Friday, September 30, 2011

Amazon's Silk browser raises privacy, security eyebrows

Computerworld Security: September 30, 2011
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Amazon's new Silk browser has raised some eyebrows among privacy and security
experts because of the way it will by default connect to the company's cloud
service.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532976/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: HP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Setting a Strategy for Secure Mobile Printing

HP's mobile printing solutions help employees to print securely and easily no
matter if they're on the go, in the office or at home.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532977/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Facebook tracking prompts call for FTC probe
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532978/0/

2. Data breach affects 4.9M active, retired military personnel
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532979/0/

3. 10 identity management metrics that matter
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532980/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance

Date: Monday, September 26, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT

In this webcast you'll learn how your organization can become more responsive to
financial market challenges while reassuring decision makers the accuracy of
execution.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532981/0/

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Facebook tracking prompts call for FTC probe

Facebook's tracking technology has landed the social network in hot water, with
two lawmakers calling for a Federal Trade Commission investigation.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532978/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: AMD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Building a Virtualized Data Center

CIOs are wrestling with new business demands and they are turning to
virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn how an AMD
technology-based virtual strategy can help.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532982/0/

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Data breach affects 4.9M active, retired military personnel

Sensitive data including Social Security Numbers, names, addresses, phone
numbers and personal health data belonging to about 4.9 million active and
retired U.S. military personnel may have been compromised.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532979/0/

10 identity management metrics that matter

Within the IT security community, identity- and access-management (IAM)
initiatives are considered high value, but are notoriously problematic to
deploy. Yet despite IAM's complexity, it represents 30 percent or more of the
total information security budget of most large institutions, according to IDC
(a sister company to CSO's publisher).
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532980/0/

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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Unclear on the whole 'push' concept

This IT pilot fish really appreciates software installations that can be pushed
out to users over the network because techs don't have to physically touch each
workstation. But one software vendor's version of "push" challenges that
concept.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7609829/818816221/532789/0/

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