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	Privacy as a contract The Federal Trade Commission held a roundtable -- actually a series of talks and panels -- last week on the issue of privacy. The commission, it seems, is worried that rules to protect privacy have not kept up with technology. But is government in general and the FTC, in particular, the right place to create privacy rules? Should there be privacy rules at all? Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Identity and Access Governance – What You Need to Know Live Webcast: Wednesday, May 5th at 1pm ET/10 am PT. Oracle presents a timely event featuring the Burton Group's, Kevin Kampman, who will provide an overview of the latest technology for identity management. Get guidance on compliance, security, identity management and other topics and participate in a live Q&A. Register Today! In this Issue Is your city a cybercrime center? Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries Top U.S. domain name registrars lag on DNS security Privacy as a contract Mozilla extends security tool to other browsers The battle for Internet freedom A case of mistaken identity involving Snopes.com As health data goes digital, security risks grow Why to Quit Facebook And One Reason to Stay On High school Webcam follies, part II: Dumb and dumber WHITE PAPER: AccelOps IT Service Management: Beyond the Myths Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More! Is your city a cybercrime center? Are some cities in the U.S. worse in terms of cybercrime than others? Read More Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries In the past month or so there has been a plethora of wicked cool discoveries coming from NASA satellites and space-watching missions across the globe. Never-before-seen photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Mars moon Phobos, black hole formation and a new exoplanet are just a few of the amazing images. Read More Top U.S. domain name registrars lag on DNS security The leading domain name registrars in the United States appear to be dragging their feet on the deployment of DNS Security Extensions, an emerging standard that prevents an insidious type of hacking attack where network traffic is redirected from a legitimate Web site to a fake one without the Web site operator or user knowing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ultrium Cost Effective Data Security with Tape With a growing number of laws and regulations, financial penalties, and public notification costs, a security breach can be costly for corporations. Data managers are called upon to develop effective security for sensitive data and are turning to tape encryption. Read Now Privacy as a contract The FTC held a roundtable -- actually a series of talks and panels -- last week on the issue of privacy. The commission, it seems, is worried that rules to protect privacy have not kept up with technology. But is government in general and the Federal Trade Commission, in particular, the right place to create privacy rules? Should there be privacy rules at all? Read More Mozilla extends security tool to other browsers Mozilla is preparing a tool to give users of rival browsers, including Internet Explorer (IE), Chrome, Safari and Opera, a way to find out whether important add-ons are up to date. Read More The battle for Internet freedom What are we permitted to post legally on the Internet? Who is responsible for the content of materials posted on Web sites? Two recent legal cases have highlighted the ongoing battles over control of information being posted on the Internet. Read More DOWNLOAD: RIM Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. A case of mistaken identity involving Snopes.com People tend to get lost on the Internet and I do not mean lost in thought or mindless drivel, though these things are true, too. I mean lost as in they don't know where the heck they are. Read More As health data goes digital, security risks grow The amount of online private medical information is expected to grow from terabytes today to petabytes over the next four years, exposing electronic health records to ever more serious data breach threats. Read More Why to Quit Facebook And One Reason to Stay On Last year, Baby Boomers quit Facebook at a faster pace than they joined. Read More High school Webcam follies, part II: Dumb and dumber Though it's not getting quite the 24/7 cable news treatment as it garnered when it first hit the wires, the Webcam scandal in Southeastern Pennsylvania (aka "Webcamgate") is still twisting and turning in unpredictable ways. We still don't know exactly what happened, but we do know there are lessons here for everyone concerned about IT security and personal privacy. Read More
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