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Security practices wanting in virtual machine world, survey finds
Organizations leaning too heavily on virtualization vendors for protection, BeyondTrust finds
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New security tool serves Amazon Cloud users
For many IT managers, moving your company's backbone to the cloud brings a certain sense of freedom. However, the task of caring for and protecting your assets remains. After all, the operative word in "virtual server" is "server"; virtual or not, it's still a fully functioning server from an operational sense, carrying the same risks and vulnerabilities inherent in physical servers. You'll need vulnerability management tools to ensure those servers are secure.
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Qualys streamlines vulnerability scanning of Amazon cloud instances
Security firm Qualys has improved the integration of its QualysGuard vulnerability management service with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday, allowing its customers to scan their AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instances for vulnerabilities more easily and without requiring explicit approval from Amazon.
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Startup NetCitadel aims to orchestrate security management controls in virtualized nets
Startup NetCitadel today launched with a product called OneControl intended to automate what might otherwise be manual research and changes related to configuring firewalls, switches or other gear when virtual-machine (VM) workloads are spun up or down in enterprise data centers or cloud environments.
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Bromium protects hosted desktops and Windows XP with its Microvisor
Bromium has upgraded its security platform vSentry, which uses virtualization to isolate malicious code, to protect virtual desktops and old Windows XP PCs.
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12 hybrid security products to watch
Securing a hybrid cloud is not the same thing as deploying hybrid security products.
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Dell targets ANZ security opportunities as SecureWorks debuts locally
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Bank trojan targets users of Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
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Australian Information Security Association issues blunt warning as National Cyber Security Awareness Week begins
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ACMA database keeps finger on Australia’s malware pulse
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Review: Mobile Device Management
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HID Global Awarded Intergraf’s Prestigious “Security Printer” Certification
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Blue Coat unveils strategy for securely empowering businesses
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A10 Networks and Brocade reach settlement of legal disputes
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PR Deadlines scores two more ICT accounts
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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.
