May 12, 2011

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Indiana attorney general sues WellPoint over breach

The Indiana Attorney General's office has filed a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based health insurance provider WellPoint for taking months to notify state residents whose personal information was breached.
 

New phishing scam preys on military, families

A new phishing campaign attempts to steal money from members of USAA, a banking and insurance firm for U.S. military members and their families, researchers at email security firm AppRiver warned Tuesday. Researchers have noticed heavy traffic related to the spam run, whose messages include a link that directs users to a fake USAA login page, Troy Gill, security analyst at AppRiver, wrote in a blog post. The company has discovered more than 1,500 unique domains being used in the attack. — AM
 

Defense in depth: building a holistic security infrastructure

Organizations must consider security at the network, application, host and data layers to most effectively protect against threats.
 

Palo Alto Networks — 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimeter
Join two pioneers in network security, Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? AimPoint Group's Mark Bouchard, CISSP, moderates this interactive online debate.

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Google extends bug bounties to YouTube, other sites

Google on Monday announced plans to extend its existing Chrome browser bounty program to cover some of its other properties, such as YouTube, Blogger and Orkut.
 

SC Awards finalists announced

The finalists for the 2011 SC Awards U.S. have been announced. The yearly awards gala, now in its 14th year, honors the professionals, companies and products that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in today's corporate world. The winners will be announced at the SC Awards Dinner and Presentation on Feb. 15, 2011 in San Francisco, an event that coincides with the annual RSA Conference. Click here to see the SC Awards U.S. finalists.
 

Disgruntled IT head sentenced for hacking website

A former IT head in Virginia, upset about being fired, was sentenced Friday to two years and three months in prison for hacking into his former employer's website to delete files.
 

How we test products

Check out this month's issue to see the other companies we picked. 

How we test products:

Click here to take a look at the methodology we use to evaluate each product we test.

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SC Events Calendar

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SC Webcast: Securing, controlling and auditing critical databases

June 21, 2011
SC eConference: Auditing and compliance

July 28, 2011
SC eConference: Securing the cloud

Aug. 25, 2011
SC eSymposium: Social networking - Threats and solutions

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