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National and International Security Awareness Initiatives

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 enews

Programs such as National Cyber Security Awareness Month (US) and Safer Internet Day (global) are designed to heighten international awareness for both companies and consumers. But who benefits? Individuals? Small and medium businesses (SMBs)? Enterprises? Individual Awareness Over the course of the past five years, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) has evolved from providing education to youth and bifurcated into providing information for youth AND pushing out corporate solutions for the SMB/Enterprise by those companies operating in the security space. And while NCSAM is largely a US-centric event, Safer…

Modern Challenges of Mobile Forensics

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 enews

As the world of technology continues to move toward mobile devices, these devices are becoming rich targets for malware, bad actors, and even government agencies seeking to increase the scope of their surveillance capability. Of course, there’s a lot that an enterprise can do to secure their mobile devices properly. However, the reality of today’s threat landscape is such that that organizations will likely need to conduct mobile forensics when—not if—the mobile devices of their users are compromised, or if detailed activity information is required to determine how a device…

Losing Faith with Retail POS?

May 29, 2014May 30, 2014 enews

The technology section of every newspaper, magazine or online entity lately is describing how point of sale (POS), and the use of your credit cards is a bit like playing Russian roulette with the retail POS terminals — are they or are they not compromised? The recent batch of retail breaches of payment card industry (PCI) data began with Target, then Neiman Marcus, Michaels, and a bevy of yet-to-be-identified entities and is feeding the fear that the retail ecosystem is in danger. The consumer is asking the industry, “Why can’t…

Is Cloud Based Anti-Virus an Effective Means of Security?

May 29, 2014May 30, 2014 enews

Anti-virus systems are now a de facto part of modern computing. In a world where every webpage, email and downloaded file has the potential to contain malicious code or trojan horses there is a need to be more vigilant than ever about the security of your computer and your data. Traditionally anti-virus programs have been installed directly on a computer’s hard drive – running in the background to alert users to phishing attacks, dangerous files and other online threats. However, as the cloud computing continues to expand we are now seeing the…

321 Free Tools for Teachers – Free Educational Technology (5)

May 29, 2014May 30, 2014 enews

14 Online Bibliography and Citation Tools For Teachers Bibme – Free – The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It’s the easiest way to build a works cited page. And it’s free. Search for a book, article, website, or film, or enter the information yourself. Add it to your bibliography and continue citing to build your works cited list. Download your bibliography in either the MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian formats. It’s that easy! Citation Machine – Free – Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the…

IBM study: Enterprise unprepared for cloud, analytics, mobile

May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 enews

Most businesses are not prepared for the proliferation of cloud, analytics, mobile devices and social media, according to a study from IBM. IBM released preliminary findings from the study, which looked at 750 global organizations, at its IBM Edge2014 conference last week. The study, based on responses from 750 CTOs, CIOs and other technology executives in 18 countries, found that fewer than 10% of the organizations were “fully prepared” for the ongoing proliferation of analytics, cloud computing, mobile devices and social media. IBM sees big data as the major driver…

HP Helps Customers Speed Design, Deployment of Applications and Services

May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 enews

The Orchestrated Datacenter enables rapid delivery of IT services across traditional data centers and cloud environments PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP today announced new offerings that accelerate the design and deployment of a customer’s applications, infrastructure and cloud-based services, improving time to value and quality of service delivery, while decreasing costs. The adoption of mobility and cloud computing is accelerating the application life cycle and increasing pressure to take a user-centric approach to design and delivery. The challenge is to increase the speed of application delivery across both traditional data…

Evernote vs OneNote: Which is best?

May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 enews

What is the best note taking app available? Note taking has never been easier. There are plenty of apps allowing you to jot down thoughts, sync them across devices and share with friends or colleagues. Evernote and OneNote are two of the most popular apps rendering pen and paper redundant. Both can be used to create, store and share notes for personal and work purposes. But which is better? Availability Evernote – This is accessible through all mainstream browsers plus apps for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry. There are also dedicated…

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Designing for the Internet of Things—Are You Ready?

May 28, 2014May 8, 2015 enews

Emerging devices are making the Internet more useful and exciting, but at the same time, these devices are also making the internet more complicated. Image: nkonekt From live-feed traffic cams to fitness trackers to smart watches, the family of Internet-based devices is growing more diverse every day, and integrating obscure gadgets that go far beyond the computers and servers that the Internet was initially built for. Refining the design and integration of these devices will prove to be one of the primary technical challenges of the next 10 to 15…

321 Free Tools for Teachers – Free Educational Technology (4)

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 enews

17 Free Screen Capturing Tools For Teachers Aviary Compatible with all modern browsers, including mobile devices which support Javascript and HTML5 or Flash. Customize with our code generator and integrate within minutes! Media creation tools: image editor, audio editor, screen capture. Clip2Net This free service allows you to upload desktop area image or files on the web really fast such as Desktop area capture and upload, Video capture and upload, Upload image from Clipboard, Upload text documents and much more. Faststone Capture A powerful, lightweight, yet full-featured screen capture tool…