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A Security Strategy for Web 2.0 and Social Networking

The onslaught of Web 2.0 and social networking is essentially unstoppable. Many enterprises are embracing related technologies and solutions to take advantage of promised benefits, such as efficient collaboration and greater adaptability to rapidly changing business plans. But even for shops trying to avoid it, resistance is essentially futile. Web...

Tags: Security, Web, Network, Security Strategy, Missing Link Security, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

White papers 2008-05-01

Security Considerations for Enterprise-Class UTM

Organizations should not automatically dismiss the use of UTM for enterprise-class deployment scenarios on the basis of historical concerns pertaining to breadth and depth of security features. Overall, UTM products have matured significantly, especially over the past two years. In particular, those solutions that exhibit balance in terms of the...

Tags: Missing Link Security, Security

White papers 2007-11-20

Internal Network Security: Go Inline for Greater Gains

As enterprises consider internal or LAN security solutions, they face a confusing set of options. They can choose among solutions that reside at the client, the data center, or in the network. Network-based approaches are available as overlay or inline devices. This paper compares the relative strength of those approaches...

Tags: Internal Network, Network, Missing Link Security, Data Centers, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2006-05-10

Additional Resources

Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Ok, ill buy that..Yes Two-factor authentication doesnt help avoid the already infected. Now what the bank SHOULD have one other than the user having a fully patched system and AV if hes on Windows is when the website detected that there was activity from another IP address - represented another...

Tags: Financial services, Security administration, bank, two-factor authentication, banker malware

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

The Linux botweb story that wasn't ...

One of the things that always confused me...If you can access the source code to Linux, then wouldn't it be possible to crack a password, and then alter the compromised system's source code to suit the hacker's needs?That doesn't seem to secure to me...The short answer is yes.But in reality...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, source code, password, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Bad ethics in the wild: Twitter spamming and site stealing

Interesting......a guy who has no problem violating copyrights complaining about a lack of ethics.Carl RapsonSPAM on Twitter!!! Say it isn't so!!Why is this worthy of a ZDNET blog entry. Is your next entry going to be about how you hate to get those EMail's that say "You've Won $15,000,000" or...

Tags: Spam, E-mail, Twitter Inc., Twitter spamming, BAD ETHICS, spamming

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Snow Leopard might crash your apps

This just has to be a Microsoft plot.LOL...LOL. :DRE: Snow Leopard might crash your appsNonsense, the latest mac hunter ad said we didn't have to worry about that and that a mac just works. Are you calling them liars?How did Apple phrase it in their commercials?That sure sounds like [i]a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Operating systems, OS X., Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000

The Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000 is a compact and simple Wireless-N router with a friendly price of just around $70. The router offers decent throughput speeds and excellent range, and it's also the first router from Netgear to come with a free, comprehensive Web-based Web-filtering tool. Missing are some extras,...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Missing, router, Netgear Inc., Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000

Product reviews 2009-08-20

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N broadband router

If you're looking for a simple workhorse Wireless-N router, you'll be happy with the WRT160N, especially considering you can get it online for $80 or less. Overall, the WRT160N is much like Linksys' WRT320N router, minus the support for the 5Ghz band and Gigabit Ethernet. Nonetheless, it retains...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, broadband router, broadband, Linksys WRT160N, router, Linksys Inc., network

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Linksys WRT160N

If you're looking for a simple workhorse Wireless-N router, you'll be happy with the WRT160N, especially considering you can get it online for $80 or less. Overall, the WRT160N is much like Linksys' WRT320N router, minus the support for the 5Ghz band and Gigabit Ethernet. Nonetheless, it retains...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Linksys WRT160N, router, Linksys Inc., network

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcement

Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementRE: Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementYet another MS product where all the deliverables were submitted on time and presentation is smooth and flawless.Oh. Sorry, was I thinking about Apple again.RE: Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementDeliberately done as a marketing...

Tags: Office 2010 announcement, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story

I'll tell you a little secret: I love spam. No, not that icky meat-like stuff in a can. The email kind. I'm not silly enough to click on most of it but I love reading the headlines and intros. The ridiculousness of it all makes me laugh most of the...

Tags: Social Media, E-mail, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium)

Editors' note: This review was written for Windows 7 Professional. Windows 7 Home Premium share many features with Windows 7 Professional, but not all of them. See Microsoft's feature comparison chart.The best thing to happen to Microsoft's public relations in years, Windows 7 is more than just spin. The public...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Jump Lists, Microsoft Windows 7, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-07

Microsoft Windows 7 (Ultimate)

Editors' note: This review was written for Windows 7 Professional. Windows 7 Ultimate contains two features that aren't present in the Professional edition. Ultimate comes with support for BitLocker for data protection on portable devices, and it also comes with native support for 35 languages. See Microsoft's feature comparison chart.The...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Windows 7 Ultimate, Jump Lists, Microsoft Windows 7, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-07

Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)

The best thing to happen to Microsoft's public relations in years, Windows 7 is more than just spin. The public testing process, involving one limited-availability beta and one release candidate, too, constitutes what some are calling the largest shareware trial period ever. Although the look of Windows 7 may...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Jump Lists, Microsoft Windows 7, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-07

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Macwow i started out with apple too=/My first computer I bought was an apple IIc in 1985 and I loved it. It was beautiful, was very functional and had a lot of programs that I copied....

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., arrogance, Apple Faithful, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)

Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)Only 5 languages? Get the SP2 for ALL LANGUAGES from eMuleed2k://|file|mu_windows_vista_sp2_x86_cd_x15-39755.iso|499329024|EF3439826F02B84E26AE34405C5A8969|h=333KDXF2LVWXW2I3VDKW57MB7VDLFUCP|/SHA1: 91FB7F33B838D0378647F49E35850622BABED4BF RE: Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)I thought Windows7 was the next service pack for Vista ;-)RE: Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Windows 7 RC1 made available for download

Windows 7 RC1 made available for downloadLike with the beta... Microsofts servers have crashed and burned.You would have thought they learned at thing or two from the release of the Beta...Well I'm off to try again.RE: Windows 7 RC1 made available for downloadAwesome! I can't wait to download this tonight....

Tags: UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 RC1, Microsoft Corp., RC1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for download

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for downloadUpgrade Went SmoothlyI just completed the upgrade to Office 2007 SP2 and all went well. According to Firefox v3.5b4 the download was approx. 290MB and with a 15 Mbs download speed it happened rather quickly. Once downloaded it took about 15 to 20...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Office 2007 SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2007 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-04-28