NSA backdoor fears creating crisis of confidence in U.S. high-tech products, services

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	NSA backdoor fears creating crisis of confidence in U.S. high-tech products, services Fears that the National Security Agency (NSA) has managed to convince U.S.-based suppliers of software, hardware and services to install backdoors for espionage purposes has created a crisis of confidence around the world. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Check Point Software Technologies What's Hiding in Your Network? Based on research of nearly 900 companies, the Check Point 2013 Internet Security Report uncovers major security risks organizations are exposed to on a daily basis. Discover how often Bots endanger your enterprise. See how commonly-used Web applications can be high risk. And learn how easy it is to experience unintentional data loss. Read the Full Report In this Issue iPhone 5s offers better security today, a peek at Apple of tomorrow Most costly cybercrime attacks: Denial-of-service, malicious insider and web-based Vinyl records fight digital death Adobe's breach casts doubt on their SaaS business model McAfee Advanced Threat Detection: A Sign of Things to Come Security automation research, with a human touch, could net nearly $50M grant Shutdown could delay government's patching of IE, Windows and .NET flaws Careers that are being automated into oblivion Hackathons for the rest of us WHITE PAPER: AT&T How to navigate the ever-changing mobile device landscape Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful, and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information. Learn More iPhone 5s offers better security today, a peek at Apple of tomorrow The iPhone 5s, like its cheaper sibling the iPhone 5c, has been available for a few weeks now, earning plaudits from most reviewers and igniting ignorant online discussions around mobile security and application performance. Some of that ignorance is intentional FUD from Android fanboys and security purveyors. Read More Most costly cybercrime attacks: Denial-of-service, malicious insider and web-based $11.56 million is the mean average cost of cybercrime per U.S. corporation, ranging between $1.3 million to $58 million, according to the fourth annual Cost of Cyber Crime study conducted by the Ponemon Institute. That is up 78% from four years ago and increased 26% from the average cost reported in 2012. Read More Vinyl records fight digital death Vinyl record sales are actually up but heyday is obviously past Read More WHITE PAPER: New Relic Secure, Reliable & Proven APM for the Enterprise Your organization depends on your web applications to do business -- from customer facing eCommerce,banking or travel applications, to mission-critical applications for your employees or partners. When it comes to performance, visitors' expectations for service and reliability are high. Read Now Adobe's breach casts doubt on their SaaS business model By now you should have heard about the latest massive breach over at Adobe. Besides the source code for Acrobat and Cold Fusion, something like 3 million accounts were breached as well. Read More McAfee Advanced Threat Detection: A Sign of Things to Come With the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas as a backdrop, McAfee rolled out its Advanced Threat Defense (ADT) strategy last week. Yes, McAfee now offers a sandboxing appliance of its own but it would be foolish to judge this announcement based on its security device alone. McAfee's ATD is actually an integrated architecture that goes beyond detection. McAfee's ATD message is actually, "find,... Read More Security automation research, with a human touch, could net nearly $50M grant Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Army Research Laboratory will join forces with those from a handful of universities in an effort to better automate cybersecurity decisions. The five-year project has attracted $23.2 million in funding from CMU's CyLab, and could be extended to $48.2 million over 10 years. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware The Clear Path to Cloud Security, Compliance, & Cost Control Both customers and IT decision makers are concerned about cloud security, according to recent research. How can you negotiate this barrier to realize the benefits of cloud computing? Read this paper to learn about the techniques, tools, and technologies that will enable you to capitalize on the cloud safely and cost-effectively. Read Now Shutdown could delay government's patching of IE, Windows and .NET flaws The ongoing government shutdown could leave desktop and server systems in many federal agencies vulnerable to new threats disclosed Tuesday by Microsoft in its latest round of security updates. Read More Careers that are being automated into oblivion You might think you're familiar with the steady march of automation. But the list of jobs that are being disrupted by technological change may surprise you. Read More Hackathons for the rest of us Forget softball games. Hackathons promote togetherness among techies while benefiting the enterprise, and no one gets pitcher's elbow. Read More
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