Scams to Avoid This Holiday Season

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Fortifying Network Security December 07, 2011 Beware: Twelve More Holiday Scams to Avoid 'Tis the season for consumers to spend more time online — shopping for gifts, looking for great holiday deals on new digital gadgets, e-planning family get-togethers and of course, using online or mobile banking to make sure they can afford it all. But, according to McAfee, before logging on from a PC, Mac, or mobile device, consumers should look out for these dangerous online scams this holiday season. Read more > VeriSign — Now from Symantec: Test drive the world's leading SSL for free at verisign.com/ssl/free-trial > Blogs Sue Marquette Poremba Data Security No Such Thing as Privacy When It Comes to Smartphones Rob Enderle Unfiltered Opinion McAfee Mobile Security Report: Exposures Massive, Android Dangerous Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career GAO Dings Federal Management of Cyber Security Work Force The Nuts and Bolts of Data Storage   Discover how to implement tiered storage in your organization, improve storage performance while increasing capacity, and drive down storage costs. Download now > How To Create a Common Enterprise Strategy for All Integration Enterprises need to bring together all the teams that handle integration and create a comprehensive enterprise integration strategy, according to Ken Vollmer, a principal analyst with Forrester who serves application development and delivery professionals and specializes in all-things integration. IT Business Edge's Loraine Lawson caught up with Vollmer by email to ask how IT could move toward a holistic approach to integration. Download: IM Security Policy Use this template to establish a control mechanism for official use of IM, create guidelines for employee use and describe expectations for business unit oversight of IM usage, among other things. Download: Job Description: Senior Security Engineer For an organization-wide security program to be effective, first it must be carefully engineered. This job description will help you evaluate candidates for the vital position of Senior Security Engineer. Latest White Papers Guarding the Endpoints — A Best-Practices Guide Ten Ways Your IT Department Is Enabling Cybercriminals When PDFs Attack — Malware Infections on the Rise Top 5 Tips to Maximize Help Desk Productivity Featured White Papers Security & the Cloud: Augment or Abdicate? Read this white paper and learn why those who augment spend one-third less annually on a per-application basis, driven in part by better security, and also by more consistent and efficient operations. •  Monitoring the Data Center: Key Points Often Ignored •  Insane in the Mainframe: Top Security Issues for 2011 & Beyond •  Containing the Fallout of the Information Explosion "Whether or not your printer could be set on fire by a hacker in Eastern Europe, printer security is something that needs to be in the security policy." Excerpt from Sue Marquette Poremba Data Security Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise