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Feb 11, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Pager Spam, Cell-phone Spam, Push Messaging, Mobile Phone Spam, Cell Phone Spam, SMS Spam, Mobile Spam, Cellphone Spam DEFINITION: SMS spam (sometimes called cell phone spam) is any junk message delivered to a mobile phone as text messaging through the Short Message Service (SMS). The practice is fairly new to North America, but has been common in Japan for years. In 2001-2002, the systems at DoCoMo, the country's major service provider, were overcome by the volume of SMS spam, causing users' screens to freeze and spreading programs … Definition continues below.
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10 Current Security Threats for Individuals sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: With the constant threat of malware and hackers, businesses and individuals alike have to start taking precautions to safeguard the security of their information. Access this resource to discover the top ten current security threats and how you can protect yourself from these threats. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Hackers \| Malware \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Wireless Networks \| Wireless Security

10 Ways Malicious Code Reaches Your Private Network sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: As of 2010, there are nearly three million unique forms of known malicious code, and thousands of new ones are discovered daily. The risk of being infected is greater than ever. The following are 10 common ways malicious code reach your private network that you need to be aware of. Posted: 27 Jul 2010 \| Published: 27 Jul 2010 TOPICS: File Sharing Protocols \| Network Security \| Network Security Software \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Threats

13 Infrastructure Decisions That Result In Poor IT Security sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents 13 somewhat common infrastructure decisions that can result in poor IT security. It is possible that your organization can improve its security in one or more of these areas. Take the time to assess your current security policy in each of these areas to see if there is room for refinement or improvement. Posted: 17 Dec 2010 \| Published: 17 Dec 2010 TOPICS: IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management

14 Security Policy Tips sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Every organization needs a security policy, whether it's a business of one or a multi-national corporation. In this white paper, expert James Michael Stewart reveals 14 key tips for both organizations new to security policies and those looking to tighten up their defenses. Posted: 19 May 2011 \| Published: 19 May 2011 TOPICS: IT Best Practices \| IT Governance \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Standards \| Work Environment

2011 Cyber Risk Report sponsored by HP Enterprise Security WHITE PAPER: This report offers an in-depth analysis into key vulnerabilities that exist in Web applications today and the attacks that are exploiting those weaknesses. In additon, explore effective mitigation and risk management strategies that will also help address key business objectives including customer privacy concerns, compliance, and more. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cross-Site Scripting \| Cybersecurity \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management \| Web Application Security

2011 FFIEC Authentication Guidance: A New Standard For Online Banking Security sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of the updated FFIEC Guidance on Authentication and addresses the threat landscape which helped define it. View now to explore the gap between the previous guidance and this latest update, and why methods like out-of-band authentication with transaction verification are key to protecting online banking today. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| FFIEC \| FFIEC Compliance \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Online Banking Services \| Security Management \| Security Standards \| Security Threats

2011 IT Skills and Salary Report sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This paper examines that while the global economic recession of recent years has largely been replaced by a lethargic recovery, many workers continue to be impacted by job loss, reduction insalary and benefits, or job change. Posted: 20 Mar 2011 \| Published: 20 Mar 2011 TOPICS: IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Salaries and Wages

2012 Buyers Guide to Web Protection sponsored by Sophos, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper identifies today’s most critical web threats and provides checklists for you to identify and evaluate the security capabilities you need for the best web protection. Posted: 12 Jan 2012 \| Published: 12 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Industry \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Software \| Security Standards \| Security Threats

2012 IT Security Predictions: New Strategies and Trends in Information Technology and Security Operations sponsored by Agiliance WHITE PAPER: As new challenges continue to arise related to mobile devices, legislative pressures, social media, and the continued degradation of core security, learn 5 key predictions for strategies and trends in IT and security operations in 2012. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Industry \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Threats

3 reasons you need a workload automation solution sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Changing or consolidating job schedulers may seem daunting. However, the benefits of switching to enterprise workload automation outweigh the risks. Read how BMC can help realize goals like reduced cost, top-down visibility, improved SLAs, and a single enterprise view across all platforms. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Enterprise Applications Software \| Enterprise Computing \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software \| Workload Automation

5 Steps to Improving Security Readiness as You Move to the Cloud sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers 5 essential best practices for improving security readiness every organization must adhere to before making a move to the cloud. Posted: 12 Jan 2012 \| Published: 12 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Software \| Security Threats

5 steps to successful workload automation sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: A patchwork of job schedulers can cause many inefficiencies, hindering IT’s ability to serve the business. An enterprise approach solves these issues and adds new value. Five steps can take you from a costly mishmash to benefits like increased productivity, lower costs, and better service. Posted: 19 Oct 2011 \| Published: 19 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Job Scheduling Software \| Systems Management \| Workload Automation

6 Tips for Choosing a UTM Solution sponsored by Astaro WHITE PAPER: Organizations today are replacing multiple, outdated and costly security appliances with a more simplified, single unified threat management (UTM) solution. Which one is best for your business? In this paper, gain key advice on how to choose a comprehensive UTM solution. Posted: 13 Jan 2012 \| Published: 13 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Integrated Threat Management \| Network Security \| Network Security Appliances \| Security Architectures \| Security Management \| Security Threats

7 Tips for AD Compliance sponsored by Quest Software WHITE PAPER: In this paper, Microsoft MVP Darren Mar-Elia provides best practices for leveraging native AD auditing. Then, he’ll discuss what auditors and compliance officers look for when it comes to examining your AD environment. He’ll also explore third-party alternatives to native auditing that greatly enhance AD auditing. Read this paper today. Posted: 20 Jan 2012 \| Published: 20 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Active Directory \| Auditing (Finance) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Security \| Windows

8 Critical Requirements for Secure, Mobile File Sharing and Collaboration sponsored by Accellion, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the requirements - such as server-based security, data encryption, and audit trails - that secure file sharing solutions must meet in order to deliver mobile access while protecting data confidentiality and regulatory compliance. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 \| Published: 10 Jan 2012 TOPICS: File Sharing Protocols \| File Transfer Protocols \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Wireless Computing \| Wireless Security

8 tips to ensure your server technology supports your business growth sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Servers are the workhorse of the modern business, and as IT demands increase, so your server technology needs to be able to grow and scale cost-effectively to meet future requirements. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Managers \| Server Management

A 3-Step Plan For Mobile Security sponsored by Websense, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This resource identifies unique management controls and countermeasures that will allow your organization to implement a sound mobile security strategy that will cover both corporate and personal mobile devices. Posted: 18 Jan 2012 \| Published: 18 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Handheld Device Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Smart Phones \| Wireless Security

A Comparative Study on Functionality, Benefits and Economics of Private Cloud Solutions sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper compares private cloud solutions from Microsoft and VMware by using private cloud industry standard concepts and defining the technology benefits of Microsoft private cloud solutions. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 \| Published: 10 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| Licensing \| Private Cloud \| ROI

A Simple Guide to the Efficient Enterprise sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Recent technology advances in five key areas put efficiency gains on the fast track. Here's how Dell can help CIOs capitalize on virtualization, mobility management, storage optimization, cloud services, and automated IT management. Posted: 14 May 2010 \| Published: 14 May 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| IT Services \| Mobile Workers \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management

A Simple Guide to the Efficient Enterprise sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Recent technology advances in five key areas put efficiency gains on the fast track. Here's how Dell can help CIOs capitalize on virtualization, mobility management, storage optimization, cloud services, and automated IT management. Posted: 05 Apr 2010 \| Published: 05 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| IT Services \| Mobile Workers \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management

Accelerate time to application value sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: HP Converged Systems are designed to deliver the business value of applications faster, more predictably, and with less risk. While other companies can deliver pieces and parts of a solution, only HP can deliver this level of innovation across the full breadth of your business demands. Read this white paper to learn more. Posted: 11 Nov 2011 \| Published: 11 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management

Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Intel conducted tests on Web servers serving encypted data to quantify the benefits of AES-NI and found that AES-NI reduced computational overhead of encyrption by 50 percent. Continue reading this paper to learn more about the tests and results. Posted: 10 May 2010 \| Published: 10 May 2010 TOPICS: Advanced Encryption Standard \| Application Performance Management \| Data Security \| Encryption Standards \| Multi-core Processors \| Security Threats \| VMware \| Web Server Software

Advantages of Managed Security Services vs. In-house Security Information Management (SIM) sponsored by Dell SecureWorks UK WHITE PAPER: The intent of this paper is to provide an executive-level summary of the potential costs associated with managing information security in-house and highlights the advantages of using a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) to reduce costs and improve the quality of protection. Posted: 24 Mar 2011 \| Published: 24 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Information Security \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Threats

Airline IT Trends Survey sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: For the 11th year in succession, the Airline IT Trends Survey tracks the key technology trends in the airline industry. It demonstrates the role that the survey’s global benchmarks play in underlining the importance of IT within the airline industry, while also stimulating debate in boardrooms worldwide about the way ahead. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Airline Industry \| IT Management \| Mobile Device Management Software \| Surveys

Analyst's take: Managing IT in an economic downturn sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: As companies face the prospect of a recession, IT is even more challenged to justify and deliver value while avoiding risky projects. This is not the time to slash budgets; instead, follow a few rules to simplify decision making and focus your investment in areas that deliver the greatest return. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Development \| IT Management \| IT Management Services

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WIRELESS SPAM DEFINITION (continued): … that caused the phones to dial emergency numbers. According to some experts, other parts of the world should brace themselves for a similar deluge. Others, however, point to several reasons why SMS spam is not likely to become as prevalent in North America and Europe as it is in Japan. For one thing, text messaging itself is much more popular in Japan. Forrester Research reported that 80% of Japanese mobile users use text messaging, in contrast to just 17% in the United States. Furthermore, it costs the sender about $0.08-0.12 to send each text message -- not prohibitive for most users, but too …
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