IBM, Secret Service among elite group to study identity/cyber crime issuesOpen in New Window
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Category: security | Tags ibm, secret service, identity, cyber crime, lexisnexis, Search All Tags
"IBM, LexisNexis and the Secret Service are among a group of corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that has formed to study and help solve identity management challenges around read more »
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Want to bypass DRM? Feds open to new DMCA ExemptionsOpen in New Window
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Category: security | Tags bypass, drm, feds, open, dmca, exemptions, library_of_congress, Search All Tags
Nate Anderson writes that deciding whether "there are particular classes of works as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make noninfringing uses due to the prohibition of circumvention," is the goal here. read more »
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Managed security services: Outsourcing threat managementOpen in New Window
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"As prices fall, managed security services from such companies as SecureWorks and Perimeter eSecurity entice enterprises looking to offload the tedious work of monitoring intrusion-detection..." read more »
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Four tips for SIEM successOpen in New Window
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"Information security experts share four tips for success with SIEM implementations." read more »
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Analysis: data mining doesn't work for spotting terroristsOpen in New Window
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"A comprehensive report from the National Research Council makes an iron-clad case against attempts to use automated data mining to spot terrorists and terrorist cells." read more »
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Corporate security and the climate crisisOpen in New Window
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"U.S. military strategists, CIA analysts, international agency officials and Nobel Prize winning economists concur with the consensus of the world's scientific community: the Climate Crisis is a planetary security issue, as well as a national security issue for each of the one hundred ninety two countries that belong to the United Nations. But the Climate Crisis is also, by extension, a corporate security issue, as well as, yes, a cyber security issue." read more »
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Trend Micro: Don't buy antivirus softwareOpen in New Window
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How Dahdah reports that David Peterson (Trend Micro) has suggested consumers should not buy antivirus software...This is actually a ploy to direct consumers attention to the fact that software that focuses only on viruses while ignoring a host of other threats is inadequate for the challenges of today's security landscape. read more »
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Ecommerce PCI standard to secure wireless connectionsOpen in New Window
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An updated PCI DSS standard has been launched and provides high wireless security read more »
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