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	Free security products out there for the asking Security software developers have a long history of making their work available for free. Here's a small taste, keeping in mind a few caveats, like uncertain support or limited capabilities relative to paid products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and Intel Mobility Trends in SMBs An exclusive survey finds IT managers at growing businesses trying to balance the rewards and risks of ubiquitous, easy-to-use mobile solutions. Read Now! In this Issue IE emergency patch issued, but rumors fly that Microsoft knew about 0-day for 7 weeks Space rocks from other planets brought life to Earth? Cloud Will Save U.S. Government Billions, But Security Concerns Persist How the U.S. is winning the race to next-gen Internet Iran denies launching cyberattacks on U.S. banks Forrester: Most data breaches caused by employees Even World of Warcraft is tracking you! Tips for troubleshooting 802.1X connections Sophos antivirus snafu lingers on Just how hackable is your digital life? WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. The Sourcefire FireAMP Vision Still getting malware infections despite the time and money you've spent on security? Today's malware defenses have an inherent disadvantage in fighting today's threats. Designed for another time they are burdened with legacy constraints that hamper performance and protection. Learn More IE emergency patch issued, but rumors fly that Microsoft knew about 0-day for 7 weeks Microsoft released an out-of-cycle emergency patch for the Internet Explorer zero-day exploit that put computers at risk of Poison Ivy infections, a type of malware that can steal data or take remote control of PCs. Read More Space rocks from other planets brought life to Earth? Tiny organisms embedded in rocks expelled from other planets that then smashed into Earth could have brought life to the planet, according to researchers presenting computer simulated evidence of such occurrences at the European Planetary Sciences Congress this week. Read More Cloud Will Save U.S. Government Billions, But Security Concerns Persist New study finds that government agencies can net substantial savings by moving mission-critical applications to the cloud, but security remains a top concern. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Splunk Enables Security and Improves Business Performance Read this analyst case study on how the Interac organization used Splunk to centralize and correlate monitoring data across its diverse IT landscape. Learn the details of how the Interac organization realized an annual ROI of over $500k. Read Now! How the U.S. is winning the race to next-gen Internet With the worldwide supply of IPv4 addresses rapidly dwindling, the United States is pulling ahead of its global rivals in the deployment of next-generation Internet services based on the emerging IPv6 standard. Read More Iran denies launching cyberattacks on U.S. banks Iran is being accused of launching cyberattacks against U.S.-based banks that include Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, an accusation that yesterday was firmly rejected by the head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization. Read More Forrester: Most data breaches caused by employees Most data breaches are caused by mundane events such as employees losing, having stolen or simply unwittingly misusing corporate assets, a Forrester report has found. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and VMware Nothing nebulous about cloud computing benefits Data center virtualization and consolidation clear the path toward private, public and hybrid cloud computing environments. Whether enterprises take a revolutionary or evolutionary approach, understanding IT infrastructure options is the first step. Learn More Even World of Warcraft is tracking you! Is there any organization or company that can resist surreptitiously tracking its customers? Read More Tips for troubleshooting 802.1X connections Implementing 802.1X authentication, which includes everything from setting up a RADIUS server to keeping end users connected, isn't easy. Read More Sophos antivirus snafu lingers on The chaos caused to Sophos customers by a bad antivirus software update just keeps reverberating into its second week, with Sophos today providing more information on fixing the problem for both enterprise users and those with stand-alone computers. Read More Just how hackable is your digital life? When Wired News reporter Mat Honan had his digital life hacked--and subsequently, virtually wiped out--in August, the significant loss of data he endured wasn't the scariest part of the experience. Much more terrifying was the method by which hackers drilled into his digital accounts. Read More
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