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	What is 802.1x? Understanding what the IEEE 802.1x standard is and why you should care means understanding three separate concepts: PPP, EAP and 802.1x itself Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IBM IBM Rational® AppScan® can help you discover vulnerabilities in your Web applications and meet compliance requirements including PCI requirements. You'll receive white papers, demos, podcasts and additional information on the benefits of testing your Web applications. And after testing is complete, IBM can recommend ways to make them more secure. Download your complimentary e-Kit now. In this Issue How to roll out full disk encryption on your PCs and laptops The world's geekiest tournaments Intel to buy McAfee in $7.68B blockbuster Secure and share sensitive documents in your extended enterprise Needed: Better emergency playbook for DDoS attacks Search engine optimization techniques for hackers Zenprise extends security controls to employee-owned iPhones, other devices Panel drafts privacy recommendations for health data exchanges Cameron Diaz could wreck your PC, McAfee warns Making Sense of the Intel McAfee Purchase Intel drawn to vibrant security software market Intel-McAfee deal could spark shareholder lawsuits Proposing a secure global opt-out list HP nabs Fortify Software for code security Facebook Warns of Clickjacking Scam Data breach demonstrates need for access control policies How to Spot Facebook Scams Like 'Dislike' Hacked smartphones pose military threat WHITE PAPER: Oracle Defense-in-Depth Solutions for Security and Compliance Learn how Oracle Database Security products are designed to work transparently, minimizing any impact on existing applications while addressing requirements found in many regulations. Oracle Database Security products provide defense-in-depth security by addressing the three layers of security: encryption & masking, access control, and monitoring. Read Now. How to roll out full disk encryption on your PCs and laptops Hardly a week goes by when some organization or another doesn't lose some laptops and face a litany of IT security questions.. One that always comes up: Were the systems encrypted? Read More The world's geekiest tournaments "Rock-Paper-Scissors World Champion" and other dubious honors…We humans are competitive creatures. We compete over food, money, mates and social status. In fact, we're so competitive that when we run out of serious things to compete over, we start competing over trivial nonsense. Most often, such trivial nonsense tends to fall on the geekier side of the spectrum – in other words, anything involving elf mages, killer robots or alien warlords is likely to inspire a pointless competition somewhere at some point in time. In this slideshow, we'll examine the seven geekiest competitions out there today, from battling robots to competitive hand gesturing. Read More Intel to buy McAfee in $7.68B blockbuster Intel (INTC -- NASDAQ) said Thursday morning it has entered into an agreement to acquire McAfee (MFE -- NYSE) for approximately $$7.68 billion, based on a price of $48 per share. Read More Secure and share sensitive documents in your extended enterprise Every organization has documents it needs to keep confidential, even as they must be developed or shared among several people. Traditional document management systems provide these capabilities, but such a system may be overkill when you only have a small number of documents that need such special treatment. Brainloop Secure Dataroom is a SaaS application that addresses the challenges of sharing and securing confidential documents in the extended enterprise. Read More Needed: Better emergency playbook for DDoS attacks Akamai says DDoS attacks are growing steadily more vicious, aided by massive botnets. At Metricon 5, a senior service line manager warned that companies are short on emergency response playbooks to meet the threat. Read More Search engine optimization techniques for hackers At DefCon, Barracuda Labs will explain how malware pushers use search engine optimization techniques to push their poison to the top of those Google rankings. Read More WEBCAST: Zenprise Top Tips for Securing iPhones and iPads in the Enterprise Attend this informative webinar to learn how you can manage, monitor and secure employee-liable iPhones and iPads in the workplace. Learn More Zenprise extends security controls to employee-owned iPhones, other devices Can you manage and secure an employee-owned mobile device that's accessing your corporate network? Zenprise has added a trio of new features to its MobileManager software for just this purpose. Read More Panel drafts privacy recommendations for health data exchanges A "tiger team" that advises the federally charted Health IT Policy Committee will submit a list of recommendations on Thursday for ensuring the privacy and security of personally identifiable health information in Health Data Exchanges. Read More Cameron Diaz could wreck your PC, McAfee warns Cameron Diaz's next film could easily be titled 'There's Something About Malware.' Diaz tops McAfee's annual ranking of the most dangerous celebrity searches on the Internet. Read More Making Sense of the Intel McAfee Purchase Intel and McAfee shocked the tech world this morning with the announcement that Intel is acquiring McAfee for 7.7 billion dollars. The initial reaction from analysts and industry experts is confusion--or maybe cautious skepticism--as the tech world tries to understand how a company synonymous with processors and computer chip technology will make use of a major security software and services organization. Read More Intel drawn to vibrant security software market Despite a lackluster economy, the worldwide security software industry just keeps growing. Led by Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, IBM and EMC, total industry sales are projected to hit at least $16.5 billion this year, up 11.3% from 2009, according to Gartner. Read More Intel-McAfee deal could spark shareholder lawsuits Shareholder lawsuits may be looming over the proposed Intel acquisition of McAfee, with at least two law firms signaling they are looking into whether McAfee's board of directors acted in the best interests of shareholders in approving the deal. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Proposing a secure global opt-out list In my last column, I raised the issue of the difficulty we e-mail recipients have of getting off all the lists controlled by legitimate e-mail distribution firms. Today I propose a way to reach that goal. Read More HP nabs Fortify Software for code security It might lack a fulltime CEO but HP still has an open wallet. The company has announced its intention to buy software assurance company Fortify Software. Read More Facebook Warns of Clickjacking Scam Security firm Sophos recently discovered a new clickjacking scam on Facebook that spreads via the social network's "share" feature and could be costing you $5 a week. The new malware is similar to a so-called "likejacking" worm discovered last May. But instead of exploiting Facebook's "Like" button, the new scam uses the "Share" feature that posts content to your profile wall where your friends are encouraged to click on it. Read More Data breach demonstrates need for access control policies A big thanks to Quest's Jackson Shaw for pointing us to a story in the Vancouver (BC) Sun at the end of July. Under the headline "Tax collector accessed private files for gain," the newspaper reported that "A tax collector in B.C. [British Columbia, Canada] used the Canada Revenue Agency's computers to look up the private tax files of hundreds of high-income individuals, apparently in the hopes of hitting them up for a business she ran on the side, according to internal government documents." Read More How to Spot Facebook Scams Like 'Dislike' Like many scams on Facebook, the "Dislike" button succeeded because people are gullible. Here's how to not become one of those people. Read More Hacked smartphones pose military threat Hacked smartphones could endanger troops by sending location data to the enemy using mechanisms similar to those employed by recently discovered Android malware, experts say. Read More
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