Friday, December 16, 2011

Adobe promises Reader zero-day patch on Friday

Computerworld Security: December 16, 2011
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Adobe plans to release a patch Friday for an older version of the Reader PDF
viewer to stymie attacks like those aimed at major defense contractors earlier
this month.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544488/0/

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Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. IT Blogwatch: SOPA hearing: Bi-partisan political FAIL
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544489/0/

2. Securing the daisy chain
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544490/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Autonomy, an HP company~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Better Governing of Mobile Data

Date: January 10th, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM EST
Join this live Webcast for a discussion on a unique approach to protecting and
retaining data that resides on mobile devices by creating a meaning-based backup
that allows organizations to apply intelligent legal hold policies against the
full corpus of data.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544491/0/

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IT Blogwatch: SOPA hearing: Bi-partisan political FAIL

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) hearing by the House Judiciary Committee did
not go well for those who fear it gives censorship power to big businesses. Many
lawmakers demonstrated their ignorance of the Internet, while rejecting calls
for expert assistance. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers follow the money.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544489/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Disk v. Tape: A Look at Backup Trends in Government

The U.S. Government has been the largest user of tape-based backup systems since
the 1970s. Most agencies have begun to deploy disk storage and disk-based backup
because of reliability and security concerns.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544492/0/

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Securing the daisy chain

Some cloud computing vendors outsource parts of their services to
subcontractors, who may in turn outsource to others. Here's how to know who has
your company's data and how secure it really is. Insider (registration required)
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544490/0/

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BEST PLACES TO WORK IT

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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Oh sure, do it the easy way!

This IT shop has an ongoing problem with low server disk space, thanks to some
poor design decisions -- and a log file that just won't stop getting bigger.

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CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states outlaw
the use of all electronic devices while driving. Should the use of personal
electronic devices be banned while driving?

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7761064/818816221/544196/0/

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