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Start With a Policy Plan
Start With a Policy Plan Reducing USB risks starts by recognizing how they could be a danger for your organization. This means developing a set of policies that guide users as to which USB devices they can use to access corporate information, how they can be used and how these devices will be managed within…
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Cisco Security Certifications Back by Popular Demand
Cisco Systems is bringing back three security specialist certifications it retired in 2008 and 2009 because, as two managers from Cisco told Channel Insider, businesses are having difficulty finding security professionals with specialized skill sets. The three specialist certifications being reintroduced are Cisco VPN Security Specialist (retired in March 2008), Cisco Firewall Security Specialist (retired…
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FalconStor Announces Disaster Recovery Automation for Physical, Virtual Environments
Disk-based data protection solution provider FalconStor Software announced the availability of RecoverTrac technology, a disaster recovery (DR) automation tool included as a standard feature of FalconStor Continuous Data Protector (CDP), the platform for FalconStor’s platform of service-oriented data protection. The RecoverTrac feature automates complex failover and failback operations of systems, applications, services and entire datacenters.…
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McAfee: Mobile Security Threats Rising Fast
(Reuters) – Cellphone security threats rose sharply last year as a proliferation of Internet-enabled mobile devices like smartphones and tablets provided new opportunities for cybercriminals, security software maker McAfee (NYSE:MFE) said. In its fourth-quarter threat report, released on Tuesday, McAfee said the number of pieces of new cellphone malware it found in 2010 rose 46…
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Computer Hackers Target NASDAQ Exchange
(Reuters) – The operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market said it found "suspicious files" on its U.S. computer servers and determined that hackers could have affected one of its Internet-based client applications. There was no evidence the hackers accessed or acquired customer information or that any of parent company Nasdaq OMX Group Inc’s trading platforms…
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Oracle Introduces Cloud File System for Private Clouds
To help organizations deploy their applications, databases and storage in the cloud, Oracle has introduced the Cloud File System, giving businesses a platform that extends cloud characteristics to their storage by enabling more effective storage pooling through a network-accessible elastic storage cloud. The Cloud File System is available now and is priced at $5,000 per…
