5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few US companies have deployed long-term fix

	Printers join fray in network vulnerability landscape | Pentagon hiring binge won't guarantee more security
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	5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few US companies have deployed long-term fix Five years after the disclosure of a serious vulnerability in the Domain Name System dubbed the Kaminsky bug, only a handful of U.S. ISPs, financial institutions or e-commerce companies have deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC ) to alleviate this threat. Read More WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away 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 In this Issue Printers join fray in network vulnerability landscape Pentagon hiring binge won't guarantee more security DARPA wants electronics that can dissolve or burst apart after use Startup NetCitadel aims to orchestrate security management controls in virtualized nets Cybersecurity Hacktivism = Cybersecurity Escalation HP offering data-breach response and remediation services Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun WHITE PAPER: Qualys Vulnerability Management Buyer's Checklist Choosing a solution for VM is a critical step toward protecting your organization's network and data. Without proven, automated technology for precise detection and remediation, no network can withstand the daily onslaught of new vulnerabilities that threaten security. Read Now! Printers join fray in network vulnerability landscape Printers are not the typical paths cybercriminals take into corporate networks. Nevertheless, the devices have become a concern among experts who see them as an ignored weakness in network defenses. Read More Pentagon hiring binge won't guarantee more security A Pentagon plan to hire another 4,000 cybersecurity professionals, for both defense and offense, will improve the employment and salary prospects of those with the right skills. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation Unified Threat Management: A Better Approach to Security In this Webcast you will learn how Unified Threat Management (UTM) combines firewall, IPS, Web filtering, antivirus and more in a single box to combat a broad range of threats efficiently and economically. Learn More. DARPA wants electronics that can dissolve or burst apart after use The Mission: Impossible TV show famously started most episodes with a tape recorded mission message that ended with: "This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds, good luck Jim." Then it melted down in a burst of smoke and flame. Read More Startup NetCitadel aims to orchestrate security management controls in virtualized nets Startup NetCitadel today launched with a product called OneControl intended to automate what might otherwise be manual research and changes related to configuring firewalls, switches or other gear when virtual-machine (VM) workloads are spun up or down in enterprise data centers or cloud environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust Right now, someone's logging into your network and accessing proprietary data. Do you know who it is? Ensuring the identity of the person(s) trying to access your network is harder than ever. This Quest technical brief explains why two-factor authentication is superior to password authentication. Read Now! Cybersecurity Hacktivism = Cybersecurity Escalation I was changing the channels this weekend and landed on the local news. Before moving on, I happened to catch two "local" stories: 1. Citizen's Bank, a fairly large regional bank based here in New England was experiencing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack. A group of Iranian hackers called the Martyr Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters claimed responsibility. 2. The hacktivist... Read More HP offering data-breach response and remediation services HP today announced data-breach remediation services intended to help organizations prepare for an incident related to data loss that would require fast response to meet both legal and digital forensics requirements. Read More Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet Read More
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