Has your sensitive data leaked into the wild?; RSA publishes virtualization security, compliance guidelines

RSA publishes virtualization security, compliance guidelines; Slideshow: Products of the week Compliance Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Sophos FREE NAC for Dummies Book from Sophos Confused about NAC? Learn how to protect your network from internal and external threats. Request a book today! Click to continue Spotlight Story Has your sensitive data leaked into the wild? Most organizations have data security policies designed to keep sensitive information from becoming publicly available. Still, you'd be surprised at the kind of information that makes its way out into the open, either accidentally or intentionally. Financial records, customer account information, product plans and roadmaps. Do you know what information your company is exposing? New "data leak detection" (not prevention) technology from Exobox Technologies can tell you what is in the public eye, and where it is. Read full story Related News: RSA publishes virtualization security, compliance guidelines RSA shared at the recent VMworld conference newly published security and compliance recommendations for virtual environments. The guidelines focus primarily on optimizing use of management and security tools available from VMware parent company EMC and EMC's RSA security division. Slideshow: Products of the week Our round-up of intriguing new products from NetQoS, Nokia, Aerohive among others. Catbird reports whether cloud security meets compliance standards Catbird is adding a feature to its security platform that gives cloud users a reading on how well their data use complies with specific regulatory requirements. Managing the changing desktop environment Desktop managers must combine security, disaster recovery and management into a standard approach to managing the physical and virtual desktops to tomorrow. Verizon launches mobility services for large firms Verizon Business today announced Managed Mobility Solutions, a new service for large multinational businesses that provides security for mobile devices and mobile expense management. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. Others just annoy. Apple disasters Apple has enjoyed huge success with the iPod and iPhone, but Apple has had a number of commercial flops, too. The Virtualization Multiplier In this advisory, Clabby Analytics examines the trends in scale-out system designs with IBM BladeCenter solutions. It also addresses the "multiplying effect" benefits of virtualization on IBM Blade Servers. Download the white paper to find the central role virtualization plays in improving overall systems efficiency and greatly reducing costs. Read More Thinking Beyond Tape: The Case Against Tape Backup Many companies are already backing up their main and branch office systems to tape, but what they don't understand is just how vulnerable their data and their business remains. This video whitepaper explores the high cost, complexity and potentially dangerous shortcomings of a strategy based only on tape backup. Learn more.   September 11, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES How to make yourself layoff-proof The history of steganography 20 goofy USB gadgets & gizmos you'll love 12 words you can never say in the office Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious How to get fired Dirty vendor secrets How emerging wireless techs are transforming healthcare Microsoft rivals to purchase 22 patents to defend Linux Can you see John Chambers directing Cisco to buy Alcatel-Lucent? Examining Netcordia's NetMRI 3.0 Sick of the spreadsheet? Download this whitepaper today and examine Netcordia's NetMRI 3.0, a user-centric upgrade to its network change and configuration management (NCCM) solution. IT research firm Enterprise Management Associates reports that NetMRI 3.0 "propels NCCM practices to new levels." Learn More 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. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com