One of the challenges that comes with running a network is keeping your operating systems patched and secure. In response to this problem, Microsoft has released Windows Server Update Service 3.0 SP2 as a means to centrally download updates and control how they are deployed to the computers throughout your network. Additionally, WSUS provides extensive reporting features to quickly give you a snapshot of your computers’ status. If your network is big enough to have a server and use Active Directory, it’s big enough to benefit from using WSUS.
EAPeak Tests Wireless Networks For Authentication Weaknesses
A free new tool from security vendor SecureState may make it possible for wireless network administrators and security consultants to verify how strong their wireless authentication is, and whether it is possible for attackers to easily penetrate their network. EAPeak is a simple Python toolkit that will monitor access attempts to a wireless network and track how clients are attempting to authenticate.
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Asigra Adds Mobile Device Support To Cloud Backup
Asigra Inc. announced a new version of the company’s cloud-based backup and recovery software that now supports handheld devices such as tablets and smartphones, has added improvements intended to make the software more attractive to providers, and provides performance improvements of up to
400 percent, as well as support for 10 Gigabit per second interfaces. The company claims that it is the first backup, recovery, and restore (BURR) product to support handheld devices, which includes devices running the Google Android operating system as well as the Apple iOS operating system.
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Cyveillance Social Engineering Appliance Detects Targeted Email Attacks
Cyveillance is offering an appliance designed to detect and stop spear-phishing and other email-based social engineering attacks against enterprise targets. The Social Engineering Protection Appliance (SEPA) combines generic and vertical-specific phishing protection with custom
analysis based on information available on the Internet about the organization and its individuals.
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On IPv6 Day, Survey Shows Lack Of Preparedness For IP Address Switch
A survey of IT professionals shows a lack of education and preparedness for the transition from the IPv4 system of IP addresses to the new IPv6 standard. The survey by Infoblox, shows that 80 percent of about 2,400 respondents feel that they are not educated enough on the subject to perform an IPv6 migration, half don’t know which of their network elements support IPv6 today, and 70 percent are concerned about whether they can successfully implement an IPv6 deployment.
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Six Reasons It’s Blame IPv6 Day
As far as I am concerned, it’s not World IPv6 Day. It’s Blame IPv6 Day. This is a good opportunity to take any new technology (OK, IPv6 is not new, but it might as well be) and use it as the whipping boy it deserves to be. It’s IPv6′s turn. So, lets get started!
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Skype Down Again – Is Microsoft to Blame?
Skype has suffered another outage–its second service hiccup in about as many weeks. The timing of Skype’s issues seems somewhat coincidental since it follows in the wake of the announcement that Microsoft is buying Skype for $ 8.5 billion.
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Open Data Center Alliance Sets Standards For Cloud Providers
A group of 280 global companies has joined together to lay down industry standards for cloud computing that cloud providers would adopt to assure customers of what they’re getting for their investment in the cloud. The Open Data Center Alliance on Tuesday released the standards that, if adopted, will clear up some of the questions and concerns about cloud computing that have made customers reluctant to adopt the new computing model.
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Day 7: Lessons from the Unity Trenches
30 Days With Ubuntu Linux: Day 7
Welcome back as we wrap up the first week of 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux. I guess it says something about the complexity of switching operating systems as opposed to switching office productivity suites that we are a week in and still playing around with how to just get things installed and configured. I intended to make this post about actually playing around with the Unity interface, but after all of the helpful comments from Day 6, I thought I would try out some of the tips and see what happens.
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LV 1871: Taking Virtualization to the Next Level
German insurance Firm LV 1871 boosted its data center, IT and storage capabilities through the use of “next gen” virtualization, which goes beyond servers and works to eliminate costly NAS storage by creating a virtualized storage SAN backbone.
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