Virtual machines, real mess

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: April 23, 2014
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Security Manager's Journal: Virtual machines, real mess

When Internet and phone service are impaired at a development center, the
problem is traced to VM images installed in a classroom.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. A simple cure for the cybersecurity skills shortage
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667869/19/

2. NEC launches face-recognition protection for PCs
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667870/20/

3. Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013, says Verizon
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667871/21/

4. Evan Schuman: With Heartbleed, IT leaders are missing the point
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667872/28/

5. Tip of the Hat: What the Heartbleed bug means for you
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667873/29/

6. Mystery malware infecting jailbroken iPhones, iPads
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667874/30/

7. Google said to be eyeing a boost to encrypted sites in search results
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667875/31/

8. How to create awareness of the insider threat
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667876/32/


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MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps

Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of
accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of
the enterprise IT infrastructure.

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A simple cure for the cybersecurity skills shortage

An approach that has worked for centuries in all sorts of industries is just as
applicable to the security field.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667869/34/

NEC launches face-recognition protection for PCs

NEC has launched a biometric security program that uses face recognition to
unlock access to PCs.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667870/35/

Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013, says Verizon

Web application attacks, cyber-espionage and point-of-sale intrusions were among
the top IT security threats in 2013, according to Verizon's latest annual report
on data breach investigations.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667871/36/

Evan Schuman: With Heartbleed, IT leaders are missing the point

If our checks and balances are so fragile that a typo can obliterate all
meaningful security, we have some fundamental things to fix.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667872/37/

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MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps

Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of
accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of
the enterprise IT infrastructure.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667878/38/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=635b2e4c

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Tip of the Hat: What the Heartbleed bug means for you

Computerworld offers a Tip of the Hat to Shane Dingman of the Toronto
Globe and Mail for an easy-to-understand look at the Heartbleed security bug
-- what happened, what key websites are among the hundreds of thousands affected
and whether users can do anything at this point.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667873/39/

Mystery malware infecting jailbroken iPhones, iPads

A malware campaign of yet-to-be-determined origin is infecting jailbroken
iPhones and iPads to steal Apple account credentials from SSL encrypted traffic.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667874/40/

Google said to be eyeing a boost to encrypted sites in search results

Websites that use encryption could be elevated in Google search results sometime
in the future, according to The Wall Street Journal.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667875/41/

How to create awareness of the insider threat

One of the legacies of Edward Snowden's treason is that companies are now
concerned about the insider threat more than they ever were before. He
demonstrates that a single person inside an organization can devastate the
organization.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8907159/823929840/667876/42/



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