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The Challenges of Securing a Virtual IT Infrastructure

Posted November 29, 2012 - 2:15 pm

Compelling new research by IDG Research Services spotlights the most pressing challenges facing organisations globally around virtualisation and security in data centers and clouds environments.
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UC Berkeley Chooses Trend Micro Deep Security for Campus Security Services

Posted November 29, 2012 - 2:15 pm

Replacing end-of-life Cisco Security Agent simplifies security management and reduces the data center server security footprint.
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Deep Discovery Uncovers Targeted Attacks Against Leading Hotel Chain

Posted November 29, 2012 - 2:15 pm

APTs are not welcome here. Leading hotel chain Motel 6 is fighting back against advanced persistent threats to protect credit card numbers and other private customer data.
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Solution Path: Threats and Vulnerabilities

Posted November 29, 2012 - 2:15 pm

This solution path helps Gartner clients develop a strategy and program for managing threats and vulnerabilities in their IT environments.
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Lawsuit possible in NASA laptop theft

Posted November 28, 2012 - 10:31 pm

A group of current and former contractors at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are considering whether to file a lawsuit due to the possible exposure of personal information stored on an agency laptop stolen from a locked car, their lawyer said Wednesday.
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How to Avoid the Coming Backup Crunch

Posted November 28, 2012 - 9:45 am

Data is exploding. Tolerances for data loss are approaching zero. And IT can't afford to keep throwing more time and money at backup when so many potentially higher value projects require its attention.
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CIO Strategies for Storage: Modernize Data Protection Practices

Posted November 28, 2012 - 9:45 am

Traditional approaches to data protection are no longer enough. A strategy that thoughtfully augments your legacy infrastructure with modern data protection approaches can help reduce complexity, slash costs, and minimize risk of loss
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Modernize Data Protection with the Dell DR4000 Duplication Appliance

Posted November 28, 2012 - 9:45 am

The Dell DR4000 deduplication appliance enables faster backups, faster recoveries and more reliable data protection to help customers.
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Transform Data Protection with Dell AppAssure

Posted November 28, 2012 - 9:45 am

Dell AppAssure helps organizations transform backup and recovery operations.
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Hackers steal experts' email addresses from International Atomic Energy Agency server

Posted November 28, 2012 - 8:55 am

A group of hackers leaked email contact information of experts working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after breaking into one of the agency's servers.
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Romanian authorities dismantle cybercrime ring responsible for $25 million credit card fraud

Posted November 27, 2012 - 3:24 pm

Romanian law enforcement authorities have dismantled a criminal group that stole credit card data from foreign companies as part of an operation that resulted in fraudulent transactions totaling US$25 million.
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Building a fortress in the cloud for your critical data

Posted November 26, 2012 - 3:49 pm

Businesses are in the crosshairs as military and spy organizations around the world step up their cyber-snooping techniques, and the shift to cloud is only exacerbating the risks. How can you be sure your cloud partner is capable of protecting your data from cyberattacks?
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Google, Facebook - and now Twitter - go to Washington

Posted November 26, 2012 - 12:50 pm

Tech companies spend millions each year to lobbying for (and against) issues that can affect their business; how much do they spend and what issues do they spend it on?
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Symantec spots odd malware designed to corrupt databases

Posted November 22, 2012 - 9:49 pm

Symantec had spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases.
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HTTP Strict Transport Security becomes Internet standard

Posted November 22, 2012 - 12:40 pm

A Web security policy mechanism that promises to make HTTPS-enabled websites more resilient to various types of attacks has been approved and released as an Internet standard -- but despite support from some high-profile websites, adoption elsewhere is still low.
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South Carolina faults weak IRS standard in massive data breach

Posted November 21, 2012 - 1:11 am

South Carolina's governor faulted an outdated Internal Revenue Service standard as a contributing factor to a massive data breach that exposed Social Security numbers of 3.8 million taxpayers plus credit card and bank account data.
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Unified Threat Management: A Better Approach to Security

Posted November 20, 2012 - 4:45 pm

In this Webcast you will learn how Unified Threat Management (UTM) combines firewall, IPS, Web filtering, antivirus and more in a single box to combat a broad range of threats efficiently and economically.
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Power and Cooling: Doing More with Less

Posted November 20, 2012 - 1:00 pm

As might be expected, more hardware and software has meant much more data center density followed by higher power requirements and expenses. Learn how healthcare facilities are coping with rising power and cooling densities and utility costs.
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Facebook to roll out HTTPS by default to all users

Posted November 20, 2012 - 9:58 am

Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) to its entire global user base.
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Unify Multi-vendor Access Solutions

Posted November 19, 2012 - 3:45 pm

In providing global access to corporate assets, IT departments are struggling with multi-vendor access solutions and systems, policy enforcement, access regulation, threats and vulnerabilities.
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3 Considerations for MSPs Offering BC/DR Services

Posted November 16, 2012 - 12:00 pm

Most SMBs do not have access to remote facilities for business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR), creating an opportunity for MSPs to enter this rapidly growing market.
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Skytap's strategy: Get into the enterprise through test and dev

Posted November 15, 2012 - 5:55 pm

Skytap announced new features this week aimed at its test and dev customers. The company's strategy is to get a firm foothold in test and dev with the hopes that customers will choose it for full production when they're ready to move to the cloud.
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NASA breach update: Stolen laptop had data on 10,000 users

Posted November 15, 2012 - 5:07 pm

Personally identifiable information of "at least" 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month's theft of an agency laptop, a spokesman said Thursday.
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NASA scrambles to encrypt laptops after major breach

Posted November 15, 2012 - 4:29 pm

NASA is scrambling to implement full disk encryption on agency laptops after one containing unencrypted personal information on a "large" number of people was recently stolen.
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Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down website

Posted November 14, 2012 - 5:32 pm

Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised.
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