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	Patch Tuesday focus: Big bunch of Windows kernel bugs? Microsoft's record-setting security update next week may patch a large number of vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel, researchers said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Guidelines for Choosing a QSA The independent white paper in this security KnowledgeVault is just one of the resources to help you make the right decision. It details the top 5 questions to ask a prospective QSA firm and offers guidelines on everything from making sure they adequately handle compensating controls to assessing their expertise with virtualization. Learn more. In this Issue How Active Directory can help protect against rogue network admins Epsilon helps mug you at home Verizon customers caught up in epic Epsilon email hack U.S. can conduct offsite searches of computers seized at borders, court rules Instant cloud server security What NetWitness Means for RSA Fast phone patching still a fantasy WHITE PAPER: Dell Elements of a Proactive Data Security Solution See all the survey results along with more data security resources, including an expert Webcast outlining six vital security steps, in the security KnowledgeVault. Learn more. How Active Directory can help protect against rogue network admins With RSA still wiping the egg off its face from last week's attack, and Gucci on the hook for $200,000 worth of damage from a fired network admin, it's time for companies to double-down on their efforts to protect corporate networks. Security consultant Randy Franklin Smith says that Active Directory can become one your best defenses. Read More Epsilon helps mug you at home Gibbs ponders the consequence of what may be, so far, the greatest data theft ever. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Shelter from the Storm: Data Security for SMBs Small and midsize businesses must deploy cost-effective strategies to improve security and minimize the impact of data breaches. The resources in this Data Security KnowledgeVault will help guide you through six vital steps to get out of reactive mode and build a foundation for a multilayered approach to data security. Learn more. Verizon customers caught up in epic Epsilon email hack Verizon customers this week got emails regretting to inform them that their personal contact information had been compromised. Read More U.S. can conduct offsite searches of computers seized at borders, court rules A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the government can confiscate computers from travelers at border locations, and then transport the devices to distant labs for analysis. Read More WHITE PAPER: Zetta The Urgency of Recovery and Restore Data protection is challenging, but the true test is at recovery and restore. Problems may arise from not having data protection versioning or not enough RPO granularity to significant data protection errors and no automated way to catch them. This independent white paper will help you take the pain out of data protection, recovery and restore. Read More >> Instant cloud server security Centrify's Tom Cromelin could hardly kept his excitement down (well, he's a marketing guy -- they get excited when the logo gets a new color) when he wanted to tell me about the new release of Centrify Express 2011. Read More What NetWitness Means for RSA Okay, let me start this blog by saying that I am only going to look at the NetWitness acquisition and not equate it to the recent security breach at RSA. I've blogged on that a bunch and want to focus on the security market here. First, I was certain that someone would buy NetWitness soon but I really thought it would be HP. Why? The feds refer to a "security sandwich" made up of NetWitness and... Read More Fast phone patching still a fantasy Researchers are focusing on vulnerabilities in cell phones, but manufacturers and carriers are still stuck in the 90s. Read More
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