* Microsoft's 'Live' plan short on business apps * McAfee releases beta of Policy Enforcer * Security plagues retailers * Botnets getting nastier * Today on Layer 8
Microsoft jumped into the software-as-a-service game last week, but what was absent were its strategy to develop corporate-focused services and a plan to attack the Herculean effort this may require. Microsoft’s ‘Live’ plan short on business apps http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-microsoft.html?net&story=110705-microsoft McAfee releases beta of Policy Enforcer McAfee Monday announced it is making available the beta version of its desktop-based policy enforcement software that can provide over 400 different security checks before allowing a LAN connection or remote VPN access. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-mcafee.html?net&story=110705-mcafee
Microsoft jumped into the software-as-a-service game last week, but what was absent were its strategy to develop corporate-focused services and a plan to attack the Herculean effort this may require.
Microsoft’s ‘Live’ plan short on business apps
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-microsoft.html?net&story=110705-microsoft
McAfee releases beta of Policy Enforcer
McAfee Monday announced it is making available the beta version of its desktop-based policy enforcement software that can provide over 400 different security checks before allowing a LAN connection or remote VPN access.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-mcafee.html?net&story=110705-mcafee
Security plagues retailers
Within 24 hours of telling the public about a data leak earlier this year, ChoicePoint lost Wall Street’s confidence and gained unwanted attention from would-be hackers and thieves.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-retail-security.html?net&story=110705-retail-security
Botnets getting nastier
Software robots – bots – that invade computers so an attacker can covertly control them have existed for at least two decades. Today, however, their proliferation, sophistication and criminal use are making them a top public enemy. Last week’s arrest of a California man on charges that he exploited thousands of hijacked computers to generate spam and damage systems is the latest evidence of the menace.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-botnets.html?net&story=110705-botnets
Los Angeles division of FBI makes botnet-related arrest
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110405-botnet-arrest.html?net&story=110405-botnet-arres
Today on Layer 8, where we ask Calgon to take us away:
Is a Microsoft-AOL unholy union afoot?; RFID tracks storage show attendees; two million Brits bullied at work; and the winner of the Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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