Monday, November 28, 2011

How to bulletproof your website

Computerworld Security: November 28, 2011
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'Tis the season for websites to crash and burn. Here are some strategies used
successfully by retailers to make sure they don't go down. Ever.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541496/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Making sure your cloud provider can protect your data as promised
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541498/0/

2. IT Blogwatch: AT&T customers in $2M Saudi terror hack, via Philippines
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541499/0/

3. Unpatched Apache flaw allows access to internal network
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541500/0/

4. Largest DDoS attack so far this year peaked at 45Gbps, says company
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541501/0/

5. DHS sees no evidence of cyberattack on Ill. water facility
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541502/0/

6. Cyberattacks a top national security concern, GOP candidates say
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541503/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: BMC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Order from Chaos with Data Center Automation

These days, IT needs to deliver multiple services in an increasingly complex
infrastructure. Data center automation helps, but can be limited by silos. The
solution? A pragmatic data center automation environment that meets the needs of
both IT and business users.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541504/0/

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Making sure your cloud provider can protect your data as promised

Certifications and inspections should be included in your contract. Insider
(registration required)
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541498/0/

IT Blogwatch: AT&T customers in $2M Saudi terror hack, via Philippines

Saudi terrorists have siphoned millions of dollars from AT&T (NYSE:T), via
hackers in the Philippines. With help from the FBI, local police have arrested
four suspects. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder how much this will increase
future AT&T bills.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541499/0/

Unpatched Apache flaw allows access to internal network

A yet-to-be-patched flaw discovered in the Apache HTTP server allows attackers
to access protected resources on internal networks if some rewrite rules are not
defined properly.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541500/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Adobe Government at Carahsoft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Adobe ColdFusion 9 Server Lockdown Guide

This guide describes how server administrators can improve the security of their
ColdFusion server.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541505/0/

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Largest DDoS attack so far this year peaked at 45Gbps, says company

A week-long DDoS attack that launched a flood of traffic at an Asian e-commerce
company in early November was the biggest such incident so far this year,
according to Prolexic, a company that defends websites against such attacks.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541501/0/

DHS sees no evidence of cyberattack on Ill. water facility

The Department of Homeland Security today said there is nothing to suggest that
a recent pump failure at a Springfield, Ill. water utility was caused by a
cyberattack.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541502/0/

Cyberattacks a top national security concern, GOP candidates say

Three Republican presidential candidates at Tuesday's CNN-sponsored GOP debate
said that cyberattacks pose an emerging national security threat to the U.S.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7724338/818816221/541503/0/

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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And so this number is useful ... how?

One of the departments in this county government uses an application that
routinely sends data updates to a server run by the state -- and something seems
to have stopped working. Who's the person to call?

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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
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