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SearchSecurity.com This Week - January 25, 2008
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> From the Editor: Introducing SearchFinancialSecurity.com
> Site Highlights: Missing backup tape prompts identity theft fears
> Webcast: Know your roles -- Log monitoring at the application level


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FROM THE EDITOR
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Introducing SearchFinancialSecurity.com
Sarah Lourie, Site Editor, SearchFinancialSecurity.com

Calling all security pros who work in the financial sector. We are
pleased to announce a Web site specifically for you,
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Information security for banks and other financial institutions can
be a complex and daunting task. To help you find what you're looking
for on the site, we have divided our content into four categories:
compliance and governance, technology, management and strategy and
business process security. We will update these categories often,
keeping you abreast of the latest on regulations, management best
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This is just the beginning. Within the next few months we will
introduce new features to help serve you even more.

We hope our site becomes an invaluable resource for you and your
peers. Take a look around and you won't be disappointed.

So that's enough from me. I'd love to hear from you. If you have a
story to tell, a resource you're looking for, or just a question,
comment or idea, please do not hesitate to contact me!
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Missing backup tape prompts identity theft fears for JC Penney
customers
GE Money, the firm hired by JC Penney to run its credit card
operations, just announced that it is missing a backup tape
containing the personal information of about 650,000 shoppers of JC
Penney. Visit SearchFinancialSecurity.com to find out more about this
potential security breach.
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PODCASTS & WEBCASTS
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Webcast: Know your roles -- Log monitoring at the application level
When: Jan 30th, 2008, 2:00 p.m. (19:00 GMT)
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Webcast & Podcast Roundup: Steps to Improving Your Security Management and more

Dear SearchSecurity.com member,

View these Online Events recently held on SearchSecurity.com:

1. WEBCAST: Steps to Improving Your Security Management
2. PODCASTS: Snyder on making the most of your NAC investment

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WEBCAST #1: Steps to Improving Your Security Management
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Matt Deering, McAfee Sales Engineer
SPONSOR: CDW

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950632/6582435

ABOUT THIS VENDOR WEBCAST:

View this webcast today and learn about an integrated approach to
security that can help your company:

* Identify and plug the gaps in your endpoint protection
* Reduce down time caused by non-compliant or infected endpoints
connecting to your network
* Effectively reduce the time required to respond to threats
* And much more


VIEW TODAY:
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PODCASTS #2: Snyder on making the most of your NAC investment
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Joel Snyder, Ph.D.
SPONSOR: Symantec


ABOUT THESE EXPERT PODCASTS:

PODCASTS: Cost Justification of NAC Parts I & II

In this Podcast series, Joel Snyder, Senior Partner, Opus One, tells
you how to make the most of your NAC investments and gives you tips
on how to incorporate NAC into your company's security strategy. He
will also outline how NAC works with Intrusion Detection and
Intrusion Prevention Systems.

Listen to these insightful Podcasts here:

PODCAST: Cost Justification of NAC Part I
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PODCAST: Cost Justification of NAC Part II
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Webcast Roundup: Disk-Based Backup & Recovery and more

Dear SearchStorage.com member,

View these Webcasts recently held on SearchStorage.com:

1. Disk-Based Backup & Recovery
2. Exploring Various Data Protection Scenarios for Better Disaster
Preparedness
3. Disaster Recovery -- It's All About the Data!

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WEBCAST #1: Disk-Based Backup & Recovery
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Jason Anderson, Storage Architect, Datalink
SPEAKER: Andy Nelson, Storage Architect, Datalink
SPONSOR: Datalink/NetApp

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950446/6582435

ABOUT THIS VENDOR WEBCAST:

Disk-based backup has become a viable option in organizations large
and small. However, you don't want to just implement disk into your
infrastructure because it's "the latest thing to do." Disk-based
backup should be utilized for the RIGHT reasons and this Webcast will
explain what those reasons are.

Featuring seasoned experts in the field, this Webcast covers
important topics, such as:

* How to eliminate the hassles of tape and shorten RPOs and RTOs
* Ways you can better manage backup and recovery processes
* Which disk-based backup architectures work best under various
conditions
* How deduplication factors into a disk-based backup strategy
* And more

View this Webcast to discover more.

VIEW TODAY:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950447/6582435

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WEBCAST #2: Exploring Various Data Protection Scenarios for Better
Disaster Preparedness
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Jerome Wendt, President & Lead Analyst of DCIG, Inc.
SPONSOR: CA

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950448/6582435


ABOUT THIS VENDOR WEBCAST:

Disaster recovery processes have fundamentally changed over the
years. They now require faster data recovery times, little
administrative burdens and must be more reliable than ever.
Fortunately, using CDP for DR can help you meet these requirements
and provide a number of other benefits.

View this Webcast, featuring Jerome Wendt, noted technologist and
lead analyst at DCIG Inc, to learn more about how using CDP for DR
works and the benefits it offer, such as:

* Lower DR costs and risks
* Improved RPOs and RTOs
* Provides automated failovers
* Allows for minimal administrative overhead
* And more

View this Webcast to learn more.

VIEW TODAY:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950449/6582435

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WEBCAST #3: Disaster Recovery -- It's All About the Data!
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Bill Peldzus, Director, Business Continuity/Disaster
Recovery & Data Center, GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.
SPONSOR: Fujitsu Computer Systems

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ABOUT THIS EXPERT WEBCAST:

In this Webcast, storage expert Bill Peldzus from GlassHouse
Technologies, covers the major concepts of disaster recovery -
including definitions of key terms. He also explores the concepts and
architecture behind storage, infrastructure, and the data center.


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Webcast Roundup: Enabling Your Strategic Investment in SOA with Governance and Organizational Change and more

Dear SearchSOA.com member,

View these Webcasts recently held on SearchSOA.com:

1. Enabling Your Strategic Investment in SOA with Governance and
Organizational Change
2. Creating Value with BPM that works in the "Real World"

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WEBCAST #1: Enabling Your Strategic Investment in SOA with
Governance and Organizational Change
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Bruce Guptill, Managing Director, Saugatuck Technology
SPEAKER: Sandy Poi, Associate Partner and Global SOA Governance
Offerings Lead, IBM
SPONSOR: IBM

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950056/6582435


ABOUT THIS VENDOR WEBCAST:

The strategic business value of SOA will be critical for your
organization in 2008. This Web Seminar will highlight the importance
of SOA governance and organizational change, and give you actual case
studies illustrating the benefits and challenges based on recent
customer experience.

Join our expert panel featuring Bruce Guptill of Saugatuck
Technology, a leading SOA analyst group, and Sandy Poi, Associate
Partner and Global SOA Governance Offerings Lead from IBM as they
discuss:

* SOA's direction for 2008
* The value of good SOA governance for your company
* The challenges of SOA implementation
* The critical role and tangible benefits of governance and
organization change in supporting SOA in 2008

Have your questions answered in a live question and answer session
with our special featured speakers.

All registrants that attend the live Web Seminar will receive a copy
of the recent IBM white paper on Enabling SOA through organizational
change and governance authored by Sandy Poi, and the Saugatuck white
paper SOA Governance: Necessary Protection for a Strategic Business
Investment.


VIEW TODAY:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950057/6582435

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WEBCAST #2: Creating Value with BPM that works in the "Real World"
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WHEN: AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Daryl Plummer, Managing VP & Gartner Fellow, Gartner
Research
SPEAKER: Jeff Beusse, Sr. Director, Front Office Application
Development, XM Satellite Radio
SPEAKER: Dale Skeen, CTO and Founder, Vitria Technology
SPONSOR: Vitria

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950058/6582435


ABOUT THIS VENDOR WEBCAST:

This Webcast details the best practices for optimizing business
process management and flexibility. In this Webcast, you will explore
the common pitfalls organizations experience with BPM and the
complimentary relationship that exists between SOA and BPM. Through
actual customer experiences, you will discover how selecting the most
appropriate BPM technology and instilling a natural collaboration
between business and technology can enhance process flexibility.

VIEW TODAY:
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Webcast & Podcast Roundup: Data Warehousing Software Update: Bill Inmon Makes the Case for DW 2.0

Dear SearchDataManagement.com member,

View these Online Events recently held on SearchDataManagement.com:

1. WEBCAST: Legal Discovery: Identifying the CIO's Role in
Safeguarding the Business
2. PODCAST: Data warehousing software update: Bill Inmon makes the
case for DW 2.0
3. WEBCAST: Ensure Product Data Quality with Advanced Data Cleansing

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WEBCAST #1: Legal Discovery: Identifying the CIO's Role in
Safeguarding the Business
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WHEN: AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Michael Rasmussen, Founder, Corp-Integrity
SPONSOR: Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2949999/6582435


ABOUT THIS EXPERT WEBCAST:
Prioritizing compliance and risk mitigation is challenging when faced
with limitless scenario and legal requirements. Current laws prohibit
organizations from doing business with other companies or countries
who are involved with unethical labor or business practices.

Attend this Webcast to learn how to safeguard your company from
threats and avoid problems in terms of business impact, compliance
and business relationships. Explore how you can mitigate risks and
meet compliance requirements as well as:

* Design processes and IT for requirements and resiliency.
* Create a state of total situational awareness.
* Integrate holistic security measures.

VIEW WEBCAST:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950001/6582435

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PODCAST #2: Data warehousing software update: Bill Inmon makes the
case for DW 2.0
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WHEN: AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Bill Inmon, Founder, President and Chief Technology
Officer, Inmon Data Systems
SPONSOR: Kalido

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950003/6582435


ABOUT THIS EXPERT PODCAST:
Many data warehouses are missing some key architectural elements.
Data warehouses with the DW 2.0 certification differ greatly from
first-generation products. Hear this expert podcast with Bill Inmon
to learn four main components of the DW 2.0 architecture and how they
support enhance performance and organizational agility. Learn how the
DW 2.0 architecture can allow you to:

* The main differences between a DW 2.0 data warehouse and a first
generation data warehouse.
* Lower data warehousing costs.
* Make better use of structured and unstructured data.
* Develop and agile data warehousing foundation that can evolve and
change over time.

DOWNLOAD PODCAST:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950005/6582435

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WEBCAST #3: Ensure Product Data Quality with Advanced Data Cleansing
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WHEN: AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
SPEAKER: Bill Rojas, Product Marketing Manager, Business Objects
SPEAKER: Ina Mutschelknaus, Product Manager, Business Objects
SPONSOR: Business Objects

http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950007/6582435


ABOUT THIS VENDOR WEBCAST:
View this Webcast to learn how you can uncover and fix data problems
to ensure quality data. Increase operational performance through
improved product data quality and reliability with the ability to:

* Standardize data to manage spend analysis.
* Identify overlapping product attributes and increase visibility
into inventory.
* Centralize storage of product-specific data in a repository.

Bring product experts and data quality developers together through a
collaborative workflow.

VIEW WEBCAST:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/2950009/6582435

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