Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?

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• Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?
• Red Hat tops list of hottest IT security certifications
• Healthcare powerhouse McKesson comments on AppSec in GRC
• Microsoft patches Windows XP flaw that aided Stuxnet worm
• New Avaya device takes on Cisco (Apple, too) in tablet war
• Brocade rolls out 100G Ethernet at $100K per port
• Brocade, Cisco make data center announcements
• Cisco to pay its first dividend
• TalkTalk slams plan to make ISPs pay to fight file-sharing
• Mozilla halts Firefox security updates
• Can privacy be saved? Maybe
• Wireless consumer-ization: User joy, IT's misery
• Seagate's encrypted hard drive gets security boost

Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches? Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Database security vendor AppSec says colleges and universities need to do more to secure their databases against break-ins

Red Hat tops list of hottest IT security certifications Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Interest in IT security certifications is booming, as more U.S. companies tighten up the protection surrounding their critical network infrastructure and as a growing number of employees view security expertise as recession proof.

Healthcare powerhouse McKesson comments on AppSec in GRC Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT When asked what the greatest risks his company expects to face in 2010, the CEO of a major U.S. airline began to list items such as energy pricing, labor challenges and terrorism. IT security, let alone the application security subcategory, did not make the list. Is this a common theme across today's businesses? Or, is it just that organizations just don't speak of IT and security risk using IT and security lingo?

Microsoft patches Windows XP flaw that aided Stuxnet worm Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft Tuesday patched a critical Windows XP vulnerability that aided attacks based on the Stuxnet worm by letting attackers gain remote access through the operating system's print spooler service.

New Avaya device takes on Cisco (Apple, too) in tablet war Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Avaya is introducing a powerful Android-based touchscreen tablet that supports new communications software in a package to rival Cisco's recently announced Cius communications tablet.

Brocade rolls out 100G Ethernet at $100K per port Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Brocade this week entered the 100Gbps Ethernet arena with a high-density router and module for service providers and data centers, as well as a management application for converged infrastructures.

Brocade, Cisco make data center announcements Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Brocade announced this week that it has merged its storage and network management products into a single package called Brocade Network Advisor.

Cisco to pay its first dividend Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Flush with $30 billion in cash, Cisco plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time in its history. A 1% to 2% yield is expected.

TalkTalk slams plan to make ISPs pay to fight file-sharing Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT TalkTalk has slammed a decision by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) that will see ISPs forking out for 25 percent of the costs incurred in combating illegal downloading.

Mozilla halts Firefox security updates Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Mozilla has temporarily stopped providing security updates to its Firefox browser as engineers investigate a bug that has caused some computers to crash.

Can privacy be saved? Maybe Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT At the CSO Security Standard Tuesday, General Electric's senior counselor explained what GE is doing to protect customer, employee and supplier privacy.

Wireless consumer-ization: User joy, IT's misery Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Wi-Fi support has made its way into all kinds of consumer devices -- from smartphones to gaming consoles, cameras, DVD players and televisions -- and it is often implemented with native connection sharing capabilities. While great for consumers, this creates security and performance issues when any of these devices end up at work.

Seagate's encrypted hard drive gets security boost Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) has become the first encrypted laptop hard drive to get the critical FIPS 140-2 certification that the company hopes will finally help boost its sales to US and Canadian government organisations.

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