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McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft
McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday.
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Security vulnerability-management rivals marry: Tripwire acquires nCircle
Tripwire today said it had acquired nCircle for an undisclosed price, a deal that will meld together two longtime rivals in the security and vulnerability-management industry. Tripwire, which had been acquired by investment firm Thoma Bravo two years ago, said it expects to continue making more acquisitions to grow as a security company.
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MIS ASIA IT NATION 2013: Spending more on the same
The 2013 edition of MIS Asia's annual IT Nation study was done in the last quarter of last year. And as in previous years, we canvassed the opinions of the most progressive information and communication technology leaders across Asia, with especial focus on the following: Singapore, Malaysia, India, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand. Also as in all other editions, the IT Nation 2013 study made sure to gather the insights of these IT decision makers of user organisations from the entire spectrum of sectors/industries, including the Public Sector, Financial Services, Transport and Logistics and Manufacturing.
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EU Parliament makes more than 900 changes to data privacy law
The European Parliament's industry committee approved more than 900 amendments to proposed new data protection laws.
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US lobbyists supplied European politicians with text for data law
A new website has revealed that European Parliamentarians are bowing to pressure from U.S. companies to water down parts of a new data protection law.
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10 hot consumer trends for 2013
As 2012 draws to a close, Ericsson ConsumerLab has identified the hottest consumer trends for 2013 and beyond. For more than 15 years, ConsumerLab has conducted research into people's values, behavior and ways of using ICT products and services.
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2012: The year in quotes
Some of the most memorable IT-related quotes were uttered in courtrooms this year, which involved a steady stream of legal challenges about intellectual property. In no particular order, these are some of the comments that stuck with us as 2012 winds to a close.
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Employees Engage in Rogue Cloud Use Regardless of Security Policies
Studies show that employees are engaging in rogue use of the cloud, even when IT organizations say they have clear formal cloud policies and penalties for violation of the policies.
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Security a key factor in LogMeIn’s Internet of Things platform
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The new IAM: nailing shut the door on the Trojan horse
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Virtual desktops win the security case for Brisbane lawyers
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Login to the real world with your Facebook account
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Despite $1.46b furphy, 2013-14 Budget offers slim pickings for cyber security
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Splunk Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM
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Dell Sets Sights on Cisco, Announces Game-Changing NSA Series That Introduces Powerful Next-Gen Firewall Advances for Mid-sized Businesses and Distributed Enterprises
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Silver Peak saves Riverbed customers up to 86 per cent with software upgrade program
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Ovum analysis ranks Orange Business Services ahead of APAC competition for service capability and strategy
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2013 Brightcove Innovation Award Winners Announced at PLAY 2013 Global Customer Conference
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- FTTest EngineerVIC
- FTSenior E-Commerce PHP Developer- North Sydney- E-commerce Software $110kNSW
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Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
