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Network World Security Alert Oct 25, 2016 Better safe than sorry: 5 apps for encrypting and shredding files If you want to protect sensitive data -- especially if you're sending it via email or via an online service -- one of these five encryption programs can help. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • White House: Small satellites bring "Moore's Law" into space • SnapChat, Skype among worst messaging apps for not respecting users' right to privacy • Does Southwest's new 'password' commercial need to get away? • Cybersecurity, business and IT relationships • Answers to 'Is the internet broken?' and other Dyn DDoS questions • Physical RAM attack can root Android and possibly other devices • Bots may be trumping online polls White Paper: CDW Corporation Comprehensive Security Assessment Even as organizations get smarter about guarding their information systems and data, attackers inevitably find new ways in. One of the best defenses against intruders is to learn to play their game. CDW's Comprehensive Security Assessment (CSA) uncovers vulnerabilities by using the same strategies to breach systems that cybercriminals use. Learn more today! Read More ▶ White House: Small satellites bring "Moore's Law" into space Looking to bolster that notion, the White House recently revealed a number of program that it says will help drive the use of smallsats even further. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced what it called the "Harnessing the Small Satellite Revolution" initiative, which basically brings together National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, and other Federal agencies, to promote and support government and private use of small satellites for remote sensing, communications, science, and the exploration of space.  Read More ▶ SnapChat, Skype among worst messaging apps for not respecting users' right to privacy Amnesty International ranked 11 tech companies and their messaging apps. Facebook had the best privacy, while SnapChat and Skype were among the worst. Read More ▶ Does Southwest's new 'password' commercial need to get away? If you watched any football yesterday, chances are you saw the latest in Southwest Airlines' "Wanna get away?" commercial series, this one featuring a military general and his comical willingness to surrender his network access password. Read More ▶ Cybersecurity, business and IT relationships Working relationships between cybersecurity, business and IT groups are strained and fraught with challenges. Read More ▶ Answers to 'Is the internet broken?' and other Dyn DDoS questions A Q&A on what caused the Dyn DDoS attacks and what to do to protect yourself and your network. Read More ▶ Physical RAM attack can root Android and possibly other devices Researchers have devised a new way to fully compromise Android devices without exploiting any software vulnerability and instead taking advantage of a physical design weakness in RAM chips. Read More ▶ Bots may be trumping online polls Poll results are supposed to be driven by opinions, but marketers, politicians and others know opinions can be driven by polls. Hence the rising use of bots to skew perceptions in favor of a product, a celebrity or, at this time of year, a candidate. Read More ▶ Sponsor Article: CDW Corporation Guarantee a Successful Data Center Firewall Deployment Read this CDW blog to learn how you can better protect your organization's data center with next-generation firewall deployments. 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. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS iOS 10 tips and tricks you need to know Celebrating 12 years of Ubuntu Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. How the Dyn DDoS attack unfolded 2. Extensive DDoS attack against Dyn restarts, could indicate a new use of old criminal tech 3. If you had bought 100 shares of Microsoft 25 years ago ... 4. What's better: Amazon's Availability Zones vs. Microsoft Azure's regions 5. Chinese firm admits its hacked products were behind Friday's massive DDOS attack 6. 19 free cloud storage options 7. The best way to stop DDoS attacks 8. Record IoT DDoS attacks raise bar for defenders 9. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 10. The network effect on wealth creation

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