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Join us online for a Web Security Webinar - From IM to Social Networking: Securing Employee Use of the Web 
Employees – especially the new generation of workers – often introduce consumer-oriented applications like IM and Skype onto the corporate network to gain efficiencies in the workplace,
but these applications circumvent existing security infrastructure making it difficult for IT to gain visibility and control.
At the same time, organizations want to enable their use for productivity and cost benefits. The challenge remains: how do you mitigate business risks while allowing employees to collaborate using these applications? Join FaceTime experts for this interactive webinar and get informed. Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 1:00pm Pacific / 4:00pm Eastern Register today!
Special Offer for SurfControl and Websense Customers! As you may know, Internet communications have evolved from simple Web browsing to real-time communications including Skype, instant messaging, P2P file sharing and Unified Communications. Gartner recommends IT managers look at broader secure web gateway solutions that integrate application control and anti-malware in addition to URL filtering. FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway provides a comprehensive solution. FaceTime is currently offering special pricing to SurfControl and Websense customers. Learn more and request a quote today! 
A Phishy Tale2222mb.com has already gained a form of notoriety on hacking / cracking forums as a good place to host phishing pages, and one talented phisher has taken note. Find out what AdBrite has to do with this mess here. (Full story...)
Hard Lessons [re: E-Discovery]E-discovery is now a part of almost every patent and IP lawsuit. And what happened to Qualcomm wasn't the first case of e-discovery gone wrong-but it might have been the most incredible. At issue was whether Qualcomm had participated in an industry group, called the Joint Video Team (JVT), that had been working on a new standard for digital video compression-and whether there were any e-mails, memos, or other correspondence that said so. (Full story...)
E-Discovery Ensures Evidence Can't HideThe emerging field of e-discovery is big business for lawyers banking on the field, but it's also producing wealth for the companies helping to develop it, too. Spending on e-discovery technology will increase from $1.4 billion in 2006 to more than $4.8 billion in 2011, says market tracker Forrester Research. (Full story...)
Malware Removes Rival RootkitsIt's really a shame the Pandex Trojan is out to install malicious rootkits, since the malware first goes in and removes previously installed rival rootkits on PCs. More dangerous than typical viruses, rootkits hide their presence on infected computers. (Full story...)
Microsoft Identifies Culprit in Hotmail, IM OutageMicrosoft's Hotmail and Live Messenger are back online after a worldwide outage in February. The Redmond software giant claims to know what caused the problem. (Full story...)
The Long and Winding Road: "Unified" CommunicationsLike it or not, convergence is on its way, but it isn't going to be easy. The convergence of voice and data onto the same network is already done at many companies, and they are looking to take the next step. UC's promise has far outpaced the technology's ability to deliver. (Full story...)
Baidu.com to Launch an Instant Messaging ServiceDoes the global Internet really need another instant messaging service? Baidu.com thinks so. China's top search engine said it plans to launch an instant messaging service called "Baidu Hi." (Full story...)
How Do You Define 'Unified Communications'?
One Network World reader asserts unified communications is "an evolving communications technology architecture which automates and unifies all forms of human and device communications in context, and with a common experience." Do you agree? (Full story....)
Career Advisor: The Top Five Reasons CSO Candidates Don't Get HiredStuck one level below the CSO? A security recruiter shares the top mistakes job candidates make when they try to move up. (Full story...)
Hackers Ramp up Facebook, MySpace AttacksFacebook and MySpace users are encountering more and more malicious attacks by the day. The latest, an exploit directed at Aurigma Inc.'s Image Uploader, is just one of five in a new hacker tool kit being used by several Chinese attack sites. (Full story...)
Tech Salaries: The Good News (And the Bad)IT workers continue to be some of the best paid workers across a wide array of professions, but the IT salary outlook isn't all rosy. Your next pay raise may not keep up with inflation as the economy nosedives. Find out more about 2008's IT salary forecast here. (Full story...) 
Blast Of Cold Air Can Open an Encrypted Hard DriveEncryption, long considered a vital shield against hacker attacks, can be defeated by freezing and manipulating the way memory chips work, according to a new Princeton report. (Full story...) |
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