Security World: IBM Is Focused on Burgeoning Enterprise Security Requirements

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IBM Is Focused on Burgeoning Enterprise Security Requirements
A few years ago, IBM's information security assets were haphazardly scattered throughout its business units. RACF sat with the mainframe crew, IAM lived within the Tivoli group, and what remained of ISS gathered dust within IBM Global Services (IGS). Read More

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds

New Video: How to Configure NetFlow v9 on a Cisco Router
Networks can grow fast—really fast. This rapid growth leads to increased network traffic, more endpoints, and new IPs consuming bandwidth. Key to a complete understanding of network behavior at your growing organization is the ability to collect and analyze NetFlow data in your routers. SolarWinds new video shows you how, in less than 5 minutes! Looking to enable Flexible NetFlow on your Cisco routers? In less than 5 minutes, SolarWinds lead Sales Engineer demonstrates how to enable NetFlow v9 on Cisco routers with custom flow records. Watch the short how to video now!

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WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors

Data Protection Using Intelligent Backup and Deduplication
In today's world of explosive data volumes, midmarket companies face a growing number of challenges when it comes to safeguarding data, and today's approaches to backup and data protection are falling short. The Brief outlines HP solutions to meet IT needs for backup appliances that tightly integrate deduplication, data protection and recovery. Learn More

Scammers promise easy money in trolling for LinkedIn users
Scammers exploiting the weak job market are looking for hapless victims on LinkedIn, which has become a major meeting site for job seekers and recruiters. Read More

Tall police SUVs latest tactic in stopping drivers who insist on texting
The New York State Police have a new weapon to fight the plague of drivers that insist on texting while operating their vehicle: Great Big Tall SUVs. Most recently reported by the AP, NY has begun operating a fleet of 32 unmarked SUVs that let troopers more easily peer down into a car to see if the driver is texting or not. 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

NSA reportedly compromised more than 50,000 networks worldwide
The U.S. National Security Agency reportedly hacked into over 50,000 computer networks around the world as part of its global intelligence gathering efforts, and also taps into large fiber optic cables that transport Internet traffic between continents at 20 different major points. Read More

INSIDER

Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping?
When Unisys CISO John Frymier came in to work on Friday, Sept. 6, the phones were ringing, and continued to ring all day. Customers were panicking over the news headlines of the day before. Read More

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

How to secure passwords and other critical numbers
One of the more frustrating exercises in using anything online is keeping your passwords safe. They have to be easy to remember and hard to guess. Read More

Twitter implements perfect forward secrecy in order to reduce traffic snooping
Twitter has implemented perfect forward secrecy on traffic to its website, in order to prevent communications from easily being captured and decrypted en masse. The new measure is one that clearly takes aim at the bulk data collection being done by the NSA. Read More

Tim Berners-Lee says government snooping threatens future democracy
Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that government surveillance and censorship will threaten the democratic nature of the web. Read More

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