Malware sophistication vexes lawmakers, retailers and the financial industry

	Google, Facebook, Microsoft show steady rise in surveillance data requests | Obama selects Navy cryptologist to head NSA
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	Malware sophistication vexes lawmakers, retailers and the financial industry The failure of U.S. financial institutions and retailers to implement more robust cybersecurity measures, such as the smart-card technology widely used in Europe, was questioned and criticized by members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing Tuesday. Read More   In this Issue Google, Facebook, Microsoft show steady rise in surveillance data requests Obama selects Navy cryptologist to head NSA Ex-network engineer faces prison after admitting he sabotaged employer's system Senator pushes for an end to NSA phone records program WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   10 Steps to Reducing Mainframe MLC Costs Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. Learn More Google, Facebook, Microsoft show steady rise in surveillance data requests Google, Facebook and Microsoft were among the technology companies to release new figures showing a rising number of requests for their users' data coming from a secretive U.S. surveillance court. Read More   Obama selects Navy cryptologist to head NSA President Obama has nominated an expert cryptologist to head the National Security Agency at a time when the agency is under pressure to reform its surveillance. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Solving the Big Data Challenge of Sensor Data This webcast will focus on sensor data applications and IBM's differentiated offering to solve the IT challenges of sensor data for better business insight and competitive advantage. Highlights include unique attributes of sensor data and the big data challenges they present. View Now Ex-network engineer faces prison after admitting he sabotaged employer's system A former network engineer at a West Virginia oil and gas company could face up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this week to sabotaging the company's systems so badly that its operations were affected for a month. Read More   Senator pushes for an end to NSA phone records program Senator Patrick Leahy questioned how the Constitution allows the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records and repeated his calls for President Barack Obama's administration to end the program during a hearing Wednesday. Read More
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