U.S. international cyberspace policy sounds good; will be hard to implement

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	U.S. international cyberspace policy sounds good; will be hard to implement The ambitious new U.S. strategy for securing the Internet sets critical goals that may be hard to put into practice, experts say, because some of them conflict and pose seemingly insurmountable technical problems. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell The Business Case for Security Information Management It is a mistake to assume that information security is solely a technical problem left for IT to solve. This guide is a non-technical discussion of security information management. Learn more. In this Issue Siemens' 'damage control' response to SCADA bug frustrates researcher Apple of my eye? US fancies a huge metaphor repository 7 questions about the Mac malware scare Privacy regs won't kill innovation so stop whining A botched fix, not legal demands, nixed SCADA security talk How to stop your executives from being harpooned Everything's a scam ... or so it seems Check Point's new security blades cut both ways PlayStation Network hack will cost Sony $170M WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Controlling and Managing Super User Access Effectively managing privileged – aka "super user" – accounts is vital for addressing your company's security concerns. In this Quest white paper, see why native tools are limited when managing these accounts. Read now! Siemens' 'damage control' response to SCADA bug frustrates researcher Siemens said it intends to fix a vulnerability discovered in its industrial control system products, but the NSS Labs researcher who found the bug says the company seems to be downplaying the seriousness of the problem to save face. Read More Apple of my eye? US fancies a huge metaphor repository Researchers with the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity want to build a repository of metaphors. You read that right.  Not just American/English metaphors mind you but those of Iranian Farsi, Mexican Spanish and Russian speakers. Read More 7 questions about the Mac malware scare A few answers help clarify what the MacDefender scareware plague really means for Mac users and administrators Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel RAS features: Mission-Critical Converged Infrastructure HP Integrity Servers have been leaders in the industry for providing mission-critical RAS since their inception. This latest generation of Integrity, based on HP's Converged Infrastructure, not only offers common infrastructure, components, and management from x86 to Superdome, but also extends the Integrity RAS legacy. Read now Privacy regs won't kill innovation so stop whining The founder of the Reputation.com Web site criticized Internet industry giants who claim that any regulation to try to protect the privacy of consumers online would stifle innovation. A Microsoft executive at the Privacy Identity Innovation Conference 2011 agreed, but only up to a point, warning that at this early stage in the digital age, the wrong regulation can have "a chilling effect." Read... Read More A botched fix, not legal demands, nixed SCADA security talk Government didn't pull SCADA security talk. Rather, it was a legitimate need for caution, presenters contend. Read More How to stop your executives from being harpooned 'Whaling' is a growing security threat that uses personalized phishing techniques to get your most sensitive data and access to your key networks Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Answers to Tough Questions about SaaS When it comes to Software as a Service, opportunities abound for improved and simplified IT Service Management. With solutions like BMC Remedy OnDemand, organizations can cut costs, advance ITSM and simplify upgrades. If you're considering the move to SaaS, read this list of common questions. Learn More Today! Everything's a scam ... or so it seems An editor at Salon recently wrote an excruciatingly candid account of her having been snookered by an Internet scam. Read More Check Point's new security blades cut both ways If you're in the market for endpoint protection, Check Point's new R80 Unified Endpoint Security Management product shows promise. Read More PlayStation Network hack will cost Sony $170M Sony expects the hack of the PlayStation Network and will cost it ¥14 billion (US$170 million) this financial year, it said Monday. Read More
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