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Twitter can sometimes be wonderful to spread information fast.For instance, last week we provided you with information about an important study by ENISA regarding flash drives. We tell you more below. Here are the three tweets we sent about this study. InfoSec @WhitePapers European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) 2008-06-19 report ==> advises companies [...]

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DNSSEC is supposed to be deployed rapidly and help improve security. DNSSEC is part of a global effort to deploy new security measures that will help the DNS perform as people expect it in a trustworthy manner However, deplyoment is slow and DNSSEC scalability is questioned by some experts and operators. Find out – read [...]

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Recently the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published guidance on how to securely use RFID technology. SP800-98 delivers as follows: – explains RFID technology, – places RFID in context, – reviews risk involved with each of its uses and – suggests mitigative controls. You can download the document here: – Karygiannis, T., [...]

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We have previously explained a few things about IPv6 and how its shaping up, such as: – Library – an IPv6 refresher course The above outlines where the challenges are for corporate users regarding their systems, routers, and so on. It is time to prepare, especially since most devices these days either are IPv6 enabled, [...]

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Recently in our WinCurity newsletter we posted a story: – Compliance & configuration management – Daylight Saving Time – Don’t let your computer fall behind For the U.S. and Canada, daylight saving time was supposed to happen 2007-03-11. Time synchronisation is a service managed by NIST for most of the U.S. NIST – National Institute [...]

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The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology ) USA released three documents recently, these are listed below: date number version title of publication 2007-02 SP 800-45 2 Guidelines on Electronic Mail Security 2007-02 SP 800-94 final Guide to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) 2007-02 SP 800-97 final Establishing Wireless Robust Security Networks: A [...]

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