Mitigating advanced persistent threats within industrial and critical infrastructure environments

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	Mitigating advanced persistent threats within industrial and critical infrastructure environments Industrial control systems (ICSs) are the backbone of our industrial and critical infrastructures. As organizations connect their ICSs to the Internet, or integrate them with enterprise applications, the ICSs become vulnerable to cyberattack through everything from common malware to advanced persistent threats (APTs). Mitigating the risk of APTs in industrial control systems takes a special kind of firewall. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Amazon Web Services simplifies private cloud configuration, adds SQL Server INSIDER 5 career-boosting soft skills Gartner: 5 things a private cloud is NOT IT Doesn't Matter: What every IT pro needs to know to survive in the cloud era WHITE PAPER: Druva Empowering Endpoints: Unifying Data Protection This whitepaper present IT challenges caused by an increasing mobile and collaborative workforce and discusses how Druva can solve these challenges. Read Now! Amazon Web Services simplifies private cloud configuration, adds SQL Server Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made it possible to connect to its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service using static routing, while also allowing enterprises to run SQL Server within the private cloud, the company said on Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Extending Access Control to the Cloud Organizations are rapidly embracing software-as-a-service applications. But SaaS is also introducing new organizational risks. An affordable, manageable solution that oversees and controls user access to SaaS-hosted information has become crucial. Learn More! INSIDER 5 career-boosting soft skills Soft skills are not a new concept for IT. But time has run out for IT professionals who have been avoiding developing them. Now that technology is an integral part of business strategy, very few employers would settle for a candidate who could not function beyond the computer screen. And with teamwork and collaboration a mainstay of many work environments, personal interactions count, even within IT itself. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility Trends in SMBs An exclusive survey finds IT managers at growing businesses trying to balance the rewards and risks of ubiquitous, easy-to-use mobile solutions. Read Now! Gartner: 5 things a private cloud is NOT The National Institute for Standards in Technology has a definition of what cloud computing is that's fairly agreed upon within the industry. But research firm Gartner says there's still a lot of cloud-washing, or market confusion on exactly what the technology is. Today, the firm released a list of five things the cloud is not. Read More IT Doesn't Matter: What every IT pro needs to know to survive in the cloud era Read More
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