NetFlash: AT&T preps service to manage threats

AT&T preps service to manage threats AT&T is readying a threat-management service for its largest customers that is designed to aggregate security information from dozens of devices and platforms under one umbrella. Called Aurora, the system is linked to the carrier’s IP network and promises to let customers more quickly react to threats because information is presented in a more coherent fashion, AT&T says. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/053005-aurora.html?net

AT&T preps service to manage threats

AT&T is readying a threat-management service for its largest customers that is designed to aggregate security information from dozens of devices and platforms under one umbrella. Called Aurora, the system is linked to the carrier’s IP network and promises to let customers more quickly react to threats because information is presented in a more coherent fashion, AT&T says.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/053005-aurora.html?net

Worst-case scenario

If your company commits a serious HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley violation, is somebody going to prison? … It’s known as the “go-to-jail scenario” in IT circles, a confluence of events that might land a CIO or network executive not just in hot water, but behind bars. You’ve probably heard loose talk about this risk at industry conferences and in the press. But can an IT exec actually end up doing hard time – as opposed to being fired or fined – for violating one of these federal laws?

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/053005-jail.html?net

Japan aims for world’s fastest supercomputer

The battle for title of fastest supercomputer is on. In June, Japan plans to begin research to build a supercomputer capable of crunching numbers about 30 times faster than IBM’s Blue Gene/ L, the world’s current fastest supercomputer, the Japanese government said Tuesday.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/053105-supercomputer-japan.html?net

Network tools take on security roles

Growing demands to get their networks in line with compliance regulations and maintain consistent policies are forcing many companies to reassess how they secure and manage their networks.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/053005-sim.html?net

Network World Radio: Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4

This week we turn our attention to the latest release of the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 or Tiger, which was released about a month ago. Joining the program is Gordon Haff, senior analyst at Illuminata in Nashua, N.H. Listen in:

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0530radio.html?net

If you keep a blog, let us know

We are looking for readers who keep “interesting” blogs – for a story we’re doing in an upcoming Network World special issue. If you’re a blogger, we want to hear from you. Contact Signature Series Executive Editor Julie Bort at mailto:jbort@nww.com

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Keep track of the woman in your life via GPS panties; parents spy on kids’ lunch via ‘Net; Need privacy? Get the cube silencer; and the winner of the latest Weekly Caption Content; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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