Can an iPod bring down your company?
The recent buzz about security threats posed by iPods to corporations has reinforced the need for IT managers to treat these devices like any other removable media that employees with malicious intent can use to extract sensitive data.
Network measurement tool shines spotlight on weakest links
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a computer-based tool that, when put to use in large distributed networks, could uncover the most used, expensive and vulnerable links.
IRS head: All laptops to be encrypted in weeks
After an auditor found serious security problems in the way it handled sensitive data on laptops, the Internal Revenue Service said it will have all laptops encrypted within the next few weeks.
Sprint Nextel accepts GSA Networx loss
Sprint Nextel announced Monday that it will not protest the General Service Administration’s $20 billion Networx award that was announced last month.
Laptop theft hits Chicago Public Schools
The Chicago Public School system has issued a press release saying that two laptops were stolen from its central office Friday that contain names and Social Security numbers of 40,000 current and past employees who contributed to the Chicago Teacher Pension Fund.
CA upgrades workload automation software
Company updates job scheduling product for enterprise IT shops, introduces workload automation for the mid-market.
Keeping data warehouses from becoming data graveyards
Scientists have more data than they know what to do with, so University of Southern California researchers are trying to figure out a way to help them make the most of it.
TurboTax fixes security glitch
TurboTax says it has plugged a hole in its Web site that last week allowed a Nebraska woman to view prior year tax returns for two people with the same last name.
Case study
NAC secures data at UNH InterOperability Lab
When virus outbreaks and network downtime threatened customer data, Curtis Simonson faced a conundrum: How could he allow the necessary network access for customer and employee PCs and laptops without also subjecting his environment to disruptions?
Video
A NAC for containing virus outbreaks
A robust firewall was not enough to stop and contain viruses and other security threats at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab, so the organization turned to network access control (NAC) technology for help. Senior Technologist Curtis Simonson explains what vendor the group picked and some of the challenges facing NAC on this week’s Voices from IT Roadmap.
Blogs
Buzzblog: Video games, violence, kids and setting rules
And, more to the point, what does a parent do if he/she has never played a video game in his/her life? (I can’t be the only one.)
From Cisco Subnet: Top 10 Cisco trends
NetIQ’s The VAR Guy’s latest blog post is titled “Cisco: 10 trends worth watching,” in which he notes that Cisco no longer views Nortel or 3Com as competitors but instead is taking on Google (in the Web 2.0 space) and Microsoft (in the unified communication stakes).
