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A survey of IT security professionals, those who should be security conscious, has revealed that over half of respondents (52%), admit to carrying company data on a USB stick with no encryption. The survey also revealed that 11% of the security savvy audience ‘protected’ their devices with passwords only, an insufficient defense that is easily breached.

As cybercrime continues to grow and become more complex, businesses must race to implement tools, technologies and strategies to protect their organizations.Frost & Sullivan cites Cybercrime as the primary driving factor in the growth of the North American Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Market. The firm estimates that managed security service providers generated revenues of $1.20 billion in 2009 and estimates this to reach $3.90 billion in 2016.

Internet infrastructure services provider, Afilias, has expanded its Managed DNS services with the launch of its new FlexDNSSM Platform.

PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, has reported a new proliferation of scams that highjack the Facebook "Like" option. The attacks use bogus messages that look like they’re from friends, with topics related to the popular game Farmville, the film Sex and the City 2 or simply the keyword “sex.” Unwary Facebook users who click on the links in these messages are taken to a Web page containing photos and videos of the relevant topic.

It was a shocking discovery that had security experts around the world concerned. In 2008, security researcher Dan Kaminsky exposed a serious flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) that allowed cyber criminals to easily impersonate websites, intercept email, or steal passwords to hack into corporate networks via DNS cache poisoning attacks.

Adding to its line of cloud based services, Verizon Business today announced SAP AG certification of the Verizon cloud-based platform for on-demand delivery of SAP business applications, as well as a new cloud-based storage solution that’s available with data retention consulting services if desired.

AVG Technologies, developers of some of the world’s most popular and free anti-virus software for Windows, today announced an offering for Mac lovers. AVG LinkScanner for Mac is a free AVG product designed for the Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems. It supports the Safari 3.x, Safari 4.x and Safari 5.x internet browsers as well as Mozilla Firefox 3.x and higher.

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AT&T acknowledged on Wednesday that a security hole in its Web site had exposed the email addresses of some iPad owners.A group of computer experts that calls itself “Goatse Security” claimed to have exploited the AT&T Web site using part of an HTTP request, triggering a script which would return the associated email address using an AJAX-style response within the Web application.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week announced that its Amazon

Boston based Nasuni, a company that helps customers secure data stored with cloud storage providers such as Amazon AWS and RackSpace Cloud, this morning shared some ways to address data security in cloud based storage environments.

Companies are often faced with tough decisions regarding policies on social networking use in the workplace. For many companies, social networking is becoming an essential component of business. From online marketing to supporting clients and interacting with prospective customers, social networking is a valuable tool for businesses small and large. To the contrary, social networking can be a distraction and time wasting activity for those who do not use it for business purposes.

With the excitement surrounding Apple’s iPhone 4 at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) yesterday, Apple decided not talk about the latest version of its Web browser during the Keynote, instead making the announcement and releasing the product later in the day.

Bank of America announced yesterday that George Sherman has been named chief technology officer for the company’s Global Banking and Markets and Global Commercial Banking businesses.

The need for organizations to design and adhere to strong security policies in order to maintain the integrity of their systems is well understood. As long as all you have to worry about is your own internal infrastructure, creating the right policies and sticking to them is a great way to help reduce risk on your network. But there are some circumstances where it is necessary to outsource a mission-critical piece of infrastructure to a third party.

Internet infrastructure services provider, Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) announced today that its registry team has completed deployment of DNSSEC in the .US zone and is ready to accept Delegation Signer (DS) records. The .BIZ zone will follow quickly, accepting records as early as July 15, 2010, making it the second gTLD to be fully DNSSEC-enabled.

Symantec now has an arsenal of integrated data protection solutions to address the needs of all customer segments from the largest enterprises and government organizations to small businesses and individuals.

With much of the focus on blocking inbound spam to networks, there is significant oversight in what’s happening with outbound spam coming from organizations networks.

Companies around the world are increasingly using social media for business marketing, support, and collaboration but also exposing themselves to risks such as non-compliance, data loss and legal issues.

With a fresh Series B funding round of $10 million, winner of this year’s “Most Innovative Company” at the RSA Conference, Altor Networks, has just introduced the latest version of its flagship security product for virtual data centers and clouds.