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You might think that's a pretty ridiculous question to ask, since the canard about open source being less secure than closed source has been debunked many times. But it seems that some people didn't get the memo:
On Open Enterprise blog.
A New ASP.NET Security Framework Comes with Bitrix Site Manager 4.6
With all websites increasingly under attack, Bitrix (news, site) ups the defences with a new security system for its users.
Quest Software Provides Enhanced Security to SharePoint, SAP
Quest Software (news, site) has made some updates to its ActiveRoles QuickConnect solution that will help you manage your SharePoint environments better. Oh, and it helps with your SAP environment as well.
EMC Offers Security For Cloud, Compliance And Virtualization
It’s always a given that security is going to be a major concern for any vendor, particularly a really big one like EMC (news, site) who have just announced that they have extended the security solutions and services of their security division RSA.
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Another brilliant essay on security from Bruce Schneier. It's all well-worth reading, but here's the nub:
If universal surveillance were the answer, lots of us would have moved to the former East Germany. If surveillance cameras were the answer, camera-happy London, with something like 500,000 of them at a cost of $700 million, would be the safest city on the planet.
We didn't, and it isn't, because surveillance and surveillance cameras don't make us safer. The money spent on cameras in London, and in cities across America, could be much better spent on actual policing.
When will the politicians face up to the facts on CCTV? (Via Boing Boing.)
IBM Identifies PDF Attacks, Malicious Links, Phishing As Main Security Problems
For enterprises that border on the complacent when it comes to security, the latest report from IBM (news, site) which shows document format vulnerabilities and related attacks are soaring — particularly with PDFs — might act as a wake-up call.
SMB Tech Roll-up: Social Media Is Good And Bad For Business, With Security Top of Mind
We have a mixed bag of news for SMBs with conflicting views on whether social media is good or bad for business. There was a lot of other research published this week giving a considerable amount to think about for companies in, or thinking about entering the tech fray.
Cloud Computing Use Cases
The folks from the Cloud Computing Manifesto , a group dedicated to open standards for cloud computing, have released a new whitepaper, Cloud Computing Use Cases White Paper version 3.0.
Here’s their description of the paper:
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I'd never heard of the UK government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), but that's not surprising, since I'm allergic to organisations whose approach is "truly holistic" as CEOP brightly claims. But as well as being susceptible to embarrassing cliches, it seems that the outfit is naive, too.
For, as part of the "Safer Internet Day", CEOP is promoting Internet Explorer 8 on its front page. And what exactly does this famous panacea for all human ills offer in this context? Well:
Social Media Minute: Social to Rule the Enterprise, Unless Spam and Malware Win Out
Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Gartner Says Social Will Rule The Enterprise
- Twitter Use Growing Fast in the U.K.
- Watch Out For Social Networking Spam and Malware
- Facebook: Our Users Are Aware of Privacy Settings
Document Management Rollup: Enterprises have no Plans for Cloud Storage
In the world of Document Management two of the hottest topics are cloud computing and security. Interestingly, however, it seems that according to a report from Forrester we’re not taking to cloud storage at all, and we also discovered that data security is increasingly troublesome. Could it be that there’s a link between the two?
Document Management Roll Up: Documentum Gets DoD Certified, CRM Weathers Recession
Only half way through January and already the global document management space is throwing up some interesting, breaking news. This week, we have news on another DoD certification, a case management project, BPM upgrade and data security improvements.
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As governments around the world - but particular in the UK - increase the surveillance of their hapless citizens, one argument above all is made in favour of doing so: "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."
Of course, the rebuttal is that, indeed, we have nothing to hide, but we do value our privacy, and we should not be asked to sacrifice that for dubious government convenience. But as this excellent paper entitled "I've got nothing to hide, and other misunderstanding of privacy" points out, there is a particularly dangerous "strong" form of this argument that is harder to brush off so easily:
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Behind the scenes at an anti virus company
Plug a Windows computer into your network and you will need some sort of anti-virus program to keep your computer functioning properly and your data safe. To most of us the anti-virus program is that little icon that sits in the system tray that chugs along help to keeping the computer and your data safe, it updates, generates alerts occasionally but we don't give it too much thought. However, behind that icon is an interesting story an ongoing battle between malware authors and anti-virus companies.
