IT security chiefs can make big bucks but are they happy?

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	IT security chiefs can make big bucks but are they happy? The top IT security chiefs make salaries that can run over $1 million per year, but are they happy? Ponemon Institute, which interviewed about 700 security professionals in the top IT security spot at their companies to find out, learned they make big bucks but the job often feels stressful and isolated. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP BladeSystem Leadership and Innovation for Data Centers In Gartner's 2013 Blade Server Magic Quadrant, HP has been positioned as a leader for completeness of vision and ability to execute. Read this paper to learn why HP BladeSystem is the leading choice of IT professionals. Learn More In this Issue The worst security SNAFUs of 2013 INSIDER Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping? The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2013 The 8 hottest security stories of 2013 Juniper vs. Palo Alto Networks: Firewall court battle set to begin Blue Coat acquires anti-malware firm Norman Shark Target's statement to customers on massive data breach Notable deaths of 2013 from the worlds of technology, science & inventions Gotcha! FBI launches new biometric systems to nail criminals Unique malware evades sandboxes Older Mac webcams can spy without activating warning light, researchers find Most iPhone users have activation lock enabled, survey finds 5 strategies for post-holiday BYOD problems Good guys should compete with criminals in buying zero-day vulnerabilities, report says Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices 2013 tech news quiz WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Key Elements for Creating Enterprise-Wide Strategy Mobility in business is not a new concept, but the factors that determine a mobile strategy are constantly in flux. Learn how your company can become "mobile first." View Now The worst security SNAFUs of 2013 This year's award for "Biggest Security SNAFU" can only go to the National Security Agency. Since June, NSA officials have winced as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden began dispensing secrets to the media about how NSA carries out massive surveillance around the world using advanced technology. 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 The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2013 From bathroom malware and the mystery Google barge to Chinese Moon landings and humanoid robots it has been one wacky high-tech year Read More The 8 hottest security stories of 2013 We recap the biggest security news from this past year 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 WHITE PAPER: IBM Proactively Manage Business Applications and User Experience The comprehensive, integrated IBM portfolio of application performance management solutions enables IT to move beyond basic resource monitoring to optimize infrastructure performance and availability through the use of best practices for identifying and resolving infrastructure problems. Read Now Blue Coat acquires anti-malware firm Norman Shark Blue Coat Systems today announced it has acquired anti-malware firm Norman Shark for an undisclosed price, in order to integrate its technologies, such as sandboxing, into other security products available through Blue Coat. Read More Target's statement to customers on massive data breach From retailer Target on December 19, 2013 Read More Notable deaths of 2013 from the worlds of technology, science & inventions In memoriam: Computing pioneers with roots at Apple and IBM pass, as do brilliant young Internet innovators 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 Unique malware evades sandboxes Malware utilized in the attack last month on the developers' site PHP.net used a unique approach to avoid detection, a security expert says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Adopt a More Service-Oriented Management Strategy The survey results in this report demonstrate dramatic changes happening in IT service management delivery and highlight best practices to assure performance of business processes, deliver exceptional end-user experiences, optimize existing infrastructure, and speed the deployment of new technologies and services. Learn More. Older Mac webcams can spy without activating warning light, researchers find Most webcams have a warning light that indicates when they're active, but it's possible for malware to disable this important privacy feature on older Mac computers, according to research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. Read More Most iPhone users have activation lock enabled, survey finds Four out of five iPhone users have enabled a feature that allows them to locate, lock and wipe their phones if they are lost or stolen, according to the results of a survey by the San Francisco district attorney's office. Read More 5 strategies for post-holiday BYOD problems Christmas is fast approaching. Now, and after the office is back to normal after the first of the year, employees are going to return with several shiny new gadgets, along with the expectation that they'll "just work" in the corporate environment. Security will be a distant afterthought, because it's still viewed as a process that hinders productivity. Read More Good guys should compete with criminals in buying zero-day vulnerabilities, report says An effective way to significantly improve software security is to compete head-to-head with the black market for previously unknown vulnerabilities, a security research company says. Read More Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices have become the target of malware and are even getting hit by highly targeted attacks known as "advanced persistent threats" that intended to steal sensitive data, according to a survey of 676 IT and security professionals. Read More 2013 tech news quiz Snowden, Ballmer, 3D handguns, iPhone 5s – this year had it all Read More
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