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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.

Earlier in the year Google disclosed that the company, along with at least twenty other large companies from a variety of industries, were victims of cyber attacks.

Top 10 Malware Threats - May, 2010Security software company, Sunbelt Software, in its monthly malware threat report, today announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats detected in May 2010.

San Jose, CA based SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNWL), a provider of IT security and data solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Thoma Bravo, LLC and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers' Private Capital) in a transaction valued at approximately $717 million.

Log management and security company, LogLogic, today released a preview of its upcoming log management virtual appliances. The LogLogic Log Management Virtual Appliance is a virtual log management solution, offering enterprise-grade log data collection, search and storage capabilities for companies seeking to improve business operations, enhance security and meet compliance requirements. The virtual appliances operate on VMWare’s ESX virtual servers as well as on devices running VMWare WorkStation, and VMWare Player.

Recent cyber attacks on government and private sector businesses along with the rapid proliferation of malware such as Conficker and Zeus, have shown how attackers are utilizing multiple attack types and vectors to disrupt business and steal sensitive data.