Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Privacy not in Eric Schmidt's vision of the future

Computerworld Security: March 06, 2012
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt painted a messianic picture of our technological
future on Monday, involving holographic telepresence, self-driving cars,
automatic translation and the widespread deployment of 1Gbps Internet access
over optical fiber, bringing transnational peace and communication to all.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554684/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Cisco~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Private Cloud: Lessons Learned Along the Way

A recent IDG Research Services study confirms that the private cloud is indeed
full of promise. Agility. Efficiency. Cost savings. But realizing those rewards
can be an arduous path. Now, you can leverage what Cisco learned on their own
path to the private cloud.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554685/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. RSA Conference 2012 post-mortem: IT security in a "precarious spot"
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554686/0/

2. Security Manager's Journal: When executives want to be above the law
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554687/0/

3. Sen. Schumer wants FTC probe of Apple, Google
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554688/0/

4. Jaikumar Vijayan: Mobile apps heighten security perils of BYOD
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554689/0/

5. Adobe patches Flash Player for second time in 20 days
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554690/0/

6. Google patches 14 Chrome bugs, pays record $47K in bounties and bonuses
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554691/0/

7. User hacks GitHub to showcase vulnerability after Rails developers dismiss his report
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554692/0/

8. Securing Facebook: With a little help from his 800 million friends
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554693/0/

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http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554313/0/

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RSA Conference 2012 post-mortem: IT security in a "precarious spot"

One lesson of RSA Conference 2012 is that we are neither winning or losing the
security battle. So where do we go from here?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554686/0/

Security Manager's Journal: When executives want to be above the law

Security policies work best when they apply equally to everyone in the company.
Of course, there are always some people who think they should be exceptions.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554687/0/

Sen. Schumer wants FTC probe of Apple, Google

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should investigate Apple and Google for
allowing applications on their mobile OSes to access users' photographs without
permission, a U.S. senator said.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554688/0/

Jaikumar Vijayan: Mobile apps heighten security perils of BYOD

Many mobile apps that users routinely download and use on their smartphones have
extensive access to services running on the device. That could be a big security
problem for enterprises.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554689/0/

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

A Strategic Choice for Enterprise-Wide Productivity

This case study will show how Adobe Acrobat X can increase knowledge worker
productivity, based on live lab testing of common business workflows.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554694/0/

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Adobe patches Flash Player for second time in 20 days

Adobe today patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player and told
IT administrators to apply the update within 30 days.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554690/0/

Google patches 14 Chrome bugs, pays record $47K in bounties and bonuses

Google yesterday patched 14 vulnerabilities in Chrome and handed out a record
$47,500 in rewards to researchers, including $30,000 for "sustained,
extraordinary" contributions to its bug-reporting program.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554691/0/

User hacks GitHub to showcase vulnerability after Rails developers dismiss his report

A user has hacked into the official GitHub-hosted Ruby on Rails code repository
and bug tracker on Sunday in order to show the Rails development team how
serious a vulnerability was.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554692/0/

Securing Facebook: With a little help from his 800 million friends

The eyes of the online world are on Joe Sullivan.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554693/0/

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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Yeah, that would be pretty big

This pilot fish, who works with two cohorts to support seven auto dealerships
group, gets an email from a parts manager: "Good morning. The new online parts
catalog was started this morning and none of our PCs are compliant to use it."

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7888740/823929835/554683/0/

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