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	SIEM: Dead or alive? Security practitioners defend the value of SIEM after elQnetworks declares the technology dead. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Research—Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications Gartner report "How to Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications" is a study of three popular website acceleration techniques: network optimization, front-end optimization and edge caching. Read now In this Issue The world's geekiest cakes Open this malware or I'll sue you Internet privacy: Cookies as a weapon Microsoft passes Rustock botnet baton to FBI Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested Coping with HIPAA regulations: Electronic faxes Netflix deals with cloud security concerns Facial recognition security, privacy issues grab FTC attention Data-breach insurance caters to small businesses Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks 1 in 3 in Massachusetts had personal data compromised World Tech Update, Sept. 22, 2011 WHITE PAPER: Quest Software New NetVault Backup Licensing Model Read a report from an industry-leading analyst to see why traditional backup and recovery licensing methods no longer make sense. You'll learn how you can dramatically cut costs with a different strategy that's more intuitive, reasonable, enduring, and flexible. Download the report today. Read Now! The world's geekiest cakes Android, Intel, Apple iPods all take the cake these days Read More Open this malware or I'll sue you The latest social engineering trick to get victims to open malicious email attachments accuses them of being spammers and threatens to sue them if they don't stop. Read More Internet privacy: Cookies as a weapon In November 2009 the European Parliament approved a directive on Internet privacy that, among other things, required user opt-in before websites could install cookies on the user's computer. Read More Microsoft passes Rustock botnet baton to FBI Microsoft on Thursday wrapped up its civil case against the still-unnamed controllers of the Rustock botnet and handed off the information gleaned during its investigation to the FBI. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle The Application Grid Approach to a Modern Data Center An application grid approach significantly automates the process of adding, reducing, or modifying existing IT deployments in support of highly scalable systems that have less downtime and lower resource consumption. Learn More! Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims. Read More Coping with HIPAA regulations: Electronic faxes The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act mandates reasonable safeguards in communicating patient medical data from one care-provider to another. In this second of two columns on the subject, we look at alternatives to using the old-fashioned fax machines that can accidentally transmit private data to an unexpected recipient. Read More Netflix deals with cloud security concerns As Netflix commits its future to streaming movies to customers, it relies almost exclusively on cloud services for its infrastructure, raising security concerns that require a new way of thinking, the company's cloud security architect says. Read More Facial recognition security, privacy issues grab FTC attention The Federal Trade Commission the week said it will hold a workshop that examines how burgeoning use of facial recognition technology impacts privacy and security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Database Security What to Look for With this paper Tanya Baccum, SANS Institute analyst, examines these measures for holistically protecting Oracle database from the inside out. Learn More Today! Data-breach insurance caters to small businesses With the proliferation of data breaches, The Harford insurance company is selling a new data loss insurance aimed at small businesses that might be put at financial risk if they lose valuable and sensitive data. Read More Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks When it comes to social engineering attacks, larger companies attract more of them, and when they are victimized it costs more per incident, according to a survey sponsored by Check Point. Read More 1 in 3 in Massachusetts had personal data compromised Personal information on about a third of Massachusetts residents has been compromised, according to the state's attorney general, citing statistics gleaned from the tough data breach reporting law there. Read More World Tech Update, Sept. 22, 2011 Coming up on World Tech Update this week Google's Eric Schmidt gets grilled by a congressional antitrust panel, the company also launched Google wallet this week, Bill Gates tops the richest Americans list and more. Read More
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