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15th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

SunPower lawsuit highlights insider threat

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Computerworld Security: February 15, 2012 =============================================================== SunPower lawsuit highlights insider threat SunPower Corp., which makes solar panels, has sued five former employees for stealing proprietary information and using it to benefit a rival firm. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552090/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Government Agencies Embrace Disk-Based Backup The U.S. Government has been the largest user of tape-based backup systems since the 1970s. Most agencies have begun to deploy disk storage and disk-based backup because of reliability and security concerns. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552091/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552092/0/ 2. Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552093/0/ 3. Wireless voting still has a long way to go http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552094/0/ 4. Mozilla to ask certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552095/0/ 5. Whistleblowing site Cryptome.org infected http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552096/0/ 6. FBI seeks social media monitoring tool http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552097/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards A bill in the U.S. Senate would require operators of so-called critical infrastructure networks to adopt cybersecurity practices if evaluations by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security find their security lacking. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552092/0/ Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks Microsoft today issued nine security updates that patched 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office, .Net, Silverlight and SharePoint Server, including several critical bugs that can be exploited with drive-by attacks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552093/0/ Wireless voting still has a long way to go With the widespread adoption of smartphones and the use of mobile tactics in U.S. presidential campaigns, could there come a day when Americans might vote wirelessly? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552094/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is Cloud the Answer to Federal IT Savings? 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Read on to learn about the technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are dealing with them. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552098/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mozilla to ask certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates Mozilla plans to ask all certificate authorities to review their subordinate CA certificates and revoke those that could be used by companies to inspect SSL-encrypted traffic for domain names they don't control. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552095/0/ Whistleblowing site Cryptome.org infected Cryptome.org, a website dedicated to disclosing confidential information, was compromised last week and then used to infect PCs running Internet Explorer. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552096/0/ FBI seeks social media monitoring tool In a move that's unlikely to sit well with privacy advocates, the FBI has begun scouting for a tool that will allow it to gather and mine data from social networks like Facebook, Twitter and blogs. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/869152233/552097/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? 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