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	Cloud security concerns are overblown, experts say Security concerns should not deter enterprises from using public cloud technologies when it makes business sense. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Streamline Data Protection with Storage Manager IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) has been an industry-standard data protection solution for two decades. But, where most competitors focus exclusively on Backup and Restore, TSM is a far more comprehensive data-protection solution. Read Now In this Issue INSIDER Is Your IT Shop a Scrambler or a Leader? 13 of today's coolest network research projects Hot, new products from RSA Cloud Service Providers Fight Back, Challenge NSA Mac users warned against using public Wi-Fi networks Free tools for Windows Server admins Security researchers urge tech companies to explain their cryptographic choices Huge turnout at RSA shows hackers are winning RSA security attack demo deep-fries Apple Mac components Are Apple iOS, OS X flaws really backdoors for spies? Blackphone plans more secure devices, bouyed by Snowden leaks Check Point unveils security architecture for threat-intelligence sharing WHITE PAPER: Crittercism The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more! INSIDER Is Your IT Shop a Scrambler or a Leader? An IT veteran describes the four stages of the technology organization -- and what it takes to move up a notch Read More 13 of today's coolest network research projects Here's a whirlwind look at some of the wildest and potentially most useful technology research projects from university and vendor labs related to computer networking. Read More Hot, new products from RSA Our roundup of new security products on hand at this week's show. Read More Cloud Service Providers Fight Back, Challenge NSA Facing a real business threat from the fallout from the NSA's intelligence gathering, tech sector luminaries are expanding their presence in Washington as they lobby for surveillance reforms. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems The top 5 truths behind what the cloud is not There's no doubt that cloud is a major paradigm shift for enterprise organizations from the way services are delivered, to the underlying solutions deployed to enable those services. This whitepaper clears the confusion around cloud to help you shape a successful strategy and implementation plan. Learn more Mac users warned against using public Wi-Fi networks Connecting to unsecured networks not advisable for Apple users until patch is released for vulnerability Read More Free tools for Windows Server admins Read More Security researchers urge tech companies to explain their cryptographic choices Fourteen prominent security and cryptography experts have signed an open letter to technology companies urging them to take steps to regain users' trust following reports over the past year that vendors collaborated with government agencies to undermine consumer security and facilitate mass surveillance. Read More Huge turnout at RSA shows hackers are winning In the battle between enterprises and malicious hackers, the bad guys are clearly winning, judging by the sheer number of people and exhibitors at the RSA security conference going on here this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! RSA security attack demo deep-fries Apple Mac components How bad can cyberattacks get? How about burning the internal components of a machine, whether PC or Mac, to a crisp so there's no thought of it being recoverable? That's what security vendor CrowdStrike showed could be done to an Apple Mac OS X today at the RSA Conference. Read More Are Apple iOS, OS X flaws really backdoors for spies? Two recently-discovered flaws in Apple iOS and Mac OS X have security experts openly asking whether the software vulnerabilities represent backdoors inserted for purposes of cyber-espionage. There's no clear answer so far, but it just shows that anxiety about state-sponsored surveillance is running high. Read More Blackphone plans more secure devices, bouyed by Snowden leaks Blackphone, the Swiss start-up that's launching a smartphone with encrypted communications, is planning a series of devices around the same idea, one of the company's co-founders said on Monday. Read More Check Point unveils security architecture for threat-intelligence sharing Check Point Software Technologies today said it is extending its security architecture to be able to incorporate more threat-intelligence data that could be shared with other vendor partners, with the goal of providing more adaptive prevention. Read More
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