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Patch Tuesday Brings Fixes for Windows, Office
Microsoft has plans for a small Patch Tuesday next week that will include just three security bulletins. Of the three, just one is rated "Critical," while the other two are rated "Important." The critical bulletin, as well as one of the bulletins classified as important, impacts Microsoft Windows. The other bulletin affects Microsoft Office. Click…
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Are You A Security Threat to Your Clients?
By Mike Semel Are you protecting your clients from… you? As a managed service provider your company has the highest level access to your clients’ networks. You pride yourself on your honesty and integrity, and think that your employees would never do something to hurt you or a client. Besides, even if someone left your…
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The Problem I Want IBM’s Watson to Tackle
Image via Wikipedia Channel Insider’s Jennifer Lawinski has put together a great list of applications of a more personal nature for IBM’s Watson supercomputer to tackle. You’ll remember Watson beat out human champs at Jeopardy! recently and IBM has said its baby is well suited to solve problems for legal, medical and a host of…
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RSA Report: Cloud Security, Protection, Remains Hot
For the second year in a row, the security minds at the RSA Conference were fixated on cloud security. Crowds on the expo floor flocked around vendors such as Zscaler presenting their take on what it means to secure the crowd and long lines snaked through Moscone corridors in anticipation of talks such as "Cloud …
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SonicWall Virtual Appliance Provides Secure Remote Access
Intelligent network security and data protection solutions specialist SonicWall announced availability of the Secure Remote Access (SRA) Virtual Appliance and Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance. The appliances add to the existing SSL VPN small to medium-size business (SMB) and enterprise-class hardware line-up and further expand the company’s virtualized appliance offerings that include management, reporting and…
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Hospital Data Theft Hits 1.7M Patients, Employees
Thieves robbed a van containing health records for more than 1.7 million patients, staff, vendors and contractors of the North Bronx Healthcare Network in New York City. The computer backup tapes were stolen Dec. 23, but the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation began notifying victims Feb. 9, according to a statement issued Feb.…
