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	Obama ignored NSA subverting encryption in surveillance reform speech Other than to appease Americans, why did President Obama bother with appointing a Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies if he planned to disregard, or completely ignore, many of the group's recommendations to reform the NSA? 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. In this Issue Quick look: Obama and the NSA morass Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers 30 years of Apple's Mac computer 7 More Things NSA Could Be Watching, According to Security Experts Location-based services: Controversy at every level The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned Two coders closely tied to Target-related malware, security firm says Spammers buy Chrome extensions and turn them into adware 10 common misconceptions about security professionals WEBCAST: VCE Vblock™ Specialized System for SAP HANA® Deploy SAP HANA® fast and with low risk. VCE brings together all of the necessary components for SAP HANA® into a single, standardized converged infrastructure system to ensure maximum performance at scale even with high data volumes. Learn More Quick look: Obama and the NSA morass New rules will limit NSA data gathering, but is the NSA paying attention? Read More Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies Start-up Aorato comes out of stealth mode today with what it calls a firewall designed to protect Microsoft Active Directory shops. Read More Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers Backed by a lineup of elite investors, start-up Shape Security comes out of stealth mode today by announcing technology it calls Shapeshifter that is said to prevent cyber-criminals from successfully attacking and compromising websites. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP StoreOnce Extends its Industry Leadership In this competitive whitepaper, Edison Group provides an independent, third-party perspective and evaluation of HP's new B6200 StoreOnce Backup System versus EMC Data Domain. Criteria considered included scalability (including capacity and performance), high availability, architectural approach, pricing, and licensing. Learn More 30 years of Apple's Mac computer A visual history of the Mac. Read More 7 More Things NSA Could Be Watching, According to Security Experts We know the National Security Agency monitors emails and social networks. What else could the NSA be monitoring? Security experts offer their (scary) thoughts. Read More Location-based services: Controversy at every level Your smartphone can be a beacon telling the world where you are, with increasing precision. Is that good commerce or bad privacy, or maybe a bit of both? Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat The Road To Enterprise PaaS Interested in leveraging automation technologies and a cloud architecture to make developers more productive? Learn how PaaS can benefit your organization to help you streamline your application development, allow you to use existing infrastructure and improve operational efficiencies. Begin charting your path to PaaS with OpenShift Enterprise. Learn more The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned "123456" is finally getting some time in the spotlight as the world's worst password, after spending years in the shadow of "password." Read More Two coders closely tied to Target-related malware, security firm says A Los Angeles security company has named a second individual living in Eastern Europe whom they suspect coded malicious software that was modified and used against Target. Read More Spammers buy Chrome extensions and turn them into adware Changes in Google Chrome extension ownership can expose thousands of users to aggressive advertising and possibly other threats, two extension developers have recently discovered. Read More 10 common misconceptions about security professionals When it comes to working in security, there are plenty of misconceptions in the public. Many can be blamed on Hollywood, business speculation, and pure imagination.CSO recently spoke to Chris Eng and Chris Wysopal from Veracode, Sanjay Beri from Netskope, and Andrew Wild from Qualys, to get their views on some of the misconceptions about working in and around security. Read More
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