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INSTANT MESSAGING AND SEC RULE 204-2. ARE YOU READY FOR FEBRUARY 1ST? On February 1st, 2006, any hedge fund with greater than $25 million under investment is required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Registration brings the requirement of having mandatory compliance policies and procedures in place, including compliance requirements for Instant Messaging (IM). Let FaceTime help you meet IM compliance requirements with IMAuditor. IMAuditor provides security, management and control of all IM traffic, including compliance with government regulations. The clock is ticking. Call us today at 1-888-349-3223 or email sales@facetime.com.
SKYPE MAKES PLAY FOR MASS ADOPTION
Although Skype's drive to get into the mainstream likely will have an effect on both the company and the market, there might still be some caveats for corporate customers, according to research firm Gartner. Regulations surrounding telephony could come into play, said Gartner analyst Ron Cowles, just as they have for VoIP in other countries. Gartner also has advised business users to tread carefully when using voice services that are based on proprietary protocols like Skype because of network-security issues. (Full story...)
FACETIME REPORTS INCREASE OF MORE THAN 2,000 PERCENT IN IM AND P2P THREATS IN 2005
A new report, derived from the Greynets Research Database, showed threats over IM and P2P networks increased more than twenty-fold -- representing a 2,200% increase over 2004. Furthermore, incident frequency appears to be accelerating with almost 800 incidents recorded in Q4 2005 alone. (Full story...)
SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO 2006: SECURITY
Getting funding based on fear is not a viable long-term option. About 40 to 50 organizations had public exposures in 2005, but that's a small minority of all U.S.-based companies. But regulatory compliance can be your friend in both getting funding for new projects and getting required security features into other IT projects. (Full story...)
IM THREATS: THE DARK SIDE OF INNOVATION
Part of Ziff Davis Internet's continuing series on innovation, eWeek looks at the rising threat from smarter IM worms and their impact on your enterprise. (Full story...)
FACETIME ISSUES WORM-FREE GUARANTEE
Putting their money where their mouth is, FaceTime is backing up release 6.5 of IMAuditor with a 100% guarantee against the proliferation of IM-borne threats. (Full story...)
BOTNET USES BITTORRENT TO PUSH MOVIE FILES
A group of hackers in the Middle East is believed to be responsible for the BitTorrent infections, which used the peer-to-peer software to push copies of movies and Disney cartoons onto infected machines. (Full story...)
WEBINAR REPLAYRooting out the Rootkit: How FaceTime Uncovered the Latest Threat In case you missed it, a recorded version of our December 1, 2005, FaceTime webinar is now available online. On October 28th, experts at FaceTime Security Labs identified and reported the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) "RootKit" worm - a rootkit-powered BotNet that, according to eWeek, "...has set off fears that malicious hackers are sophisticated enough to launch a fully automated worm attack against instant messaging networks." (Watch...)
MESSAGING ANTI-ABUSE WORKING GROUP ISSUES
With as much as 80 percent of spam messages being sent through "zombies" on personal computers without the owners' knowledge, the industry's Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has published its first best practices aimed at shrinking the volume of malicious traffic on the Internet. (Full story...)
WHAT ARE ROOTKITS?
In light of the recent Sony BMG debacle, rootkits have become a mainstream term in the press. But what exactly is a rootkit and why is it so dangerous? (Full story...)
THE HUMAN FACTOR AND INFORMATION SECURITY
A lot of users don't understand that using software which contains vulnerabilities poses a genuine security risk to their computer or system. The majority of users see their computer as a black box; they don't understand how it works, and in reality, they don't really want to. (Full story...)
LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
If you're responsible for an IT budget, or planning on taking classes, here are six must-ask questions to help you get the most out of your IT training dollars. (Full story...) |
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