were cooking. Having become excited by the discovery that the site he founded had organically popped up in a product he was using, he wanted to inform his 15.5 million... Read More Cloud provider: The best security for your passwords is to never give them to us Ethan Oberman, CEO of cloud backup and sharing service SpiderOak, has a proposition for enterprises that may be leery about using the cloud because of a perceived lack of security. The best security for cloud storage, he says, is to encrypt the data and not give your service provider the keys to unencrypt it. Read More
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