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 NEXT WEBCAST: LEARN HOW TO CONTROL IM, BLOCK P2P AND PREVENT SPYWARE
As the use of IM and P2P continues to grow inside your organization, so does your exposure to viruses, worms and other security threats. Not only do they create a risk for infections, they also create risk of disclosure of intellectual property, loss of customer data, competitive leaks and other dangers. Fight back! Learn how to protect yourself at our upcoming webinar, Securing Greynets in the Enterprise: Control IM, Block P2P and Prevent Spyware. (Register now...) JUST WHAT IS SPYWARE?
Microsoft says adware, AOL says spyware... According to a recent BusinessWeek Online article, there's little agreement on what should be considered spyware, and what adware is exactly. Or whether adware is a form of spyware or a breed apart. (Full story...) SPYWARE IS CHANGING THE WAY WE SURF
According to a Pew Internet & American Life Project Report, a whopping nine out of ten internet users say they have adjusted their online behavior out of fear of falling victim to software intrusions. Unfortunately, many internet users' fears are grounded in experience - 43% of internet users, or about 59 million American adults, say they have had spyware or adware on their home computer. (Full story...) INSTANT MESSAGING MARKET TO REACH 867 MILLION ACCOUNTS BY 2005
There's no denying IM is here to stay. A new study by The Radicati Group reports use of instant messaging amongst consumer and business users is expected to drive the instant messaging market from 867 million accounts in 2005, to approximately 1.2 billion accounts in 2009. (Full story...) HOW TO DETECT 'GREYNETS'
Are your employees compromising your network by using 'Greynets'? While not always a threat, applications like IM, web conferencing and P2P, deployed by the end user and elusive to you at the network level, pose a particularly interesting challenge. 
To help you better understand 'Greynets' and their business risks, Kailash Ambwani, president & CEO of FaceTime, and ZDNet have put together a brief Whiteboard Video.
Click here to learn about the good, the bad (and you know we have to say it... the ugly). THE CAST OF THE ONGOING PEER-TO-PEER DRAMA
Playing out like a reality TV show, the who's who of the P2P drama can be quite confusing. To help you understand the players, ZDNet has put together a brief cast list. (Full Story...) WATCH OUT FOR THIRD-PARTY SYSTEMS WHEN MANAGING NETWORK SECURITY
If you're outsourcing equipment maintenance to a third party, watch out. Even the best security efforts may be missing an entire class of susceptible systems: equipment maintained by other companies. (Full Story...) WHEN BUSINESS GOALS AND IT MEET: HOW TO HANDLE CONFRONTATIONAs IT attempts to better align itself with the business, confrontation is unavoidable. CIO Update columnist Joe Santana offers six steps that can make handling these touchy situations easier. (Full Story...) P2P EXPOSES CORPORATE SECRETS
What does Madonna have in common with nuclear power plant inspection reports? They're both real warnings about the dangers of P2P networks. (Full story...) P2P FILE-SHARING USER NUMBERS STILL GROWING
While probably not a big surprise to us in the IT Security field, statistics released by online media measurement company BigChampagne indicate that the average number of simultaneous, individual connections to file sharing networks has increased to around 9 million by June, 2005. This contrasts dramatically with an August, 2003 figure of just under 4 million users. (Full story...) SWEDEN CURBS RAMPANT DOWNLOADING
The only European nation that lets people download copyrighted material for personal use has finally changed its policy. However, experts expect the new law won't make much of a difference. "There is nothing that indicates that (the pirates) would change their behavior," said Henrik Ponten, a spokesman for Antipiratbyran, a Swedish anti-piracy agency funded by film studios and game makers. (Full story...) HOW BIG IS A YOTTABYTE?
Impress your friends and co-workers with this bit of engineering trivia. Find out once and for all how many terabytes are in a yottabyte. (Full story...) |
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