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Network World Security Alert Jun 27, 2016 Gartner's top 10 security predictions Gartner has taken a look at five key areas of security concern that businesses face this year and issued predictions on and recommendations about protecting networks and data from threats that will likely arise in each. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Tempered Networks simplifies network security • Arista infringes on Cisco networking patents, trade agency says • 10 steps the IRS needs to take now to secure tax returns, fight fraud, identity theft • The EU and US reportedly reach data-transfer deal • Let's Encrypt accuses Comodo of trying to swipe its brand • Lenovo patches two high severity flaws in PC support tool • FBI: Extortion e-mail, tech support scam-bags turning up the heat • IBM Watson/ XPrize open $5 million AI competition for world-changing applications Video/Webcast: NetBrain Technologies 10 Rules to Minimize Network Outages When the network goes down, every minute counts. Network outages cost enterprises $1.7B in lost revenue last year, and much of it could have been avoided. So what can you do to shorten, or even avoid, network outages altogether? Join our panel of network experts for this educational webcast where we'll reveal 10 rules to minimize both the time and likelihood of a network outage. Read More ▶ Tempered Networks simplifies network security Tempered Networks' Marc Kaplan explains how micro-segmentation simplifies the network, makes firewalls easier to manage and improves network security Read More ▶ Arista infringes on Cisco networking patents, trade agency says In a move that could lead to a ban on selling its products in the United States, the US International Trade Commission has ruled that Arista does in fact infringe on a number of Cisco's technology patents. Arista now must decide if it wants to ask the US government to overturn the so-called "import ban" or ask that an appeals court toss the decision, observers say. It could also decide to build products in the US – a move that Cisco says would "not only would violate the ITC orders, but the federal court has the authority to enjoin local manufacturing of infringing products." Read More ▶ 10 steps the IRS needs to take now to secure tax returns, fight fraud, identity theft The key IRS advisory group, The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee issued its annual state of the agency report this week that concluded: The erosion of the IRS tax system's integrity from the proliferation of tax identity theft and inadequate levels of taxpayer service at the IRS caused by an antiquated customer service model that does not adequately apply digital service tools. Read More ▶ The EU and US reportedly reach data-transfer deal The U.S. and the European Union have reached an agreement on the language of a key data transfer pact, including limits on U.S. surveillance, according to a news report. Read More ▶ Let's Encrypt accuses Comodo of trying to swipe its brand Let's Encrypt, a free certificate authority launched by the Internet Security Research Group in November 2014 and backed by some of the biggest names in the industry, today revealed that rival CA Comodo is attempting to "improperly" trademark the Let's Encrypt brand. Read More ▶ Lenovo patches two high severity flaws in PC support tool Lenovo has fixed two high severity vulnerabilities in its Lenovo Solution Center support tool that is preinstalled on many laptop and desktop PCs. Read More ▶ FBI: Extortion e-mail, tech support scam-bags turning up the heat Not that summer time has anything to do with it but the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned that e-mail extortion campaigns and the tedious tech support scams have heated up in recent weeks. Read More ▶ IBM Watson/ XPrize open $5 million AI competition for world-changing applications According to IBM and XPrize, the four-year competition aims to "accelerate adoption of AI technologies, and spark creative, innovative and audacious demonstrations of the technology that are truly scalable and solve societal grand challenges. Read More ▶ White Paper: NetBrain Technologies Applying Automation to Maintain Accurate Network Diagrams Accurate network diagrams are the Holy Grail in enterprise network management - most network teams know they should be documenting their networks but haven't found a universally good way of doing it. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. 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