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	Line blurs between insider, outsider attacks The insiders strike again. But this time it's not the malicious insider, but insiders' access to corporate data, and it is for sale in the cybercrime underground. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now In this Issue BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking 9 things enterprise IT will like about Windows 8 Baddest Botnets of 2012 Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2013 'Password' is still the worst password, but watch out for 'ninja' 'Lance Armstrong' bug hunt continues in stable Linux kernel Barnes & Noble halts use of PIN pad devices after data breach Windows XP turns 11, still not dead yet WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Live Webcast: Tuesday, October 30th at 12:00pm ET Join Steve Dispensa, PhoneFactor Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Fender, PhoneFactor Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, to learn how phone-based authentication is helping companies tackle complex authentication challenges. Learn More BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking A survey of 650 information and security professionals about how the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend is impacting their organizations finds one-quarter of them forbid use of personally owned devices such as smartphones and tablets on the network. However, the majority that do often lack meaningful policies or security controls related to these devices. Read More 9 things enterprise IT will like about Windows 8 Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation Unlocking the Business Value of Videoconferencing In this Webcast, you will learn how unlocking the potentials of Video Conferencing can empower your teams to work as one cohesive group regardless of location, ensuring that videoconferencing becomes an effective productivity tool in your enterprise. Learn More. Baddest Botnets of 2012 According to security firm Kindsight, these are the Top Ten Worst Botnets this year. Read More Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2013 If some of the top 10 strategic technology trends going into 2013 look familiar it's because quite a few -- like cloud computing and mobile trends -- have been around for awhile but are now either morphing or changing in ways that will continue to impact IT in the next year. Read More WEBCAST: Dell SonicWall Why First Generation Firewalls Aren't Making the Grade In this exclusive webinar, learn from Dell-SonicWALL's Patrick Sweeney, how today's Next-Generation Firewalls allow businesses to scale their network security to meet the demands of emerging threats and new technology trends, while ensuring performance to meet key business objectives. Resister Now! 'Password' is still the worst password, but watch out for 'ninja' Although the tech world is always changing, one thing remains the same: A lot of people use terrible passwords. Read More 'Lance Armstrong' bug hunt continues in stable Linux kernel The discovery of a somewhat alarming bug in the Linux ext4 filesystem provoked a minor wave of panic this week, but project maintainer Theodore Ts'o says it has since become clear that the problem can likely only affect a small number of users. Read More Barnes & Noble halts use of PIN pad devices after data breach Barnes & Noble has removed PIN pad devices from all of its nearly 700 stores nationwide as a precaution after detecting evidence of tampering with the devices at 63 of its stores in eight states. Read More Windows XP turns 11, still not dead yet On the same day Microsoft loudly proclaims Windows 8 in New York, the aging-but-still-going Windows XP today quietly celebrated its 11th birthday. Read More
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