Social In The Enterprise | State of Mobile Commerce | 3 Big Data Security Myths

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Featured Content 2013 Enterprise Social Networking Survey Mobile Commerce: State of the Market The Best Mobile Commerce Insights -- Live State of Storage: Solid State Takes Hold Insecurity with Java Research: Unified Communications Editor's Note Cloud-Based Compliance: 5 Overlooked Risks By Glenn S. Phillips While convenient and sometimes quite cost-effective, moving to the cloud creates several compliance and data security dangers that are often overlooked, including legal liability, third-party validation and more. Fully understanding risks helps avoid expensive surprises later. An inventory of covered data points, periodic privacy, and security assessments, and a response plan for breaches can go a long way toward demonstrating compliance efforts that will mitigate the impact of a data breach. Read More    More Resources eBook: Top 3 Myths about Big Data Security This eBook lays out three myths of big data security: 1) Existing security controls will suffice. 2) Big data deals with social media and sentiment analysis; since this data is freely given up by individuals, they waive their security rights. 3) Big data equals Hadoop and Hadoop is used for internal analytics only. Botnets at the Gate: Stopping Botnets and Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Botnets have infiltrated millions of users' computers and caused incalculable damage. Learn about botnets and the cyber-criminals behind them. Then dive into one of the most common attacks executed by botnets: the distributed denial of service attack. Providing Security for Software Systems in the Cloud Some risks impact security in much the same way wherever and however the software is hosted, but many old risks take on new importance when software makes the jump to the cloud.

SOCIAL NETWORKING 2013 Enterprise Social Networking Survey Just 13% of companies have meshed internal and external communications, and 62% have yet to integrate any external social media into internal applications. Our advice: Start fresh and think social technologies, not platform silos. MOBILITY Mobile Commerce: State of the Market Every business needs a plan for what's projected to be a $1 trillion market by 2017. Here's how to future-proof mobile commerce investments and strategies, gauge the momentum of key companies, and weigh the pros and cons of various architectures. The Best Mobile Commerce Insights -- Live Spend 3 days this June with mobile commerce execs from MasterCard, PayPal, 1-800-Flowers, Pandora and get practical insights to help build your mobile commerce strategy. Register for Mobile Commerce World using code WEMCW13100 and save $200 on an All Access pass. STORAGE State of Storage: Solid State Takes Hold We're seeing strong advances in hardware, particularly in solid-state technology, where flash memory is becoming faster and less pricey. Flash caches, solid-state drives and all-solid-state systems are pervading all levels of enterprise storage, from disk mechanisms and server-based caches to standalone arrays. SECURITY Insecurity with Java - Sponsored by Imperva In the wake of a zero-day vulnerability being exploited by multiple active attacks, IT teams wait for Oracle to respond. It's time to consider: Does Java's popularity as an attack vector vs. its diminishing functionality make permanently disabling plug-ins a smart idea? UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS Research: Unified Communications - Sponsored by Mitel The percentage of respondents to our annual survey reporting that they have deployed and are using UC jumped from 30% to 36% now; an additional 31% say they plan to deploy within the next 24 months. InformationWeek Reports is brought to you by HP, IBM, Imperva, Mitel, Schneider Electric and UBM TechWeb. You are receiving this newsletter because you have previously downloaded a report from the InformationWeek Reports site. You are subscribed as sojo.blo@gmail.com. If you would like to be removed from the newsletter. If you received this newsletter from a friend and want to join. Read about and join other InformationWeek Newsletters here. UBM Tech | 600 Community Drive | Manhasset, NY 11030 | Privacy Policy