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	The 12 most powerful security companies Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IDC Report: The Future of eMail is Social This IDC white paper takes a look at the current state of enterprise email and the perceived and real problems that surround its use. The paper discusses the changing nature of collaboration and work fueled by the social Web by examining current email trends and the emergence of new social collaboration tools. Learn More. In this Issue Fresh batch of security start-ups aim to safeguard mobile devices, SaaS apps Why companies need to check their handling of internal threats One tweak can make your Windows PC virtually invulnerable Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com Report finds iOS apps riskier than Android apps Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges Asus, Linksys router exploits tell us home networking is the vulnerability story of 2014 McAfee plans enterprise security package for fast threat detection and response 6 tips to combat Advanced Persistent Threats Why security pros should care about Bitcoin's troubles 15 Ways to Make Sense of Calls for NSA Reform WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Quantifying the Impact of Network Based Attacks This document will give you some guidelines on how to assess the impact of network-based attacks on your organization. We will look at: • Different types of network-based attacks • How those attacks can affect your bottom line • Methods of quantifying the impact of those attacks Learn more! Fresh batch of security start-ups aim to safeguard mobile devices, SaaS apps Security start-ups continue to blast out of stealth mode, and among the ones seen this week, the focus is on mobile security as well as cloud-based monitoring and threat detection of software-as-a-service applications such as Salesforce and Box. Read More Why companies need to check their handling of internal threats Security pros should reevaluate their use of technology and policies to bolster defenses against insider threats that many organizations downplay, a new study shows. Read More One tweak can make your Windows PC virtually invulnerable Microsoft published 147 vulnerabilities in 2013 that were rated as Critical. Critical, however, is a relative term, and there is one simple thing anyone can do that would guard against almost every single Critical vulnerability according to a new report from Avecto. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Unchain Your Network with Application Intelligence & Control This paper discusses the new risks of Web-based applications, and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. Read now! Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com The Zeus Trojan, malware long known to steal banking credentials to siphon off victims' funds, has been spotted being put to yet another devious use: swiping business data from Salesforce.com. Read More Report finds iOS apps riskier than Android apps How many apps do you have on your smartphone or tablet right now? Well, take that number, and multiply it by 0.9. That's about how many of your apps are a potential security concern according to a new study from Appthority. Read More Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges A new study shows that CSOs could dramatically lower the risk of malware infection by becoming a lot stingier with the number of company employees given administrator accounts on computers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! Asus, Linksys router exploits tell us home networking is the vulnerability story of 2014 If you're using network-attached storage, video surveillance equipment, or remote router management software, beware of dodgy firmware--it's become ground zero for hacker exploits, as recent debacles withA Asus and Linksys routers emphatically illustrate. The message is clear: In 2014, vulnerable routers, NAS boxes, and other connected devices are leaving our home networks wide open to attack. Read More McAfee plans enterprise security package for fast threat detection and response McAfee says it's developing a product it calls "Threat Intelligence Exchange," which it expects to introduce by mid-year as a core means to garner information about cyber-attacks and response for the enterprise. Read More 6 tips to combat Advanced Persistent Threats The success of advanced persistent threats (APT) is reportedly so pervasive that detecting and defeating them with any consistency may seem to be a hopeless battle. Read More Why security pros should care about Bitcoin's troubles Chief security officers who believe the latest Bitcoin problems do not affect them should think again. Securing such digital currency flowing through peer-to-peer payment systems may one day be the responsibility of security pros. Read More 15 Ways to Make Sense of Calls for NSA Reform President Obama has called for reforms to the National Security Agency's programs in order to strike a balance between privacy and security. However, contrasts abound between what the president has said and what his own review group and independent agencies propose. Read More
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