Smartphones, social media tied into ELERTS emergency system

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• Smartphones, social media tied into ELERTS emergency system
• Secunia offers to coordinate vulnerability disclosure on behalf of researchers
• Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper
• Cisco vs. HP vs. IBM vs. Dell
• CCIE vs. MBA vs...?
• Cisco taps former VMware exec to head security push
• US energy agency demos blazingly fast network
• Corporate-owned vs. employee-owned mobile devices
• Wikileaks' Assange can be extradited to Sweden, say appeals court judges
• Study: User tools to limit ad tracking are clunky
• DHS to set up policies for monitoring Twitter, Facebook
• Microsoft unlikely to patch Duqu kernel bug next week
• Duqu exploits zero-day flaw in Windows kernel
• Cisco taps former VMware exec to head security push
• BC/DR spending not a top budget priority
• Online Privacy: How to Block Google Ads and Adjust Your Settings
• Duqu exploits zero-day Windows kernel vulnerability to infect computers

Smartphones, social media tied into ELERTS emergency system Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:09 AM PDT Chris Russo, deputy fire chief in the Massachusetts coastal town of Hull, launches ELERTS, an emergency communication system that uses smartphones and social media to communicate with first responders and other emergency personnel.

Secunia offers to coordinate vulnerability disclosure on behalf of researchers Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:15 AM PDT Danish vulnerability management company Secunia aims to make the task of reporting software vulnerabilities easier for security researchers by offering to coordinate disclosure with vendors on their behalf.

Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:00 AM PDT The past three years have been very noisy on the data center fabric and architecture front. Every quarter seems to bring about a new convergence blueprint from another vendor - and a variety from one or two.

Cisco vs. HP vs. IBM vs. Dell Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:00 AM PDT Cisco used to be a networking company, pure and simple. It built its dominance and influence on capturing a dominant market position in routers and switches, both in the enterprise and in service provider networks.

CCIE vs. MBA vs...? Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:00 AM PDT When CIOs look to add talent to their staffs right now, who should they be recruiting: employees with deep technical skills or deep business skills? That's one argument raging in corporate IT departments over the benefits of hiring staff with technical certifications such as Cisco Certified Internet Expert (CCIE) or business degrees.

Cisco taps former VMware exec to head security push Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:52 PM PDT Cisco today announced a former VMware executive will head up the newly formed Cisco Security Group at Cisco, which combines two formerly separate units into one security-focused group.

US energy agency demos blazingly fast network Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:52 AM PDT The U.S. Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields.

Corporate-owned vs. employee-owned mobile devices Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:00 AM PDT If an employee walked into work one day clutching his shiny new iPhone, iPad, Android or other mobile smartphone or tablet, wanting to use it for official corporate business, would you say yes?

Wikileaks' Assange can be extradited to Sweden, say appeals court judges Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:57 AM PDT WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost an appeal in the U.K.'s High Court on Wednesday that sought to block his extradition to Sweden on potential charges of rape and molestation.

Study: User tools to limit ad tracking are clunky Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:55 AM PDT People who want to limit the behavioral advertising and tracking they are subjected to on the Web aren't well served by some popular privacy tools, according to a Carnegie Mellon University study.

DHS to set up policies for monitoring Twitter, Facebook Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:26 AM PDT When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security receives information about potential threats to the U.S., agents may turn to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Microsoft unlikely to patch Duqu kernel bug next week Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:34 AM PDT The odds are that Microsoft won't patch the Windows kernel bug next week that the Duqu remote-access Trojan exploits to plant itself on targeted PCs, a researcher said today

Duqu exploits zero-day flaw in Windows kernel Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:13 AM PDT The Duqu trojan infects systems by exploiting a previously unknown Windows kernel vulnerability that is remotely executable.

Cisco taps former VMware exec to head security push Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:52 PM PDT Cisco today announced a former VMware executive will head up the newly formed Cisco Security Group at Cisco, which combines two formerly separate units into one security-focused group.

BC/DR spending not a top budget priority Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:48 PM PDT Organizations continue to spend on business continuity and disaster recovery, but BC/DR is still not a budget top priority, according to newly-released data from Forrester Research.

Online Privacy: How to Block Google Ads and Adjust Your Settings Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:45 PM PDT Sometimes the ads that appear in your Google search results or in Gmail are a bit of a mystery. That's why Google is now explaining how they work and rolling out two new features: one that gives you transparency into why the ads are appearing and one that lets you manage the ads that you see.

Duqu exploits zero-day Windows kernel vulnerability to infect computers Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:18 PM PDT Security researchers from the CrySyS laboratory in Hungary have located an installer for Duqu, the Stuxnet-inspired threat that has kept the security industry on its toes for the past couple of weeks, and determined that it exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in the Windows kernel.

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