Wednesday, November 23, 2011

EFF proposes new method to strengthen Public Key Infrastructure

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: November 23, 2011
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is proposing an extension to the
current SSL chain of trust that aims to improve the security of HTTPS and other
secure communication protocols.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541326/0/

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The Philosophy of Security

This paper explains how to find more meaningful ways of using technology to
achieve an effective security strategy. Learn how to apply basic philosophical
approaches to your organization's security.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. FAQ: What you should know about the Illinois water-district SCADA breach
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541328/0/

2. Will 2012 REALLY be the year of the cyberwar?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541329/0/

3. Healthcare breaches: Do they even matter?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541330/0/

4. Four rising threats from cybercriminals
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541331/0/

5. Security Manager's Journal: Sensitive company data gets released into the wild
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541332/0/

6. Darragh Delaney: How LAN problems can impact on your firewalls
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541333/0/

7. The CFO's role in the data breach war
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541334/0/

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

Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance

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/7717734/818816226/541335/0/

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FAQ: What you should know about the Illinois water-district SCADA breach

Here are some key questions and answers about the Nov. 8 break-in of the control
network at an Illinois water utility that resulted in attackers burning out a
pump.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541328/0/

Will 2012 REALLY be the year of the cyberwar?

Much has been made of prospects for a cyberwar. Many believe we're already in
one. So what are security practitioners to do as they plan for 2012?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541329/0/

Healthcare breaches: Do they even matter?

Electronic medical record breaches continue, yet the public pays little
attention to healthcare provider security and privacy policies.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541330/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Business Analytics: Pushing Toward Relevance

Although business analytics and business intelligence tools are becoming
ubiquitous, they frequently remain underutilized. Part of the challenge is the
disconnect between the IT teams deploying these tools and the business users who
are supposed to be using them.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541336/0/

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Four rising threats from cybercriminals

Criminal hackers are industrious -- they stay up late devising new ways to
attack individuals and businesses. Watch out for cyberattacks that can turn
smartphones into spam bots, shut off electricity to homes and businesses, jam
GPS signals and more.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541331/0/

Security Manager's Journal: Sensitive company data gets released into the wild

It isn't easy to stop your employees from posting things they shouldn't on
social media and file-sharing sites.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541332/0/

Darragh Delaney: How LAN problems can impact on your firewalls

This week seems to have being a firewall issue week for me. I have worked on
incidents in two large networks where problems on the LAN managed to bring down
firewalls at the edge of the network. Firewalls have come a long way since the
original stateless varieties which were little more than a collection of access
control lists. These were superseded by stateful firewalls which kept track of
the state of network connections. Modern firewalls are now application aware,
you can do things like block access to certain applications or prevent users
from using applications like Bittorrent.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541333/0/

The CFO's role in the data breach war

Finance, working with IT, increasingly must manage the serious risks, from
planning to handling fallout.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/541334/0/

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VIDEO: STEVE JOBS ONE-ON-ONE, THE '95 INTERVIEW

Steve Jobs was in the middle of his career -- 40 years old, still at NeXT, and
two years from returning to Apple — when he was interviewed by the Computerworld
Honors program in this exclusive video.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7717734/818816226/537447/0/

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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What's the rush?

IT pilot fish at a state agency gets the call from an office with network
connectivity problems: email isn't connecting. But when fish gets on the horn
with the provider's customer service, the response isn't what fish expects.

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