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	How to determine if your LinkedIn password has been compromised As reports have swirled throughout the day that approximately 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords have been leaked, security experts have been trying to figure out what happened, as well as checking to see if their own passwords have been compromised. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Want to Make Compliance Easy? Get Proactive! Is your business reactively implementing compliance? If so, you're wasting time and money and destroying productivity. Get proactive! Read now! In this Issue Hacker v. Hacker: When Egos or Motives Clash, Hackers Attack Each Other INSIDER The Cisco security directive How security pros are handling data overload Dating site eHarmony confirms password breach Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hack Gartner: Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) getting hot Who's hiring data scientists? Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and more IBM attacks app design to bolster mobile security INSIDER Next-gen firewalls can handle the heat Mobilisafe debuts with mobile risk-management software Security Utah CTO Steps Down Following Data Breach Is the cloud really ready for prime time? Google warns users of 'state-sponsored' hacks WHITE PAPER: Centage Corporation Centage/IOMA Budgeting Survey: Benchmarks & Issues How are other financial professionals dealing with the issues you face? This report offers you an inside peak into what the minds at over 200 financial executives are thinking and doing to impact their own bottom line. Learn more. Hacker v. Hacker: When Egos or Motives Clash, Hackers Attack Each Other Read More INSIDER The Cisco security directive Chris Young just celebrated his six-month anniversary as senior vice president of the recently formed Cisco Security Group reporting to Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior. He brings an interesting perspective to the position, hailing as he does from VMware and RSA. Young was senior vice president and general manager for VMware's end user computing solutions and, prior to that, senior vice president for products at RSA. After hearing Cisco CEO John Chambers proclaim in a recent teleconference that we could expect to see Cisco make big strides in security with Young onboard, Network World Editor in Chief John Dix tracked Young down for his vision and plans. Read More How security pros are handling data overload Most struggling to make sense of the security log data, while one third found it hard to distinguish malware from the rest, study finds Read More Dating site eHarmony confirms password breach The online dating site eHarmony confirmed late Wednesday that passwords for its members were exposed in a breach, a second major compromise following LinkedIn's password exposure. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Small and Medium Business Threat Awareness Report How aware are small businesses about cyber threats that impact them? Do they consider the right type of defense against hackers? Find out in the Small and Medium Business Threat Awareness Report. Read Now! Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hack Microsoft appears to agree with experts that the exploit of its Windows Update system by the Flame cyber espionage malware was a "significant" event in the history of Windows hacking. Read More Gartner: Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) getting hot To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring mobile device management (MDM) software where server and management console components are kept on premises. But that's changing, as companies are now buying cloud-based MDM, according to Gartner. Read More Who's hiring data scientists? Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and more Groupon, ADP, and PayPal are also among eight examples of companies looking to hire data scientists Read More IBM attacks app design to bolster mobile security The place to start to bolster security in mobile applications is in the development stage. Catch and fix vulnerabilities then and the final product will be more difficult for hackers to penetrate. IBM on Tuesday unveiled software specifically tailored for testing Android apps. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The Ultralight Branch Ultralight branches let the business drive the placement and lifespan of branches while minimizing real estate, infrastructure, operational, and service costs. Read now. INSIDER Next-gen firewalls can handle the heat In Network World's two-part test, reviewers David Newman and Joel Snyder put next-generation firewalls through the ringer. They found that products could forward packets at an impressive clip but throughput dropped with advanced security features were turned on. Read More Mobilisafe debuts with mobile risk-management software Start-up Mobilisafe makes its debut Monday with a product intended to help IT managers monitor for risks associated with both employee-owned and corporate-issued mobile devices. Read More Security Utah CTO Steps Down Following Data Breach The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of around 280,000 Medicaid recipients. Read More Is the cloud really ready for prime time? Coupa, a 2006 startup that helps more than 200 customer companies manage purchasing and procurement, doesn't own any IT infrastructure -- it is run completely from the Amazon Web Service cloud. Read More Google warns users of 'state-sponsored' hacks Google began warning users today of its Gmail online email services when it suspects they may be targets of "state-sponsored" attacks. Read More
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