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	Don't click on these links Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Powerful Application Solutions for CRM & ERP This white paper examines how you can get the most from CRM and ERP, find the best system for your business and how IBM can help. Learn More. In this Issue Sneaky software turns your PC into a Bitcoin-mining zombie -- and owns up to it in the EULA 18 Hot IT Certifications for 2014 How to stay one step ahead of phishing attacks How to create security awareness with incentives Keeping high-profile meetings safe and secure Akamai acquiring anti-DDoS firm Prolexic for $370 million 5 ways to lockdown your mobile device 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 Sneaky software turns your PC into a Bitcoin-mining zombie -- and owns up to it in the EULA As the Bitcoin bubble inflates to over $1,000 per unit, legions of newcomers are scrambling to join the digital gold rush. For some companies, that means accepting the currency at online checkout counters; for others, it means releasing PC hardware designed to "mine" new Bitcoins at blistering rates. But an unscrupulous few have turned in a more sinister direction, covertly converting users' hardware into Bitcoin-mining zombies. Read More 18 Hot IT Certifications for 2014 For years premium pay for IT certifications has been on the decline, but top pay for IT certifications has increased for two consecutive quarters and is up 1.5 percent; the largest quarterly increase since 2006. Read along as we look at the IT certifications predicted to grow in early 2014. 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 stay one step ahead of phishing attacks Protecting yourself against phishing attacks used to be relatively easy. Don't download unexpected attachments. Visit banking websites directly instead of clicking on links in an email. And look for bad grammar. Read More How to create security awareness with incentives One of the reasons many security awareness programs fail is that they rely on a "push" mentality, where they force employees to take awareness training and expect or, more likely, hope that employees will seek out additional training, because it is the right thing to do. While many there are programs that do this that are successful, they are relatively rare. Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager: Online Product Demo Intelligent Investigation Manager optimizes fraud investigation and analysis and it dynamically coordinates and reports on cases, provides analysis and visualization, and enables more efficient and effective investigations. Learn More. Keeping high-profile meetings safe and secure Before the advent of smartphones, planting covert listening devices was the most popular way to illegally record content from a private meeting. Today, with an estimated 130 million smartphones in use in the United States, every user has the potential to be a covert meeting operative with their own Wi-Fi receiver, camera, audio recorder, keyboard and computer at their disposal. Read More Akamai acquiring anti-DDoS firm Prolexic for $370 million Akamai Technologies today has agreed to acquire Prolexic Technologies, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation services company, for $370 million. Read More 5 ways to lockdown your mobile device Locking your mobile device is important because it's often your first line of defense. It may not be the strongest form of security – but it could prove to be the difference in protecting your organization by keeping the device locked down until mobile device management measures like remote wiping are put into play. Here are five ways to lock on various mobile platforms. Read More
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