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Computerworld Networking
April 29, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Laid-off sysadmin admits blackmailing mutual fund company
2. Gmail, Google maps, and Google search: 19 cool tips
3. Build a Better Online Persona: Four Steps
4. Verizon pursues illegal autodialers
5. New Technology in a Down Economy
6. Security training 101
7. Can you no longer avoid closely monitoring employees?
8. Senator questions wisdom of White House control over cybersecurity
9. Opinion: 'Hackers wanted' ad fed a public misconception about computer security
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Bad Data is Bad for Business
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IDC Whitepaper: The Benefits of Datacenter Transformation
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Simplify IT by Improving Application Performance
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1. Laid-off sysadmin admits blackmailing mutual fund company
A laid-off systems administrator pleaded guilty to threatening to hack into the
severs of his former employer unless he was paid money and provided with good
job references.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4912790/283856146/186739/0/
2. Gmail, Google maps, and Google search: 19 cool tips
You probably use Google Search, Gmail, and Google Maps all the time, but you're
only scratching the surface if you limit yourself to using their basic services.
Here are 19 tips that can help you get the most from each of those great free
Google tools.
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3. Build a Better Online Persona: Four Steps
Social networks including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have enabled everyone
to become instant publishers. As a result, the content attached to our names
will continue to shape perceptions of us both professionally and personally.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4912790/283856146/186741/0/
4. Verizon pursues illegal autodialers
Verizon Wireless has settled more lawsuits against companies that use
autodialing to call its wireless customers to pitch extended vehicle warranties.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4912790/283856146/186742/0/
5. New Technology in a Down Economy
While the economy continues to beat down on us like a 10,000-pound hammer, I am
still a "glass half full" kind of guy, truly amazed by the technology
innovations being announced on a daily basis. What further propels my optimism
is this recent finding reported in a Computing Research Association study: The
number of computer science majors enrolled in the U.S. increased for the first
time in SIX years! Let's hear a round of cheers that total enrollment in
computer science classes is up 6.2 percent. Maybe it's early to say tech is cool
again with college students, but here are a few recent press clippings that I
saved. Tell me this isn't cool stuff!
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6. Security training 101
Installing the latest security hardware and software means nothing if end users
don't practice cybersafety. And the best way to get end users to 'think
security' is to create an ongoing culture of security at your company.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4912790/283856146/186744/0/
7. Can you no longer avoid closely monitoring employees?
The insider threat has always existed, but the problem is magnified in an era of
economic upheaval and uncertainty. A recent Ponemon Institute survey of 945
people who were laid off, fired or quit their jobs during the past year found
that 59% admitted to stealing company data, and 67% used their former company's
confidential information to leverage a new job.
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8. Senator questions wisdom of White House control over cybersecurity
Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, today questioned the need for a direct
White House role in coordinating national cybersecurity affairs.
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9. Opinion: 'Hackers wanted' ad fed a public misconception about computer security
The U.S. government and its proxy in this case, General Dynamics, should know
better than to think that hackers can do the jobs of security professionals.
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