Security NotesKeeping you updated on network security happenings.EMC wins RSA in secret bidding war- June 30, 2006 Storage vendor EMC won a secret bidding war to buy RSA Security for over $2 billion, with the deal expected to officially close by early...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012899.html OMB's get-tough policy on data security- June 29, 2006 The Office of Management & Budget, the arm of the White House responsible for overseeing the federal agencies, is adopting a get-tough attitude in the...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012895.html RSA's chip shot- June 28, 2006 RSA Security and Broadcom Corp. yesterday said they've entered an arrangement under which Broadcom is licensing the RSA SecurID technology for integration in the Broadcom...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012879.html Terrorists and the SWIFT network- June 27, 2006 What a lot of righteous indignation from the White House that the major newspapers, the New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012866.html A man in search of rootkits- June 26, 2006 People are often drawn to search for their roots, but not too many go in search of rootkits. Mark Russinovich, co-founder of Winternals Software, has...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012856.html Bad week for the feds- June 23, 2006 Just when the uproar over the massive data loss at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is dying down a bit, two more federal agencies --...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012839.html A token gesture- June 22, 2006 The recent news item here about Citibank mandating use of security tokens for its small-to-midsize business customers in the U.S. drew interesting responses from readers....http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012829.html How not to excel at Excel- June 21, 2006 Yet another hole was found in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet yesterday, the second this week, which Microsoft says it's investigating. In the meantime, if you're worried...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012819.html Hospitals and innovation- June 20, 2006 While healthcare providers perform wonders of medicine these days, we don't typically associate them with innovation in networking. But in our story this week "An...http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012809.html Encryption security standards: what's new- June 19, 2006 This week's Technology Update in Network World focuses on two upcoming encryption standards for protecting data stored on tape and on disk....http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/012796.html |