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	What do security auditors really think? What do auditors involved in making sure companies meet compliance requirements really think? For starters, companies don't care much about privacy and security, while encryption gets applied at a minimum to meet rules, according to a study of 505 security auditors by Ponemon Institute. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Forrester: The Emergence of Service Assurance Forrester interviewed more than 150 IT professionals to understand the fundamental issues around managing the performance of business application and business services and their underlying transactions. Read their key findings and expert recommendations. Read Now In this Issue 8 essential Android security apps Anonymous: Why does the Air Force want to create phony online identities? Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall Are cell phones 'Stalin's dream'? Readers weigh in Hackers learn new trick to duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools Security service on lookout for malware like ZeuS, SpyEye Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection HP CEO bets company on cloud, will offer public cloud service Symantec to release end-to-end cloud management software WHITE PAPER: Polycom Polycom Solutions for Microsoft UC Environments Read how Polycom empowers Microsoft Unified Communications with a full suite of HD voice, video, telepresence and infrastructure solutions; Allowing organizations to increase productivity, reduce costs and unify dispersed teams. Read More 8 essential Android security apps A DIY guide to securing Android-based devices Read More Anonymous: Why does the Air Force want to create phony online identities? The international collective known as Anonymous is trying to figure out just what the U.S. Air Force wants with software that can create and manage phony identities on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks. Read More Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall A large network of hacked computers called Rustock, which was responsible for a great volume of spam, has shut down, perhaps as a result of another coordinated take down by security researchers. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Catholic Health East Success Story Using CA Oblicore Guarantee™, CHE has been able to automate the process of SLA reporting, build a service catalog and capture reliable IT service delivery information. The solution pulls information from originating systems to populate reports, dashboards and SLA scorecards based on defined metrics. Learn More Are cell phones 'Stalin's dream'? Readers weigh in Stallman is right. Stallman is a crackpot. Reactions to Richard Stallman's warnings on cell phone surveillance. Read More Hackers learn new trick to duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures A new phishing scam that targets bank and PayPal passwords and other consumer data that criminals use to loot private accounts is designed to beat security built in to Firefox and Chrome Web browsers. Read More Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools Educational institutions and social networks are the worst when it comes to leaving their Web sites exposed to known vulnerabilities, with health care and banks doing the best, according to a study by WhiteHat Security. Read More WHITE PAPER: TrendMicro 3 Top Security Vendors Put to the VDI Test Performance tests reveal that endpoint security not specifically optimized for virtualized desktops can introduce such significant load to the VDI host; they effectively render the system unresponsive. See how Trend Micro, McAfee and Symantec compare when measuring disk utilization, CPU utilization, memory utilization and scan times. Read More Security service on lookout for malware like ZeuS, SpyEye Spotting notorious Trojans like SpyEye and ZeuS on compromised desktop computers is the goal of a new security service from Trusteer. Read More Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security The secure communications provider announced mobile extensions of its encryption and e-mail archive applications. Read More Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection With the rising awareness and concern over the stealing of passwords and other sensitive data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, Twitter is the latest online services company to boost its use of encrypted website connections. Read More HP CEO bets company on cloud, will offer public cloud service HP also plans to open a marketplace that will include both applications and cloud-based services for enterprises, small businesses and consumers. Read More Symantec to release end-to-end cloud management software Symantec plans to release a major upgrade to its flagship storage management application, Storage Foundation 6.0, which will allow users to manage a cloud infrastructure from end to end. Read More
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