PCI council ranks security risks, milestones; Compliance Complaints

PCI council devises a 12-step program for meeting security standards Compliance Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Brocade Architectural Brief Providing server connectivity products is the next step in fulfilling Brocade's mission to deliver enterprise-class, end-to-end storage networking solutions. With the introduction of Brocade server connectivity solutions, Brocade is now extending fabric based services to data center server platforms for dependable and high-performance storage access. Spotlight Story PCI council ranks security risks, milestones By Tim Greene Businesses shouldn't let financial pressures put PCI-security compliance on the back burner, and the PCI Security Standards Council has devised has devised a 12-step program to help merchants get there. Read full story Related News: Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. Compliance Complaints IDC, a sister company to CSO, predicts that IT security spending will still grow by nearly 10 percent in 2009, and even faster in 2010. They characterize security as "the least likely area [in IT] to face cuts in response to the current economic crisis. Secure Passage releases a new version of its firewall-analysis tool Secure Passage is rolling out a news version of its firewall analysis and compliance-verification software that identifies unintentionally allowed risky behavior on business networks. FCC threatens fines on data protection rules The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may fine 600 operators for failing to properly file annual reports proving that they protect customer data. Controversial data-security rules slow to take hold in state Massachusetts officials this month gave companies a second reprieve on complying with new regulations aimed at any entity that stores the personal data of state residents. They also softened a particularly contentious provision requiring businesses to ensure that third parties handling such data are in compliance with the rules. Cutting Through the Fog of Cloud Security Daniel Flax, CIO at New York-based investment banking and financial services firm Cowen and Co. , relies on cloud computing to automate his company's sales activities. While he's satisfied with cloud technology's potential to lower upfront costs, decrease downtime and support additional services, he admits that he has had to work hard to get a handle on the emerging technology's security weaknesses . "Security is one of the things we've had to come to grips with," he says. Report cites potential privacy gotchas in cloud computing Companies looking to reduce their IT costs and complexity by tapping into cloud computing services should first make sure that they won't be stepping on any privacy land mines in the process, according to a report released this week by the World Privacy Forum. Novell aquisition bolsters ID governance portfolio Novell has quietly bolstered its ID governance portfolio after acquiring the technology assets of a tiny British company and signing a 'perpetual' licensing deal with California-based ActivIdentity. 10 Steps for Mitigating Data Risk During a Merger Merger and acquisition activity stands to increase as global markets struggle to stay afloat during the worst economic slowdown in decades. What will you do when you find out you're about to acquire or consolidate with another firm or division? Are you aware of the risks you may be inheriting? What data is going to demand the highest availability? What IT regulations will you have to address and how do you know if existing controls already address them? Proposed Law Saves Internet User Data In the most recent effort to thwart child predators online, both the U.S. House and Senate are considering bills that would require any Internet access provider -- possibly including public Wi-Fi hotspots -- to retain Internet user data for up to two years. Ethernet Alliance establishes certification program The Ethernet Alliance recently announced it is starting up a certification program to identify equipment that has met certain standards. Stimulus Package Sets H-1B Limits A provision requiring banks receiving federal bailout funds to give hiring priority to U.S. workers over foreigners with H-1B visas made it into the final version of the economic stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed last week. Microsoft is the largest U.S. user of H-1B visas, study says Microsoft used more than twice the number of foreign workers as any other IT company, according to one study. Web standards on the edge Although there are many reasons why the Web fails to render appropriately in browsers, the two main reasons today are browser bugs and ambiguities in the standards, says Ian Hickson, a software engineer at Google and editor of the W3C HTML 5 specification. When good browsers go bad - and they all do Jeffrey Zeldman must have thought he'd never live to see the day. Ten years after he co-founded the Web Standards Project , all of the major browser vendors have shown renewed commitment to supporting World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards in the last few years -- and they're following through. Comply! Compliance with regulations is a bear, but there are tools to get you there. Our revamped Product Guide can help you sort through them all. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. Best of the Tests 2009 Out of the more than 150 products tested, a baker's dozen rise to the top of the list. Fave Raves Six readers dish on their must-have network products, from desktop systems to wireless access points. Sponsored by Brocade Architectural Brief Providing server connectivity products is the next step in fulfilling Brocade's mission to deliver enterprise-class, end-to-end storage networking solutions. With the introduction of Brocade server connectivity solutions, Brocade is now extending fabric based services to data center server platforms for dependable and high-performance storage access. Network World's IT Resource Library Whether you're looking to gear up on one specific topic or you're trying to stay current on several areas, Network World's resource library has what you're looking for. Our comprehensive collection of resources will make your job easier. Visit Now The Power of LAN Test Tools. Successfully deploy a wired/wireless Ethernet network and keep it running with exceptional up-time. Ensure your network is ready for new technologies by running assessment tests that provide you with the data you need. Resolve connectivity issues and quickly address network performance complaints. Get all of the details today. Download this whitepaper now.   02/27/09 Today's most-read stories: Turning 5,000 discarded cell phones into art Verizon Wireless takes aim at pesky 'Rabbit' IPhone plagues Princeton with flaky Wi-Fi problems New Google dashboard provides downtime information 40% of geeks surveyed really work fewer than ... say what? Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps Juniper's answer to Cisco in the data center: Stratus Project Juniper joins top-of-rack switch fray Top 10 removable media security incidents Nortel announces more layoffs Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment Network World on Twitter: Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news Preparing for the Next Cyber Attack. Ensure you are up-to-speed on the latest security technologies available to keep your network safe. Get a thorough assessment of the corporate security threat landscape. Protect your network with data leakage protection, NAC and other technologies. 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Cisco unleashes a dozen security advisories;Juniper's Stratus Project vs. Cisco's California Project

Surprises in the 4Q08 Ethernet switch market; Network Management Sucks!!! Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Actuate Hone your Spreadsheet Reporting Processes. Get real-world tips on how to maximize your spreadsheet reporting processes. Hear directly from your peers in this interactive Webcast on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT. Successfully automate your spreadsheet reporting processes and provide employees, customers and partners with secure reliable data. Register for this Live Webcast today. Spotlight Story This is Network World's Cisco Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Cisco Subnet, your daily source for Cisco news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Cisco unleashes a dozen security advisories Cisco released advisories and/or patches for Cisco IOS/BGP, Cisco Application Networking Manager, Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Server and Application Control Engine. Read more. Related News: More from Cisco Subnet: Juniper's Stratus Project vs. Cisco's California Project Cisco layoffs commenced today, sources say Nortel layoff news at last: 3,200 more jobs cut Cisco/VMware: new Linux servers (not new ownership)? From our bloggers: Brad Reese on Cisco: Revealed: Surprises in the 4Q08 Ethernet switch market This week data networking and telecom research firm - Infonetics, released a report on the 4Q08 Ethernet and Application Switch market, revealing a few surprises. Jimmy Ray Purser: Networking geek to geek: Network Management Sucks!!! Network Management...I could almost end this blog with just that statement alone. What is it with NMS that feels like were are riding in the back seat from Wisconsin to Florida with our stinky second cousin Bert. Anytime, I sit in a vendor meeting and they are trying to hock their NMS off on me I can picture signs for "See Rock City" or "Wall Drug" for the east coast to west coast survivors. Michael Morris From the Field: NPA Awards for Professionalism - Nominations Have Begun Last year, I was honored to be awarded the Network Professional Association Award for Professionalism Professional Excellence and Innovation - Corporate Fortune X. The NPA is an independent, professional network industry group that utilizes local chapters of members to facilitate social contacts, publish articles, and set standards and a code of ethics for members. Jamey Heary: Cisco Security Expert: IT in 2109: Quantum Entanglement, Mini Black Holes and Nanotech: Part 1 What will the Information Technology world look like in a hundred years? Here are five predictions for the state of data transport, storage, e-commerce, and security in the year 2109. Each prediction is soundly based on our current scientific theories and understandings plus a healthy dose of imagination. I’ll be posting this as a two part series. Wendell Odom's Cisco Cert Zone: OSPF Puzzle VI: Interpreting show ip ospf Well, February turned into the OSPF month here at the farm. I'm going to wrap it up with today's post unless we get a flurry of comments. ;-) Larry Chaffin: Putting the realism into your network:"Creating custom ring tones for Communications Manager Express (CME) I had to re-install ringtones for a customer and add some customer ringtone this past week. I thought I would share the steps below that I used. I was sent these steps and they were very usefull. Dennis Hartmann on Cisco Unified Communications: Class-based Shaping Traffic shaping is a technology that has traditionally been used in Frame-Relay and ATM WAN technologies. Many frame and ATM networks have a hub and spoke architecture where all WAN traffic must traverse the headquarters site. Since the headquarters site is aggregating WAN services, the headquarters normally has much higher interface speeds than the branch routers. The headquarters router will attempt to send traffic to the branch location at much higher speeds than the branch routers local loop connection will allow if traffic shaping is not implemented. Traffic shaping will allow the WAN administrator to limit the throughput from the headquarters to the speed of the branch location. Author Expert: Brandon Carroll: CCNA Wireless Home Lab: What should I buy? In this post I’ve been asked to discuss what equipment you could use to perform CCNA Wireless lab exercises. The following list will allow you to perform all the tasks discussed in the CCNA Wireless outline with only a few exceptions... Hot discussions among Cisco Subnet readers: Is Cisco short of cash in the U.S.? Network Management Sucks!!! JTAG Hacking Cisco CEO joins finance committee of Ex-eBay CEO running for Governor of California IT in 2109: Quantum Entanglement, Mini Black Holes and Nanotech: Part 1 Tagging the Native VLAN February freebies and giveaways: Win free books: 1. Win one of 15 copies of CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide by Brandon Carroll. Deadline for entry is Feb 28. Plus, read a sneak peek of CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide: Chapter 1: Introduction to wireless networking concepts Enter to win by clicking here. 2. Win one of 15 copies of IPv6 Security by Patrick Park. Deadline for entry is Feb. 28. Plus, read a sneak peek of Voice over IP Security: Chapter 1: Working with VoIP Enter to win by clicking here. Win an American Express gift card: We're also giving away  one American Express gift card worth $250, courtesy of Global Knowledge. Entry details here. View our library of exclusive Cisco Press book chapters here and rate your favorite Cisco Press books/exclusive chapters here. Best of the Tests 2009 Out of the more than 150 products tested, a baker's dozen rise to the top of the list. Fave Raves Six readers dish on their must-have network products, from desktop systems to wireless access points. Sponsored by Actuate Hone your Spreadsheet Reporting Processes. Get real-world tips on how to maximize your spreadsheet reporting processes. Hear directly from your peers in this interactive Webcast on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT. Successfully automate your spreadsheet reporting processes and provide employees, customers and partners with secure reliable data. Register for this Live Webcast today. Network World's IT Resource Library Whether you're looking to gear up on one specific topic or you're trying to stay current on several areas, Network World's resource library has what you're looking for. 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Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps Juniper's answer to Cisco in the data center: Stratus Project Juniper joins top-of-rack switch fray Top 10 removable media security incidents Nortel announces more layoffs Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment Network World on Twitter: Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news Free Trial: Fluke's AnalyzeAir Get the insight you need into the RF sources that impact your wireless LAN with a complimentary trial copy of Fluke Networks' AnalyzeAir software. With the right tools you can easily detect, identify and locate interference. Ensure your Wi-Fi network is safe and secure. Register for your free software now. Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. 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Weekly Update: Digital communication, Network security and more

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