Virtual desktops get encryption security

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: August 28, 2013
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VMware, Citrix and Microsoft virtual desktops get encryption security

AFORE Solutions announced encryption software aimed at securing data in
virtualized environments where Microsoft Windows applications are used,
including virtualized desktop infrastructure deployments based on VMware, Citrix
or Microsoft VDI.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627860/19/

2. Hackers may cash in when XP is retired
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627861/20/

3. Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627862/21/

4. Kenneth van Wyk: Why mobile apps beat Web apps for privacy
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627863/28/

5. Data security lagging at midmarket industrial firms
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627864/29/

6. Security Manager's Journal: When data classifications meet the real world
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627865/30/

7. Intel uses BI to quickly contain and remediate security threats
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627866/31/

8. Mozilla may follow Google's lead and reject long-lived digital certificates
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627867/32/

9. Mozilla 'Plug-n-Hack' project aims for tighter security tool integration
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627868/33/

10. IBM is buying endpoint security company Trusteer
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627869/34/

11. Cyberattacks a top cause of EU wired Internet outages
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Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default

Google said it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage
service.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627860/37/

Hackers may cash in when XP is retired

Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after
Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627861/38/

Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you

Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public
after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627862/39/

Kenneth van Wyk: Why mobile apps beat Web apps for privacy

Internet communications are prey to surveillance, but you can better shield
them.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627863/40/

Data security lagging at midmarket industrial firms

Executives at midsized industrial firms believe their data is at little or no
risk, even though they hold valuable intellectual property and business process
data sought by criminals, according to consulting firm McGladrey.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627864/41/

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From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications,
an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And
along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new
torrents of traffic.

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Security Manager's Journal: When data classifications meet the real world

After finding that his company's policy on restricting data was sometimes too
rigid, our manager comes up with a new category.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627865/43/

Intel uses BI to quickly contain and remediate security threats

Intel's Security Business Intelligence platform collects and parses event and
contextual data at a rate of more than 1 million events per second, and is
capable of drilling down into selected anomalies to help users identify the
cause of potentially abnormal behavior.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627866/44/

Mozilla may follow Google's lead and reject long-lived digital certificates

Mozilla is considering the possibility of rejecting as invalid SSL certificates
issued after July 1, 2012, with a validity period of more than 60 months. Google
already made the decision to block such certificates in Chrome starting early
next year.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627867/45/

Mozilla 'Plug-n-Hack' project aims for tighter security tool integration

Mozilla is developing a protocol that aims to let security tools and Web
browsers work better together.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627868/46/

IBM is buying endpoint security company Trusteer

IBM has signed an agreement to acquire security company Trusteer, and plans to
set up a cybersecurity software lab in Israel.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8710624/823929840/627869/47/

Cyberattacks a top cause of EU wired Internet outages

Although cyberattacks caused just 6% of significant outages of public electronic
communications networks and services in the E.U. last year, they affected more
people than hardware failure, a much more common factor in service disruptions,
according to a report from the European Union Agency for Network and Information
Security.
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