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	When will we ever learn? I mentioned last issue a number of proposed identity protocols (Passport, Cardspace, OpenID, DigitalME, et al.) that have either died or, so far, failed miserably. There's a new entry in the so-called "user-centric" ID space that shows all the signs of following that path. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Less Cost and Congestion. More Performance and Trust Giving brainpower to WLAN access points results in: • Intelligent direct routing • Network-aware access points that can easily reroute around overloaded components • Detection of RF interference • AP flexibility and options from AP 621 to AP 7181 Read now! In this Issue Black Hat Pwnie Award winner will be a criminal Black Hat: Embedded Web servers open printer, scanner security holes Confusing array of security job titles complicates Pentagon cyber warrior strategy Coming to a store near you: health insurance exchanges Zurich lawsuit against Sony highlights cyber insurance shortcomings Google works to soothe users over real name controversy E-health records still scare most of us DARPA program wants to coral zany social media world into a science WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Identity-Aware Networking Download this whitepaper today discover how IT can integrate identity and networking, enabling new business processes and easing regulatory compliance while improving security. Read now! Black Hat Pwnie Award winner will be a criminal Law enforcement may be interested to see if anyone actually shows up to this year to accept the annual Pwnie Award for Epic Ownage at Black Hat, since all the nominees face possible criminal charges. Read More Black Hat: Embedded Web servers open printer, scanner security holes It's fairly simple to find corporate or consumer printers and scanners online and, without breaking into them, get a hold of documents that these devices recently processed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaseya Why Corporations Need to Automate IT Systems Management In today's competitive business environment, corporations across all industries are looking to provide quality products and services while at the same time cutting costs, saving energy and doing more with less. Automated IT systems management is the ultimate facilitator for achieving these goals…and more. Read now Confusing array of security job titles complicates Pentagon cyber warrior strategy As the US Department of Defense wrangles with cybersecurity and organizes for potential online warfare, it faces a number of big challenges - not the least of which is managing to get the right people in the right jobs. But with the DoD such a task isn't so easy. Read More Coming to a store near you: health insurance exchanges By 2014, states must deploy public health insurance exchanges, giving millions of Americans purchasing power that could change the landscape for health insurers. Private retailers are already eying their own online exchanges -- possibly as in-store kiosks. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Three steps to agile change Comprehensive IT change configuration and release management (CCRM) continues to confound and frustrate both IT and the business units for which it provides services. But by first instituting the appropriate foundational processes and supporting tools, many enterprises are experiencing renewed CCRM success. Read Now Zurich lawsuit against Sony highlights cyber insurance shortcomings A brewing legal dispute between Sony and one of its insurers over data breach liability claims highlights the challenges that companies can sometimes face in getting insurance companies to cover expenses arising from cybersecurity incidents. Read More Google works to soothe users over real name controversy Google has heard the public outcry about its name restrictions and the way it killed off many Google+ user accounts and is working fast to fix the problem. Read More E-health records still scare most of us Consumers just don't trust electronic health records to securely store their personal information, according to a survey by Harris Interactive. Read More DARPA program wants to coral zany social media world into a science Looking to reign-in the sort of wild-west atmosphere that can surround social media outlets, military researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are offering $42 million in grants to develop what it calls a new science of social networks. Read More
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