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• Using Google Public DNS to speed up web access

  
  The 8th Voyager — Authority: 129
  Google has just introduced their Public DNS service as part of their ongoing effort to make the web faster.Since Googles search engine already crawls the web on a daily basis and in the process resolves and caches DNS information, they wanted to leverage their technology to experiment with new ways of addressing some ...
  1 day ago

• Complimentary Resource - The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities

  
  StrategyDriven — Authority: 129
  The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities by Qualys, Inc. This free guide covers the key aspects of the vulnerability management lifecycle and shows you what reports today’s best-in-class organizations are using to reduce risks on their network infrastructure. New network vulnerabilities appear constantly ...
  2 days ago

• Protect your property with SmartWater – Discount price for Redditch residents

  
  WatkissOnline - Stewart's Blog — Authority: 120
  Smartwater is a way of forensically marking all your property and valuables. It means that if your items are stolen and recovered then the police can track down the rightful owner. Just as important it also means that anyone found to be in possession of the stolen goods can be linked to the crime and prosecuted. This ...
  3 days ago

• Fan Site Attack! Guild Wars accounts hacked via Third Party Site

  
  PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis — Authority: 466
  ArenaNet has not released too many details, but it appears that a third party trading site for Guild Wars was compromised resulting in many players accounts being hacked because... they disclose game account data (or use their same names and passwords, it is a bit unclear) at the third party site. This is similar ...
  3 days ago

• IT suppliers and government dispute costs of IT security

  
  Tony Collins's IT Projects Blog — Authority: 466
  Plans to introduce mandatory security improvements across government have become mired in contractual disputes with IT suppliers that do not want to carry the cost. Full story on ComputerWeekly.com homepage.  Government, understandably, wants improvements to IT security after the loss of two CDs at HM Revenue and ...
  3 days ago

• Forrester Research: Security Concerns Hinder Cloud Computing Adoption

  
  SEC Journal — Authority: 118
  According to the latest Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2009 by Forrester Research 49 percent of survey respondents from enterprises and 51 percent from small and... Read more via just4business.eu
  3 days ago

• Security sells: leverage your security program to boost sales

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 146
  In todays competitive environment, with the increasing need to show a unique value proposition, a stellar information security program can offer a company a unique differentiator to discuss with their prospective customers.  Security tactics are often viewed as a must-do line item to check off the list, not as a ...
  4 days ago

• Note To CISOs: Be the Automator, Not The Automated

  
  The Forrester Blog For Security & Risk Professionals — Authority: 115
  I’d like to take a small commercial break from your regularly scheduled security & risk programming to bring you the following observation . . . I was recently in a client session with one of our great infrastructure & operations (I&O) analysts, Glenn “Automation” O’Donnell . His research on IT ...
  5 days ago

• Security pros expected to be in high demand for hiring

  
  Endpoint Security Info — Authority: 112
  With chief information officers planning to increase hiring, even if just a bit, in the first quarter of 2010, who they are looking to hire is the next big question. And according to a recent survey , they are making the right choices, as security professionals are among their high priorities, together with ...
  5 days ago

• Sourcefire 3D System 4.9: Augments Flexibility and Ease-of-Use of IPS

  
  SEC Journal — Authority: 118
  Sourcefire, Inc. today announced the general availability of Sourcefire 3D System 4.9. It ought to provide more than two dozen intrusion prevention system (IPS) enhancements, including improved... Read more via just4business.eu
  5 days ago

• 2500 players banned from Modern Warfare 2 and Valve Anti-Cheat Triggers Malware panic

  
  PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis — Authority: 466
  Infinity Ward was bound to face some tough questions in the wake of its decision not to support dedicated servers on PCs and its use of Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) for Modern Warfare 2. 1. 2500 accounts were banned from the game for various cheating activities including bots. It will be interesting to see how this ...
  6 days ago

• Patient records not properly shredded

  
  Tony Collins's IT Projects Blog — Authority: 466
  [ This is a summary of an article on ComputerWeekly.com] Shredded patient records - but with some information still showing - have ended up as packaging to keep gift boxes undamaged. The records originated from Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire which is investigating the incident. It appears that the records ...
  6 days ago

• The 5 Key Pieces of Online and Social Identity

  
  PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis — Authority: 466
  Identity is a central security (and business) issue for virtually every online game, social network, and online business. And it is done badly routinely. F. Randall Farmer of Habitat Chronicles wrote a really good article about identity where he discusses three aspects of online identity : Account ID - the ...
  1 week ago

• Symantec Northon Ghost 15: Support Cold Imaging And Integrates Threat Con

  
  SEC Journal — Authority: 118
  Symantec Corp. announced the worldwide release of Norton Ghost 15, one of the industry’s most advanced PC backup and recovery solutions. Windows 7 compatible Norton Ghost 15 now offers 25G and... Read more via just4business.eu
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• Phighting Phishing - The Best Defense is a Good Offense at Jagex

  
  PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis — Authority: 466
  Jagex , the under-heralded developer and operator of Runescape , takes security pretty seriously - to the order of £3 million per year (almost $5 million) for security support alone (any idea of Jagexs overall support budget? it would be great to know the percent of staff allocated to security... or for other games, ...
  1 week ago

• GE and SABIC Secure ID Card: Plastic-based Holographics Securely Store Information

  
  SEC Journal — Authority: 118
  In collaboration with SABIC Innovative Plastics scientists at GE Global Research have developed a new class of holographic materials that could enable the Secure ID card of the future. Because the... Read more via just4business.eu
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• PC Viruses May Get You Arrested for Child Porn

  
  Education & Careers — Authority: 127
  A PC virus can be the reason youre arrested and charged with child pornography. This is the worst kind of internet viruses because it can turn you into a collector of child pornography without even knowing. Because of viruses, pictures and videos can be deposited on your computer. If youre worried about your ...
  1 week ago

• Vizioncore Vreplicator 3.0: Drives Down Cost of Disaster Recovery

  
  SEC Journal — Authority: 118
  Vizioncore Inc. announced the launch of Vreplicator 3.0, a scalable virtual machine (VM) replication solution that enables disaster recovery and business continuity at a considerably lower total cost... Read more via just4business.eu
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• Bad Economy, More Employee Data Theft (Surprise)

  
  PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis — Authority: 466
  In an unsurprising bit of news, a bad economy increases the likelihood of employee data theft: 85 percent of employees know it is wrong to take company data (ONLY 85 percent?) 48 percent would take data if they knew they were going to be fired tomorrow. 57 percent think it is easy to take data undetected (and dont ...
  1 week ago

• The Case of the 1,069 Purloined Letters

  
  Tom Collins' World Wide Web Log — Authority: 112
  Around eleven this morning, Gretchen let me know that my nephew, Henry Palikowski, Junior, wished to arrange for a telephone consultation today whenever I had the free time in my schedule.  I certainly had no problem with that - because while Congress sometimes stages a circus this time of year, as it is doing at the ...
  1 week ago

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