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	Inside knowledge likely in Target breach, experts say How did what is likely to be one of the largest data breaches in history occur? Some speculate it was only possible with insider knowledge Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Netop - NWW Provide Secure Remote Support from a Browser With enterprise-grade secure remote access solution, Netop Remote Control, you can connect to and support Windows devices from a web browser. To establish a connection, just launch your favorite browser, enter the IP address of the target device and your credentials. Learn more. In this Issue Cryptolocker ransom Trojan infected 250,000 PCs, Dell SecureWorks estimates 3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014 Secure Cloud Gateway: Using the Internet to Fight Cyber-Attacks What do John Lennon, Bach, Beethoven, Salvador Dali and Truman Capote have in common? Take the 10th annual SANS Institute Holiday Hacking Challenge Gotcha! FBI launches new biometric systems to nail criminals Target says 40 million cards likely skimmed in security breach Juniper vs. Palo Alto Networks: Firewall court battle set to begin Target's statement to customers on massive data breach Verizon to report on law-enforcement data requests WEBCAST: IBM Unleash Your Data With SDS And IBM Storwize V5000 In this webcast IBM examines software defined storage and how IBM Storwize V5000, the newest member of the IBM Storwize family, delivers virtualized, flexible, easy-to-use storage that enables midsized organizations to gain business advantage from the flood of new data while staying within their budgets. View Now Cryptolocker ransom Trojan infected 250,000 PCs, Dell SecureWorks estimates The feared Cryptolocker ransom Trojan has infected at least a quarter of a million PCs worldwide, a success rate probably generating somewhere in the low millions of dollars in ransom payments, a new analysis by Dell SecureWorks has estimated. Read More 3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014 Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014. Read More Secure Cloud Gateway: Using the Internet to Fight Cyber-Attacks Today's security platforms, which are plagued by reactive intelligence, gaps in enforcement, and the inability to integrate the two, can't keep up. This has paved the way for a new category of cyber-security platform called a Secure Cloud Gateway (SCG). Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco and Netapp Total Economic Impact Of FlexPod Data Center Platform FlexPod is a data center platform jointly developed by NetApp and Cisco that delivers networking, computing and storage. This Forrester report offers key findings from Forrester's interviews with FlexPod customers. View Now What do John Lennon, Bach, Beethoven, Salvador Dali and Truman Capote have in common? If those craters could talk, they would have one heck of a hot party on Mercury. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) -- the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its inception in 1919 -- recently approved 10 new names for impact craters on the planet Mercury. Read More Take the 10th annual SANS Institute Holiday Hacking Challenge Want to have some fun while working on your network security skills? SANS Institute has opened its 10th annual Holiday Hacking Challenge. It's a fun way to test your knowledge and learn a few new tricks while competing for awesome prizes. Read More Gotcha! FBI launches new biometric systems to nail criminals Nearly 80 years after it began collecting fingerprints on index cards as a way to identify criminals, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is moving to a new system that improves the accuracy and performance of its existing setup while adding more biometrics. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Business Value of Creating Exceptional Digital Experiences Watch this on-demand webcast to review the findings of IDC's recent analytical report titled: "The Business Value of IBM's Exceptional Digital Experience Solutions." Learn More Target says 40 million cards likely skimmed in security breach The retailer said the breach affected customers making purchases at its stores Read More Juniper vs. Palo Alto Networks: Firewall court battle set to begin Call it the fist fight over firewalls for 2014. Juniper Networks is going for a knock-out against rival Palo Alto Networks in a patent-dispute lawsuit related to next-generation firewalls that's set to go to trial in Delaware in February. And Palo Alto wants to take out Juniper in its own separate patent lawsuit. Read More Target's statement to customers on massive data breach From retailer Target on December 19, 2013 Read More Verizon to report on law-enforcement data requests Verizon Communications will report on law-enforcement requests for information on its customers that it received in 2013, following similar moves that major online companies have made but rival AT&T has not. Read More
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