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	Apple Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011 New Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011, but still remain far below that of Windows PCs, according to a posting by F-Secure Labs. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fastest-growing cloud computing. However, cloud providers usage agreements squarely make the user responsible for protecting servers, applications and data. CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers. Read More In this Issue Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? Zappos data breach response a good idea or just panic mode? Security history: Nothing like an old-fashioned boot sector virus Clamor for cloud apps increases corporate data breach risk RSA, unapologetic, looks to move beyond The Breach McAfee due to patch spam relay problem in cloud product How smarter hypervisor use can lead to a 'big, big change' in security Can employee-owned devices save companies money? Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation NSA releases a security-enhanced version of Android Chinese 'attack US DoD Smart Cards' with Sykipot Malware RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? Will 2012 be the year when U.S. retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur. Read More Zappos data breach response a good idea or just panic mode? In acknowledging a data breach in which information related to as many as 24 million customers was stolen, online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos has taken assertive steps, including compelling customers to change passwords, plus temporarily foregoing 800-number phone service in an effort to redeploy customer-service representatives to respond to customer email. Read More Security history: Nothing like an old-fashioned boot sector virus It has been 26 years to the day when the computing world was introduced to its first virus: The Brain. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Forrester: IT Platform to Optimize and Consolidate In this report, Forrester investigates the reasons why you should consider WAN optimization solutions as the best way to gain better IT performance, cost savings, and greater flexibility for your business. And it's also a smart network improvement investment over the long-term. Get the facts about WAN optimization in this study. Read now! Clamor for cloud apps increases corporate data breach risk Vendor analysis of network and application traffic shows poorly managed remote access tools and traffic flowing outside port 80 are rampant. Read More RSA, unapologetic, looks to move beyond The Breach Last April's RSA security breach was engineered by a nation-state whose ultimate goal was not to steal secrets about SecurID tokens but rather to use those secrets to compromise U.S. military contractors that protected their networks with the devices, RSA officials say. Read More McAfee due to patch spam relay problem in cloud product McAfee expects to patch by Thursday two problems with its SaaS Total Protection antimalware service, one of which lets an attacker use a computer as a spam relay. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More How smarter hypervisor use can lead to a 'big, big change' in security To gain insight on the months ahead as they relate to IT attacks, malware, cloud security, and the impact of virtualization on security, we recently chatted with Simon Crosby, former CTO of Citrix Systems' data center and cloud business. Crosby recently founded a cloud security startup, Bromium, with Guarav Banga, former CTO and senior vice president at Phoenix Technologies, and Ian Pratt, chairman of Xen.org and co-founder of XenSource. Read More Can employee-owned devices save companies money? The "bring your own device" (BYOD) phenomenon is sweeping through the enterprise, and businesses such as Chicago-based design firm Holly Hunt have embraced it with gusto, offering stipends to employees to use their own mobile devices for work. Read More Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation Alcatel-Lucent is now offering a router with technology from Arbor Networks that defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks, the two companies said on Wednesday. Read More NSA releases a security-enhanced version of Android The National Security Agency (NSA) has released SE Android, a security-enhanced version of Android, which provides and enforces stricter access-control policies than those found in the popular mobile operating system by default. Read More Chinese 'attack US DoD Smart Cards' with Sykipot Malware A new strain of Sykipot is being used to attack US Department of Defense smart cards Read More
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