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Having a centrally managed environment that will automatically dig down into the layers of the network and sift out the critical information and send alerts is crucial to protecting network infrastructure against current and future threats, said Bob Cohen, president and CEO of CG Atlantic, a New York-based security solution provider.
http://www.securitypipeline.com/news/184419768;jsessionid=AWJ3C5O30AOSKQSNDBOCKHSCJUMEKJVN
Of the other identity theft victims, about 25 percent had banking and other types of accounts used without permission, 15 percent had their personal information misused, and about 12 percent faced a combination of several types of ID theft.
Based on these numbers, the nationwide estimated loss during the six months of the study amounted to $3.2 billion, for an annualized total of $6.4 billion.
“It’s usually a phenomenon that’s experienced by the young and those in urban households,” she said.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/31/77031_HNidtheft_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/31/77031_HNidtheft_1.html
“We’re pleased with the compromise ‘trigger’ language relating to when a business must notify individuals of a breach of their personal information,” said several privacy advocacy groups in a joint statement issued the day before the vote.
The Center for Democracy & Technology, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and Consumers Union — the latter the publisher of the popular “Consumer Reports” magazine — urged the committee to approve H.R. 4127.
http://www.securitypipeline.com/news/184419781;jsessionid=AWJ3C5O30AOSKQSNDBOCKHSCJUMEKJVN
Ultimately, security is everybody’s business, and only with everyone’s cooperation and consistent practices will it be achievable. Wireless security is a work in progress, so it is essential to administer a wireless network so that it becomes more and more secure. And with more organizations focusing strongly on wireless security, we can only expect to see many more secured wireless networks in the future.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/security/2006/03/30/what-is-wireless-security.html
“Virtualization, simplification, optimization and automation are all key drivers influencing the successful transformation of the U.S. data center,” said IDC analyst Michelle Bailey.
Where mainframes once ruled the data center roost almost exclusively, smaller blades that slide in and out of chassis are becoming more prevalent these days.
Blades, which IDC said grew 49.3 percent as a market year over year and climbed 56.9 percent from 2004 to 2005, boast designs and redundant capabilities to allow one server to keep up and running after another winks out. Blades are arriving en masse at the same time as heavy Web applications, such as customer relationship management or human resource management products from SAP or Oracle.
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3594871
Phishing scammers recently hacked the web sites of three Florida banks and redirected their customers to spoof pages, marking an apparent milestone in phishers’ use of bank web sites to construct more credible frauds. The intrusion was detected about an hour after it started, ElectroNet CEO Allen Byington told the…