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Microsoft: Win8 Simplifies, Improves Parental Monitoring of Kids Computer Activities

The new OS makes it easier for parents to keep tabs on and control their children's PC and online usage, according to Microsoft

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Microsoft Cloud Survey: Security, Cost Both a Deterrent and an Attraction

Small and midsize businesses that actually use cloud services see them as a way to boost security and save money, according to a survey sponsored by Microsoft.

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Cloud Computing Tools: Improving Security Through Visibility and Automation

Many enterprises are reluctant to move critical cloud applications out of their own data centers and into the public cloud due to security concerns. Yet the same automated, consistent provisioning that is essential to managing either public or private clouds (as well as to the process of thinking through a cloud deployment) can also offer the fringe benefit of improving security.

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Companies Slow to React to Mobile Security Threat

Nearly a third of IT managers have reported a security threat as a result of personal devices accessing company data, Juniper finds.

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5 Key Interop 2012 Takeaways for CIOs and Other IT Pros

As everything from application delivery to security and monitoring is seemingly shifting to the cloud, IT faces a chaotic and difficult to manage world. The good news is the tools are there, but you just can't go to a single provider as you did in the past. Given this shift, it's no surprise that Interop returned to its interoperability roots last week.

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Adobe Backpedals, Will Now Patch Software for Free

After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed course.

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Facebook Proposes More Changes to Privacy Policy

Critics are skeptical about the move's timing just before the company's IPO

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Cloud, BYOD Increases Need for Automated IAM Systems

As traditional security concepts of perimeter and end-point defense break down as a result of the proliferation of cloud services and the BYOD phenomenon, enterprises are increasingly feeling the need for greater control over access to applications. That's where automated identity and access management comes in.

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Amnesty International's UK Website Compromised to Infect Visitors with Cyberspying Malware

Malicious code on Amnesty International's UK website exploited a Java vulnerability to install Gh0st RAT on people's computers

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Sides Dig in as FBI Warns of "Going Dark" in Online Era

Privacy and civil liberty advocates argue the FBI has not established the need to amend wiretap law to create online "back doors" to track crime

 
The promise of enterprise mobility means that employees are more productive and address business issues in a timely, untethered manner.
Read this new eBook to learn the top five scenarios and essential best practices for preventing database attacks and insider threats.
The options for securing increasingly valuable databases are very broad and deep, and can be confusing. This research provides an overview of three categories of controls that should be implemented to ensure that enterprise data is protected in the most efficient and effective manner.
Read the analyst report and learn how you can leverage the core capabilities of a DAP solution for better database security.
PCI DSS is mandatory for any business that handles confidential cardholder data. Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager and Stingray Application Firewall Module help with many parts of the PCI DSS specification, notably the web application firewall (WAF) requirements of section 6.6.
PCI DSS is mandatory for any business that handles confidential cardholder data. Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager and Stingray Application Firewall Module help with many parts of the PCI DSS specification, notably the web application firewall (WAF) requirements of section 6.6.
View this demo and learn how IBM InfoSphere Guardium database activity monitoring can help protect your sensitive data in distributed DBMS environments with a holistic approach to data security and compliance.
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT / 10:00 AM PDT

In a recent study conducted by Ponemon Institute, fifty-five percent of respondents indicated they were not confident that their organization would be able to detect the loss or theft of sensitive personal information in their company's databases and applications.

Join featured guest Dr. Larry Ponemon from the Ponemon Institute, to discuss these new findings and how to best address the growing number of data breaches and privacy challenges that are facing your organization. This webinar will focus on:

- Understanding the current state of privacy and data protection in the production environment
- Identifying areas of greatest vulnerability
- Keeping data secure without sacrificing productivity
- Enterprise and configurable solutions for multiple applications
Learn how IT teams can protect against spear phishing tactics. Harry Sverdlove, chief technology officer of Bit9 offers a frank discussion about spear phishing - the most common technique used in today's advanced attacks. Learn how spear phishing works and three recommendations for IT to protect against modern threats.
Download this eSeminar to hear from experts Ziff Davis Enterprise, VMware and HP and learn how client-side virtualization can improve your organization's performance, while reducing the IT burden of managing and maintaining an increasingly diverse client universe.
In this exclusive webcast from Viewfinity, you'll hear how to leverage Group Policy Object settings to close this vulnerability by elevating privileges for standard users.
More companies are adopting business service management practices to better align their business and IT needs. Download this video to hear findings from the 2011 BSM Maturity Benchmark Survey to learn how companies are taking a customer-centric approach to IT management.
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