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Network World Security Alert Mar 03, 2016 How much security can you turn over to AI? Machine learning and behavioral analytics could help you detect attacks faster – or stop them before they even start. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • The IoT liability jumble • Attorney general and NSA director pitch cyber-security industry for cooperation • NSA asks Silicon Valley to help fight cybercrime, terrorism • IRS warns of nasty W-2 phishing scheme • How sound-fingerprinting could spot grid attackers • Microsoft defends PCs, post network penetration • Energy Dept. sets 9 finalists for $2.25M wave energy prize • RSA: Geolocation shows just how dead privacy is White Paper: Cisco Systems 5 Steps For Securing The Data Center: Why Traditional Security May Not Work Datacenter admins face a significant challenge: They need to secure the datacenter without compromising the performance and functionality that new datacenter environments enable. Learn about the 5 steps you need to take to secure your data center. Read More ▶ The IoT liability jumble The endless complexity of the Internet of Things extends to legislative and regulatory efforts to manage its security. A legal panel at the RSA conference said effective standards and management of legal liability issues are likely years away. Read More ▶ Attorney general and NSA director pitch cyber-security industry for cooperation U.S. Cyber Command chief and NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers and United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch both took the stage at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco yesterday to appeal for cooperation with the cyber-security industry. Read More ▶ NSA asks Silicon Valley to help fight cybercrime, terrorism The NSA is too big and slow to effectively fight ingenious cyber attacks without the help of Silicon Valley tech expertise, so it's time to patch up relations between the two, the head of the NSA told a gathering of tens of thousands at RSA Conference 2016. Read More ▶ IRS warns of nasty W-2 phishing scheme The IRS said the scheme has claimed several victims as payroll and human resources offices mistakenly email payroll data including Forms W-2 that contain Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information to cybercriminals posing as company executives. Read More ▶ How sound-fingerprinting could spot grid attackers Like a human's voice box, electrical equipment creates unique sounds. Scientists think those identifiers could be used to look for industrial control attacks. IoT could be a beneficiary, too. Read More ▶ Microsoft defends PCs, post network penetration Because sometimes bad things happen, Microsoft is bringing the security fight inside. Read More ▶ Energy Dept. sets 9 finalists for $2.25M wave energy prize The US Department of Energy said it has whittled 92 teams down to 9 finalists for its competition that aims to double the current amount of energy captured from ocean waves. Each of the finalists in the Wave Energy Prize and two alternates will now receive seed DOE funding to develop a 1/20th-scale model of their deep water wave energy converter (WEC) devices. The final round of testing will take place this summer at the nation's most advanced wave-making facility—the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin in Carderock, Maryland. Read More ▶ RSA: Geolocation shows just how dead privacy is Attorney David Adler spells out how the collection of geolocation data makes invasion of personal privacy easy and incredibly detailed. 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