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Single Point of Control for IM, P2P, Spyware and URL Filtering Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Time: 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific Duration: 45 minutes Register today at: www.eseminarslive.com/article2/0,2144,2191831,00. asp?partnerref=CL102407FACEemail Your employees – especially the Web 2.0 generation – often introduce consumer-oriented applications onto the corporate network to work more efficiently. When these applications circumvent the security infrastructure, it's difficult for IT to maintain visibility and control. How can your organization take advantage of the productivity and cost benefits of real-time communications while mitigating their inherent business risks? Join Ziff Davis Enterprise and FaceTime for expert insight on: Today, user-initiated Web traffic is dominated by highly evasive greynets – real time communications such as IM, Skype, and P2P file sharing. Register today for this interactive event and bring your security practices in line with the Web 2.0 world. Plus! Get your Web security questions answered in a live Q&A session with the speakers.
FaceTime Reports 279 IM and P2P Threats for Third Quarter 2007
Security incidents remain a major threat to users of public IM and P2P channels. While such incidents on these channels declined somewhat during the summer months, FaceTime researchers warn that this activity follows a cyclical pattern, which is likely followed by an upswing of attacks in fall and winter. (Full story...)
Apple iPhone Warning Proves True Thank Steve Jobs if you've unlocked your iPhone and upgraded the software, only to find that you're prized possession is now a useless piece of junk. It might sound cruel, but it's true, Apple released a planned update that is leaving unlocked iPhones "permanently inoperable." (Full story...)
Enforce Data Security RulesIt isn't rare for a laptop carrying confidential information to leave government offices. As many as 2,000 laptops are routinely removed from the 14 largest executive branch agencies alone. While rules are in place to protect information on these computers, information leaks are becoming frightfully common due to a lack of enforcement of security regulations. (Full story...)
Practical Disaster RecoveryFrom staff to security, here are 10 practical planning items whose assumptions must be stated explicitly to drive effective disaster recovery design. (Full story...)
Has the IT Security Model Been Broken by Web 2.0?Following weeks of undercover work by New York state investigators, Facebook has been subpoenaed by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for failing to provide adequate safeguards from sexual predators for young people using the site. But is the subpoena a sign of a larger problem with IT security? (Full story...)
How to Overcome IT's Credibility Challenges
If you want to establish yourself politically in an organization and be able to do your job without facing obstacles around every corner, high credibility is what gets people off your back and on your side. Here's a few simple tips on how to overcome IT's credibility gap. (Full story....)
Phishing Likely to Blame for eBay Members' Data TheftDon't blame us, says eBay. The online auction company claims that confidential information of about 1200 of its members displayed for public view on its member forums occurred due to phising attacks, not by a perpetrator hacking into eBay systems. (Full story...)
Virtually CleanSome 2.3 million malicious robots are currently on the prowl, seeking out vulnerable computers to infiltrate. While disconnecting computers from the Internet protects them from these "bots," it also renders them practically useless. A better idea is to adopt virtualization, a technique that provides a way of hiding a computer's resources behind a software curtain. (Full story...)
Employees Drive Adoption of Instant Messaging, Skype and Unified Communications in the EnterpriseNowadays, user-initiated traffic is no longer limited to e-mail and Web browsing. Responding to the changing nature of Internet traffic, FaceTime announced the Unified Security Gateway, the first network security appliance that provides comprehensive security and management across the broadest set of Web and real-time communications applications under a single point of control. (Full story...)
Find Them and Fire Them: 5 StepsIt's tough to find effective and ethical people to fill positions of influence or power. Whether the role is that of security guard for a convoy out of the Green Zone or security administrator for critical systems, missteps can directly lead to the death of innocent people, and intentional abuse is the stuff of nightmares. (Full story...)
You Don't Want to Hear It: 10 Pieces of Lousy Security AdviceSometimes a few words from a software vendor or other outside expert will tell you everything you need to know about whose advice is worth listening to. Here are 10 telltale signs that signal troublesome advice. (Full story...) 
Presidential Candidates to Appear via IMMySpace and MTV have announced plans to host a series of real-time, one-on-one dialogs between the presidential candidates and plugged-in voters. First up to, uh, chat, is Democratic candidate John Edwards. (Full story...) |
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