Thursday, December 15, 2011

FBI never sought Carrier IQ data, director says

Computerworld Security: December 15, 2011
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FBI Director Robert Mueller today said his agency has never sought any
information directly from Carrier IQ for any of its investigations.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7758835/818816221/544322/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. iBahn, supplier of hotel internet services, denies breach
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7758835/818816221/544323/0/

2. IT Blogwatch: Carrier IQ humbled, grilled by Feds
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7758835/818816221/544324/0/

3. Richi Jennings: Security in 2012: Let's start at the endpoint
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7758835/818816221/544325/0/

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

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iBahn, supplier of hotel internet services, denies breach

iBahn, a provider of internet services to some 3,000 hotels worldwide, denied on
Thursday a news report that its network was breached by hackers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7758835/818816221/544323/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Apps for business~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Consider this before you set your 2012 IT strategy

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IT Blogwatch: Carrier IQ humbled, grilled by Feds

Carrier IQ has been interviewed by the FCC and FTC in the ongoing row over
smartphone privacy (or lack of it). The company says it wishes it could turn
back time and handle things differently. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers scoff and
mock. Not to mention: A is for Aardvark...

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7758835/818816221/544324/0/

Richi Jennings: Security in 2012: Let's start at the endpoint

What security trends should we look out for in 2012? How should organizations
protect against new breeds of threat? Here are my thoughts about endpoint
protection trends, in The Long View... INSIDER (free registration requested)

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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Does anybody really know what time it is?

Sixty engineers have worked on this highly secret system for a year with exactly
two weeks to execute an experiment using three cesium clocks to synchronize down
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