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• Malware authors hit by recession too
  Even crims feeling pinch says security company.
• Complex firewalls cost money says new report
  Too many threats means too many rules.
• Mozilla patches Firefox 3.5 ... already
  Company looks to fix flaws straight away.
• Details of Chinese malware revealed to all
  KnownSec opens up its database.
• Click fraud Trojan scams Google
  Channels user searches through website.
• Companies angst over disaster recovery plans
  Everything becomes mission-critical.
• 'Iceman' pleads guilty to massive company hacks
  Prolific hacker shows bank vulnerability.
• ATM vendor threatens security firm over flaw
  Researcher stopped from revealing all at security conference.

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• Securing servers in the cloud
  The ease and speed of deploying a virtualised environment has allowed some IT professionals to overlook security concerns that may be brewing up in the cloud.
• Why employees ignore security
  We asked Frank Kenney, a Gartner analyst focused on application development and integration, for some thoughts on the major reasons why people don't adhere to corporate security policies.
• What the security industry can learn from Wall Street
  On the face of it, the workings of financial markets are a world away from the security industry, and yet there are instructive parallels if you stare a little harder.

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• How to buy UTM products
  As more organisations turn to unified threat management products, we look at some of the factors that determine how these can be used within those organisations. Our ready-made checklist gives plenty to consider when buying UTM
• How to assess laptop encryption products
  The past year has seen a record number of companies losing laptops containing confidential, often unencrypted, data. IT managers have it their power to protect that data, but what encryption technology should they be following? TPM or an alternative? We run our eye over the options.
• Admin tips for securing Vista
  By making a few judicious changes using the security tools within Vista - and in some cases by adding a few pieces of free software - you can lock down your operating system like a pro.

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• Remote Support Solutions to Enhance University TeachingNew
  Remote support isn’t just an efficient way to ensure unmatched uptime. It can also enable university lecturers to connect more effectively with their students to enhance teaching.
• Removing Barriers to Better Server Virtualization EfficiencyNew
  This Forrester Research paper looks at the common obstacles to virtualization, and explores some of the best practices for furthering virtualization.
• Optimising infrastructure controlNew
  This paper outlines the nature of infrastructure integrity, change auditing, and compliance solutions.

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• Getting to grips with PCI Security Standard
  The PCI Security standard has been designed to tighten up the security of credit card payments but it's caused plenty of problems for unwary companies. With this simple set of rules,
• Problems with monitoring virtual infrastructure
  Questions about how to monitor VMware ESX installations are common on community forums, but the term "monitoring" covers so much ground and could involve so many tools that the question requires a lot of refinement.
• Dealing with video surveillance on the LAN
  Smile: You're now responsible for cameras.

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• The dot.everything bonanza 
  

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• AutoSave Encrypt
  The encryption system that comes embedded on DVD-RWs or CD-RWs. Ingenious or just expensive?
• Passpack privacy manager 6.2
  Meet the first 'Password 2.0' application, part offline encrypted password store, part web-enabled app. It can also automate the use of passwords, which is probably its greatest feature.
• PicturePIN-XP password manager
  The mind can accurately recall pre-selected areas on an image, even quite a complex image, more reliably than it can a sequence of numbers and characters, or so it is said by the makers of a new password management application, PicturePIN-XP.
• SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise
  The USB ‘thumb' drive started life as a simple way to move files around without company admins knowing anything about it, a sort of sneakernet for the 21st Century. This period of naïve technological glow lasted about a year. But now we're in the post-naivety phase and the drives are changing.
• Memeo Backup Premium 3.5
  Ever since the makers of external hard drives realised that bundling a backup program with their products was a sensible idea, programs like Memeo Backup have been on the rise. Are they worth the outlay?

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• SailPoint tackles the threat from within
  A Texas-based company has come up with a solution for large enterprises to protect themselves from disgruntled internal staff, which it says is a growing risk for companies forced to lay off staff during these tough economic times.
• Security's virtual badlands
  We hear from Sourcefire CTO Martin Roesch why virtualisation is still Terra Incognita for network security technologists - and why he believes his company is worth more its rivals and the stock market seem to think.
• How a laptop nearly ruined one man's life
  When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued Michael Fiola a Dell Latitude in November 2006, it set off a chain of events that would cost him his job, his friends and about a year of his life, as he fought criminal charges that he had downloaded child pornography on to the laptop.

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• Network behaviour analysis secures university
  Seeking better visibility into the traffic crossing its extensive network, Wayne State University turned to NBA software from Q1 Labs.
• UTM's weakness: a single point of failure
  The team had a wealth of options. They could have chosen to install one or more UTM appliances, devices that handle multiple threats from a single chassis, or opted for a series of single function, best of breed appliances. So, which one was it to be?
• Protecting the datacentre
  Mercy Medical Centre’s security wish list is far from atypical. The Baltimore healthcare provider wants to make sure that users access only the services and servers they require and that its datacentre servers remain secure and problem free. Nevertheless, it hasn't yet found quite the right technology combination.

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