Network Data Security Issues & Small Business Network Security

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A security expert is warning social networking devotees to be very careful when accepting friend requests within the network and to mind what data they share with these persons they barely know.
A recent Panda survey of more than 10,000 small- and medium-sized firms found that 27% of those victimized by a malware infection in the last year reported that the attack had originated with infected USB hardware, primarily flash drives.

The latest best practices complement existing payment application security standard, credit card company says.
Microsoft's Russian Web site has revealed details about the new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) user interface, touting new features such as quick-release tabs and a Chrome-like address-cum-search bar.
The app poses as a simple game, but once opened cannot be exited and will secretly send GPS location data every 15 minutes to linked handsets via commercial spying app GPS SPY.

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Integrating security, availability, and application acceleration services to enable context-aware networking.
Domain Name System (DNS) provides one of the most basic but critical functions on the Internet. If DNS isn’t working, then your business likely isn’t either. Secure your business and web presence with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).

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See how AP Secretariat has improved access management, reduced spam and eliminated Internet-borne infections with help from CA.
Serving a population of approximately 330,000, the North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus (CTP) were faced with challenges when their network connectivity and connections were changed in a bid to reduce costs. The change meant confidential patient information was being transported over public and shared Internet connections, and network security became a serious concern. See how WatchGuard unified threat management (UTM) security appliances and the development of a resilient Virtual Private Network (VPN) mesh that included support for mobile devices and the reworking of all Internet Protocol (IP) addressed their concerns.

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It's no secret that modern threats are converging and a significant portion of data loss occurs via targeted Web and email attacks. Why do many organizations manage multiple different security technologies and have to choose between Web, email or data security? This article discusses the challenges faced by organizations in the real world, the choices to consider and the effect this can have on success.
Establishing appropriate safeguards has always been recognized as an important part of data processing.
Pirated software caused dollar losses of approximately US$163 million in 2008.
Once at the epicenter of PC makers' profits, desktops are losing their luster as a viable market as companies are hit by thinner profit margins and more emphasis is placed on mobility, analysts said.
While many elements of the IT environment are relatively unchanged by virtualization, there are some new considerations for IT

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The platform supports firewall, VPN and intrusion-prevention software as well as other security packages from Check Point.
Novell has been at work on the cloud-security project, which makes use of open protocols such as SAML, for over a year.

The new web application firewalls will blunt potentially crippling attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
The new appliance delivers less than US$1.6/Mbps for firewall and US$5.6/Mbps for IPS.
Dell is introducing new security services, which it hopes to use in an effort to engage customers in long-term services contracts.