Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools

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• Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools
• Intel targeting security in the cloud with McAfee
• Abine releases do-not-track browser add-on
• Health Net discloses loss of data to 1.9 million customers
• What do security auditors really think?
• Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security
• What's happening
• 4 reasons why Facebook and vanity don't mix
• Hackers exploit Flash zero-day, Adobe confirms
• Moving to Cloud to Gain Agility: 5 Lessons
• Arista claims latency lead with new data center switch

Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools Posted: 15 Mar 2011 09:40 AM PDT Educational institutions and social networks are the worst when it comes to leaving their Web sites exposed to known vulnerabilities, with health care and banks doing the best, according to a study by WhiteHat Security.

Intel targeting security in the cloud with McAfee Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PDT Intel on Tuesday said it will use assets acquired from McAfee to provide cloud security services to protect the growing number of mobile devices that face malware and cyberattack threats.

Abine releases do-not-track browser add-on Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PDT A company that builds tools to give greater privacy online released a free browser extension on Tuesday that lets users selectively decide which websites they will allow to track them.

Health Net discloses loss of data to 1.9 million customers Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:13 AM PDT HealthNet is notifying some 1.9 million customers that personal and health data may have been contained on drives that were found missing from a data center in California.

What do security auditors really think? Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:10 AM PDT What do auditors involved in making sure companies meet compliance requirements really think? For starters, companies don't care much about privacy and security, while encryption gets applied at a minimum to meet rules, according to a study of 505 security auditors by Ponemon Institute.

Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:24 AM PDT The secure communications provider announced mobile extensions of its encryption and e-mail archive applications.

What's happening Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:00 AM PDT I seem to have gotten out of the habit of telling you about upcoming events in the IdM/IAM arena, although you can always find them at the IdM Journal Events page. So today let me bring you up to date.

4 reasons why Facebook and vanity don't mix Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:51 AM PDT My colleague, Bill Brenner, has a t-shirt he likes to wear that basically says social networking feeds the darker sides of human nature. The shirt is a parody of a Venn Diagram and shows the relationship between sites like Facebook and Twitter to what some might called undesirable character traits, such as ADHD, stalking and narcissism.

Hackers exploit Flash zero-day, Adobe confirms Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:26 AM PDT Adobe today confirmed that attackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player using Microsoft Excel documents.

Moving to Cloud to Gain Agility: 5 Lessons Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:10 PM PDT When Biogen Idec considered a move to the cloud, cost savings was not the primary concern. For a biotechnology company that lives and dies by its research division, the ability to quickly spin up computer resources for its scientists was far more important.

Arista claims latency lead with new data center switch Posted: 15 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT Arista Networks this week unveiled a data center switch boasting sub-500-nanosecond latency for financial market trading applications.

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