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Lower Costs and Increase Security with Microsoft Live Communications Server and FaceTimeOn-Demand Webinar: Watch Now! 
Organizations are implementing enterprise IM systems like Microsoft Office Live Communications Server for increased business productivity, cost savings and improved communication and collaboration among people, partners and suppliers. And due to the interconnectivity between Live Communications Server and public IM clients, adoption is taking off.
But interaction between enterprise and public IM clients opens the door for increased security risk. The potential for malware on the network, loss of confidential and proprietary information, and non-compliance with corporate, regulatory, and eDiscovery policies is higher than ever before. With Microsoft and FaceTime you can reap the benefits of integrated communication and collaboration without compromising security. – 45 minutes Watch Now! 
Botnet Live!RSA Recorded Presentation Addressing a packed room of conference attendees, Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Security Labs, and Wayne Porter, director of special research for the company, detailed their efforts to infiltrate the botnet community and find the people responsible for running underground networks believed to have harbored as many as 150,000 compromised computers. If you missed the live event or our encore presention, here's your chance to see it. Watch now!
Ready to Produce IMs in Court?
If you're not keeping tabs on PDAs, IM conversations and other electronic data you may be in for a nasty surprise. As of December 1, 2006, new amendments to US federal rules of civil procedure relating to electronically stored information became effective. FaceTime can help. Receive the IM industry analyst Osterman Research white paper on eDiscovery regulations: "The Impact of the New FRCP Amendments on Your Business". Click here to download the report.
Shell Bets Big on Microsoft for Global VoIP Plans
In one of the biggest migrations to VoIP, Royal Dutch Shell is planning on global VoIP rollout with tens of thousands of IP phones that will ultimately run off of a mostly Microsoft-based server platform. (Full story....)
Wi-Fi VoIP to Reach $15B
The worldwide equipment market for Wi-Fi VoIP will grow from $2 billion in 2007 to a whopping $15 billion by 2012. Businesses have not yet adopted on-premise Wi-Fi at anywhere near the rate analysts were predicting because of security, reliability, and distance issues. Now, the enterprise Wi-Fi market is picking up, but the security issues have not gone away. (Full story....)
Chinese Website Serves Up Alexa Toolbar
Why are fake Alexa toolbars automatically installing and sending users to Chinese websites? Is this an incredibly elaborate attempt to artificially inflate the Alexa ranking of these sites? This blog attempts to get to the root of the mysterious malware. (Full story....)
Passwords and the Limitations of PeopleDo you have employees make up complex passwords and reset them once every 90 days? This might sound like the best plan for secure systems, but remember that the people who set these passwords might foil your otherwise perfect plan. Humans have a hard time memorizing nonsense passwords. How can you help your staff come up with memorable passwords that will keep the company's data secure? (Full story...)
Hackers Build Private IM Hackers are sneaky folks. They've built out their own IM network to shield themselves from law enforcement trying to spy on their communication channels. The application is called CarderIM. It's a sophisticated tool that hackers are using to sell information such as credit-card numbers and e-mail addresses. The program exemplifies the increased effort hackers are making to obscure their activities, while continuing to use the Internet to communicate with other criminals. (Full story...)
IPv6: What's in it for You?You don't have to jump into IPv6 alone. Here's a tutorial that runs through the enhanced capabilities designed into Internet Protocol version 6. (Full story...)
Linux vs. Windows: Which is Most Secure?Windows gets a D+, while Linux gets an A- when it comes to security, according to IT veteran Kenneth van Wyk. But he concludes there's enough good in all of the systems, even the worst of them. What matters most is learning how to use all the security capabilities of the OS you're using. (Full story...)
China's Latest Export Scare: Spam VoIP spam is relatively new, but it's already a big problem. Ranked second after the United States as the source from which spam originates, China is at the heart of the troubles. This interview with Danny Levinson, a representative from the anti-spam organization The Spamhaus Project in China, details the war on spam in the nation. (Full story...)
FaceTime Teams with Skype
Building on Skype's business offerings, FaceTime has unveiled the first gateway-to-endpoint management and control of Skype.
FaceTime's managed Skype solution provides IT and network administrators with the ability to manage the use of Skype on their network with granular controls to choose which elements of Skype software its employees can use. For example, a company may allow voice services but not file sharing or supernode capabilities.
Click here to learn more...
Yahoo E-Mail Storage Goes to InfinityHave you ever run out of space using your online e-mail account? If you're a Yahoo Mail user, you'll never have that problem again. Yahoo Mail is breaking all the rules by abolishing storage caps on Yahoo e-mail accounts. (Full story...)
U.S. Loses Top Spot in Global Tech StudyAmerica is losing its high-tech steam, says a new study. The study measured the range of factors that affect a country's ability to harness information technologies for economic competitiveness and development. The U.S. slipped from first to seventh place in 2007. (Full story...)
90% of the URLs Containing Malicious Code Resided on Servers in UK or USMalicious code is more likely to be hosted on local servers in the U.S. and U.K. than in countries with less developed e-crime law enforcement policies. Also, the fact that malicious code is just as likely to be found in legitimate categories as in questionable categories means that security products that rely solely on URL categories to block access to malicious sites are no longer effective. (Full story...)
Want a Job? Clean up your Web ActNet reputations built up through online activities can have a significant effect when applying for a job, according to a report release from business social network Viadeo. These days in addition to running a Google search using the name of a job candidate, employers are checking out blogs, YouTube accounts, and even profiles on social networks like Facebook and MySpace. (Full story...) 
The 59 Most Influential People in IT SecurityWho are the most influential people in IT security? ITSecurity.com has put out its 2007 list, including many people you might not have heard of yet who are working on the bleeding edge of information security. From Wired New's Kevin Poulsen to blogger Andy Willingham, the list is a who's who in security. And of course, congratulations to our very own Chris Boyd and Wayne Porter for making the list! (Full story...) |
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