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"ESG security analyst Jon Oltsik comments,
"A slapdash approach to security management
is no longer adequate". Find out why in this
HP-sponsored webinar based on research with
hundreds of security professionals. Click
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Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. PST
A huge issue for all organizations today is
the threat of data theft or exposure. In the
January issue, the SC Magazine Data Breach
Survey revealed just some of the issues
surrounding the growing problem of data
exposure. We talk to experts about this
problem and find out what areas of their
information security programs the C-level
suite can improve upon to help deflect data
thieves.
Featured speakers
Howard A. Schmidt, president and
CEO, R & H Security Consulting LLC
Rich Baich, principal,
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Click here to register.
Latest News
by Jack Rogers January 18, 2008
China appears to have won the first
battle in a global cyberwar, gaining
access to key U.S. databases through
aggressive, non-stop phishing
assaults. The U.S. counterattack
must include monitoring of all email
traffic to critical government and
private-sector networks, experts
say.
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by Dan Kaplan January 17, 2008
Researchers at Marshal, an internet
security firm, are tracking a new
spam campaign in which recipients
receive messages inviting them to
join MySpace -- but a click on the
link leads them to a bogus page
containing malware disguised as an
Adobe update.
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by Frank Washkuch Jr. January 17,
2008
The amount of malware captured last
year increased by 800 percent over
2006, researchers said this week.
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by Dan Kaplan January 17, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) today approved
eight mandatory cybersecurity
standards that extend to all
entities connected to the nation's
power grid.
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by Frank Washkuch Jr. January 17,
2008
Adobe on Wednesday released two
patches to protect against
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
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by Jack Rogers January 17, 2008
The Cold War may be over, but the
global battle over information
security is heating up, as U.S.
intelligence experts struggle to
fend off relentless cyber attacks
from China and Russia.
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by Jim Carr January 17, 2008
A vendor working with the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has uncovered vulnerabilities
impacting 11 major open-source
software projects, including the
Perl and PHP programming and
scripting languages used widely to
develop web applications.
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by Frank Washkuch Jr. January 16,
2008
Wireless LAN vendor AirDefense
disparaged vendors at the National
Retail Federation (NRF) Convention
and Expo, which took place this week
in New York, for slipshod airborne
web-security practices.
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by Jack Rogers January 16, 2008
The notorious Storm worm trojan has
continued its holiday-themed
onslaught with a massive wave of
"love" notes that attempt to deliver
a poison kiss to a recipient's PC in
the form of malicious code.
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by Dan Kaplan January 16, 2008
Do you work with a human resources
or recruiting department that is
clueless when it comes to hiring IT
security professionals? Help is on
the way, in the form of a new
booklet containing hiring
guidelines.
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by Frank Washkuch Jr. January 16,
2008
Microsoft has warned Windows and Mac
users that cyberattackers are
remotely exploiting a flaw in Excel
to take over computers.
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by Frank Washkuch Jr. January 15,
2008
A little-known cybersecurity
intelligence organization is
offering $20,000 to researchers who
can provide exploitable
vulnerabilities in Windows or a
Windows Diffuse Application.
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This white paper will discuss the enormous
cost of data breaches, the rising importance
of data security, and common misconceptions
that exacerbate the problem of protecting
your company's most important and
confidential information.
Click here for the white paper.
Principal Sponsor -
HP
"ESG security analyst Jon Oltsik comments,
"A slapdash approach to security management
is no longer adequate". Find out why in this
HP-sponsored webinar based on research with
hundreds of security professionals. Click
here to discover the latest trends and where
you rank"
Click here for more information.
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