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	Worst data breaches of 2013 These businesses and government agencies lost the most personal and financial records due to hackers or security mishaps last year Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Specification of Modular Data Center Architecture There is a growing consensus that conventional legacy data center design will be superseded by modular scalable data center designs. This paper creates a framework for modular data center architecture and describes the various ways that modularity can be implemented for data center power, cooling, and space infrastructure. View now In this Issue Cryptolocker scrambles eight years of data belonging to US town hall The 7 best habits of effective security pros World of Warcraft attack highlights two-factor authentication weakness Best of CES 2014: In Pictures INSIDER CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? A look at FireEye's Mandiant buy: Game changer or not? Why one company declined cloud-based 'crisis communications system' NSA scandal spooking IT pros in UK, Canada NSA critic Bruce Schneier joins security firm Co3 as CTO Governments urged to set up global bounty system to buy security vulnerabilities As Yahoo makes encryption standard for email, weak implementation seen Intel announces death of McAfee brand. Will it be that simple? 7 ways to work around security compliance problems Cryptolocker 2.0 turns into worm that spreads via USB drives Report: NSA looking to crack all encryption with quantum computer The NSA blame game: Singling out RSA diverts attention from others 7 security mistakes people make with their mobile device WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Types of Prefabricated Modular Data Centers There are important distinctions between the types of data center factory-built building blocks on the market. This paper proposes standard terminology for categorizing the types of prefabricated modular data centers, and compares their key attributes. View more Cryptolocker scrambles eight years of data belonging to US town hall The Cryptolocker ransom Trojan has claimed another victim in small-town America, scrambling eight years-worth of files held by a New Hampshire town authority. Some are believed to be irretrievable. Read More The 7 best habits of effective security pros Today's information security professionals need to learn more swiftly, communicate more effectively, know more about the business, and match the capabilities of an ever-improving set of adversaries. But, it doesn't seem too long ago that all it took to survive in the field was a dose of strong technical acumen and a shot of creativity to protect the network, solve most problems, and fend off attacks. Read More World of Warcraft attack highlights two-factor authentication weakness New malware targeting users of the online role-playing game World of Warcraft exploits a weakness that exists in many forms of two-factor authentication. Read More Best of CES 2014: In Pictures Here's what's grabbing our attention right now at the sprawling CES 2014 gadget show in Las Vegas Read More INSIDER CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? Marketing departments are shifting significant amounts of their own budgets toward IT-related products and services, independent of what the IT department spends, to the extent that Gartner predicts that by 2017 chief marketing officers (CMO) will spend more money on IT than chief information officers (CIO). Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com 5 Ways to Improve Outbound Sales Forget the numbers game and learn how to find success by relying on quality interactions. In this eBook, we'll give you 5 ways to improve outbound sales performance and ultimately increase your sales pipeline. Download now. Learn more>> A look at FireEye's Mandiant buy: Game changer or not? FireEye's acquisition of Mandiant is getting generally positive reviews from industry analysts, though some caution that FireEye faces a big challenge in its goals related to blending the two security firms' products. Read More Why one company declined cloud-based 'crisis communications system' Cloud-based services are still often seen as too risky for sensitive information. Take the case at Kingsport, Tenn.-based Eastman Chemical Company, which said "no" to the cloud when designing its new crisis communications system. Read More NSA scandal spooking IT pros in UK, Canada The National Security Agency's massive data collection practices that have come to light in the past six months have apparently spooked at least some businesses in Canada and the United Kingdom, based on a survey out today that says many are moving their company's data away from the U.S. due to "the NSA surveillance scandal." Read More NSA critic Bruce Schneier joins security firm Co3 as CTO The network security industry's legendary free thinker Bruce Schneier Monday said he's taken a job as CTO at Co3 Systems, but that this in no way will curtail his determination to speak and write candidly on important topics such as the National Security Agency's (NSA) practices. Read More Governments urged to set up global bounty system to buy security vulnerabilities The criminal market for software vulnerabilities is now so sophisticated and dangerous that governments should consider setting up a global programme to purchase flaws before they fall into the wrong hands, a researcher has argued. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Four Keys to Choosing a Holistic Mobile Management Solution Getting peak value from mobile technologies takes a wide range of applications and services. Here are four capabilities every end-to-end mobile management solution must include. Learn More As Yahoo makes encryption standard for email, weak implementation seen Yahoo has started to automatically encrypt connections between users and its email service, adding an important security layer that rival Gmail has had for almost four years, but its implementation needs work, according to at least one security expert. Read More Intel announces death of McAfee brand. Will it be that simple? Three and a half years after Intel acquired McAfee, the chip giant looks set to ditch the famous brand that still bears the name of its colourful founder, John McAfee. Read More 7 ways to work around security compliance problems Regulations aimed at protecting the security and privacy of organizations and individuals are well meaning. But sometimes these standards, or how they're interpreted, can be more than a nuisance--they can actually contribute to weaker security. Read More Cryptolocker 2.0 turns into worm that spreads via USB drives Security researchers have discovered what looks like a copycat version of the Cryptolocker ransom Trojan that drops some of the malware's sophistication in favour of the single innovation of being able to spread via USB drives. Read More Report: NSA looking to crack all encryption with quantum computer The U.S. National Security Agency is attempting to build a new breed of supercomputer that theoretically could make short work of cracking most keys used for encrypted communications. Read More The NSA blame game: Singling out RSA diverts attention from others RSA may have earned much of the criticism being heaped upon it for allegedly enabling a backdoor in one of its encryption technologies under a contract with the National Security Agency. But singling out the company for reproach deflects attention from the role that other technology vendors may have had in enabling the NSA's data collection activities. Read More 7 security mistakes people make with their mobile device Mobile devices, especially smartphones, have ushered businesses into a new era of productivity and working on-the-go. But with those advances and added convenience comes a wealth of security blunders just waiting to happen. Here are some of the worst mistakes users can make with their mobile devices and how to avoid them. Read More
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