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	How do you define a cybersecurity "professional'? How or should the cybersecurity workforce be formally professionalized? The National Research Council this week issued a report that looks at the issues around how to professionalize a field it describes as so broad and diverse it could be hard to even treat it as a single occupation or profession. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Software Managing Web Security in a Challenging Threat Landscape This whitepaper deals with the rise of mobility, BYOD and social networking, and how these trends have led cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities in browsers and mobile apps. From drive-by downloads to spearfishing to XML injection, web-borne threats represent a significant new risk for businesses. Learn More In this Issue The International Security Community Should Embrace the STIX and TAXII Standards 'A man wearing an iMac on his head' Microsoft - Software Audits and SAM Assessments Adventures in Mobile Unified Communications – Part 2: Technology Cloud computing's 'utility' model faces a surprising challenge Why is Cisco Getting into Security Services? Put more personality in presentations with Personify Live Rise of the Machines: What can Dune teach us? Raspberry Pi, WiFi & old iPhones help creative dad give Tooth Fairy a break Amazon's cloud hiccups: Network connectivity issues impact sites WHITE PAPER: CDNetworks Scaling the Great Firewall of China This white paper and FAQ provide a high level understanding of challenges to reaching China with your brand and the types of licenses needed to operate a website reaching consumers, businesses, and employees in China. Read now >> The International Security Community Should Embrace the STIX and TAXII Standards Most experts agree that security technologies based upon signature files (DATs) alone can no longer provide adequate security protection. Why? There is simply too much malware volume so it's harder for the security industry to keep up with the bad guys. Furthermore, polymorphic and metamorphic malware is designed to change its appearance. You can't match a pattern if the pattern keeps changing. ... Read More 'A man wearing an iMac on his head' Reuters offers us this photo today among a selection of others showing people waiting to buy the new iPhone in Japan. The headgear is intentionally absurd, of course - and, yes, I noticed the promotion of a Web site, which I can report is not porn - but what struck me even more was the matter-of-fact nature of the Reuters caption, which reads: Read More Microsoft - Software Audits and SAM Assessments Overview Microsoft has definitely increased their software audits (and Software Asset Management or SAM Assessments) within the United States and globally. While in the past there were specific organizations that were at risk based upon size and licensing footprint, this is no longer the case as all organizations using Microsoft technology carry an increased risk of audit. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDNetworks Dynamic Web Acceleration Delivering web applications over the Internet and ensuring reasonable response times for users around the globe is a significant challenge. Find out how Dynamic Web Acceleration can accelerate highly dynamic and interactive web applications aimed at a global audience. Learn more. Adventures in Mobile Unified Communications – Part 2: Technology Last time, I discussed the motivations for this project - low-cost voice communication via Wi-Fi from anywhere - or, well, almost anywhere. This time, here's a look at the software and services involved. Read More Cloud computing's 'utility' model faces a surprising challenge For years now, advocates have been claiming that cloud computing would follow the path of power utilities, with the vast majority of customers choosing to buy the computing resources they need from some central utility rather than generate it themselves. It has become an article of faith that due to economies of scale, this utility model would always deliver better service for less money than trying... Read More Why is Cisco Getting into Security Services? Last week, Cisco announced that it was forming a services group to deliver professional and managed security services. The company also announced that hiring of Bryan Palma as Senior VP and GM to lead this new group. Palma comes to Cisco from Boeing where he held the title of VP of cyber and security solutions. Read More WEBCAST: CDNetworks Reaching China with Your Website & Cloud Application Reaching customers and employees with cloud applications when they are located in emerging markets (such as Russia, Indonesia, Brazil and China) poses a major challenge. Learn how a CDN can help you not only deliver a fast download of your website and web applications even in China, but can also help you manage content and regulatory issues. View Now Put more personality in presentations with Personify Live Read More Rise of the Machines: What can Dune teach us? Like many of you I was a Dune fanatic. When I was younger I read and reread the original series by Frank Herbet, hoping to find the hidden insights and secrets. I was excited when his son and Kevin Anderson continued the Dune novels, though to say they were uneven is an understatement. Read More Raspberry Pi, WiFi & old iPhones help creative dad give Tooth Fairy a break This creative dad puts me to shame: I'm one of those parents who had to scramble to stick a quarter or two under our kids' pillows the morning after they put their teeth under the pillow for the Tooth Fairy to grab. This gent whips up a newfangled pneumatic transport system for his two kids that combines a Raspberry Pi-powered vaccum system and Wi-Fi apps controlled on old iPhones. Read More Amazon's cloud hiccups: Network connectivity issues impact sites Amazon's cloud is hiccupping and it's starting to bring down some web sites. Amazon Web Services reported at 10:32 AM ET this morning that it was investigating "network connectivity issues" in its Northern Virginia data centers. The issue is isolated to a single Availability Zone within the region, the company has said. 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