| Applying the science of persuasion to security awareness
Do you ever wonder whether all those security-awareness posters, coffee mugs, pens, mouse pads, and sandwich-bag clips are having any effect at all to improve security? Defining Cloud Security: Six Perspectives
Cloud computing is all the rage these days, but confusion abounds over how best to secure it. Here, six IT security practitioners share their ideas on the key components of a cloud defense (part of an ongoing series). U.S. Homeland Security wants to hire 1,000 cybersecurity experts
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to hire 1,000 cybersecurity professionals in the next three years according to the agency's secretary Janet Napolitano. Security researchers ask: Does self-destructing data really vanish?
Researchers this week published a paper describing how they broke Vanish, a secure communications system prototype out of the University of Washington that generated lots of buzz when introduced over the summer for its ability to make data self-destruct. Wi-Fi group launches full 11n certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance is launching a certification program based on the completed IEEE 802.11n standard on Wednesday and looking toward a future peer-to-peer specification it is developing on its own. Facebook CAPTCHA no match for spyware attack
Hackers have found a way to create automated Facebook pages and are using them to spread spyware to unsuspecting users, says antivirus and Internet security firm AVG Technologies. FBI warns of social networking fraud, malware escalation
Fraudsters are targeting social networking sites with increased frequency and users need to take precautions, the FBI warned. Amazon EC2 is booming; keep an eye on cloud security
Here's a fascinating analysis of just how much business Amazon's EC2 cloud services has. It's worth a read. Microsoft wary as security, identity integration plan lags
Microsoft is on the verge of finally providing some pieces of software to back up its ambitious plan to integrate its security and identity technologies, but the company admits it is moving slower than it had anticipated. Data breach hits payroll firm PayChoice
Hackers breached the systems of payroll processor PayChoice, the company confirmed. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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