CIA Wikileaks.org Task Force – WTF? Thursday, December 23, 2010, 7:05:05 AM The CIA announced this week that had had put together a special task force that will sift through the 250,000 documents that Wikileaks.org has leaked in order to judge just how much damage the revelation has caused.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Q&A: Jason Silverglate of Fortress ITX on the Cloud News: Parallels Announces Latest Release of Its Automation Software at HostingCon News: ServInt Intros KickStart Customer Service Program News: Armorize CEO Caleb Sima on Conquering Web-based Malware News: Understanding Data Center’s Evolution: Cloud, Colocation, and Managed Services, with PGR (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As hackers deploy increasingly sophisticated methods of attacks, hosts are faced with a threat that could cost them computing power and customers. Such problems, however, also present opportunities — companies can differentiate themselves by being able to offer malware detection. But there is a danger in trusting malware solutions that rely on traditional tactics, said Armorize chief executive officer Caleb Sima in his Wednesday morning HostingCon presentation, “Conquering Web-based Malware.” Using open source penetration testing framework Metasploit, Sima demonstrated a simple malware attack on a dummy desktop instance to show how easily websites are exploited.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: New Varonis Release Provides Greater Visibility into Unstructured Data Access and Usage Blogs: Thanks for Making our Toronto WHIR Event a Big Success News: Hibernia Announces New Alliances As Project Kelvin Cable Nears Completion News: ConnectWise Adds Marketing Campaign Reporting and Tracking Features in Latest Release News: Web Host ServInt Names Director of Sales (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data governance software developer Varonis Systems Inc ( www.varonis.com ) has released version 5.5 of DatAdvantage and DataPrivilege , representing the latest evolution of the Varonis Meta-data Framework that enables customers to identify and secure sensitive unstructured and semi-structured data on their file systems, SharePoint Sites and NAS devices. According to research cited by the company, unstructured and semi-structured data (such as documents, images, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, audio files and email) accounts for more than four fifths of all data, representing enormous investments in manually managing and protecting unstructured data, but also inevitably leaving some data insecure

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: ConnectWise Adds Marketing Campaign Reporting and Tracking Features in Latest Release News: Web Host ServInt Names Director of Sales News: Rackspace Readies Cloud Services to Expand into UK Articles: How Your Web Hosting Affects Your SEO News: Noise Filter: Symantec’s Acquisition of VeriSign’s Security Business (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Automation software developer ConnectWise ( www.connectwise.com ) has released the third phase of ConnectWise 2010, the company’s business operating system for IT service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. The latest version has additional features including more sophisticated reporting and tracking for marketing campaigns, an enhanced web portal for customers, and scheduling and service improvements. “This release of ConnectWise 2010 offers a number of ways to make working together, and working with customers, easier and more rewarding,” ConnectWise chief executive officer Arnie Bellini said in a statement.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: ConnectWise Adds Marketing Campaign Reporting and Tracking Features in Latest Release News: Web Host ServInt Names Director of Sales News: Rackspace Readies Cloud Services to Expand into UK Articles: How Your Web Hosting Affects Your SEO News: Noise Filter: Symantec’s Acquisition of VeriSign’s Security Business (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Automation software developer ConnectWise ( www.connectwise.com ) has released the third phase of ConnectWise 2010, the company’s business operating system for IT service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. The latest version has additional features including more sophisticated reporting and tracking for marketing campaigns, an enhanced web portal for customers, and scheduling and service improvements. “This release of ConnectWise 2010 offers a number of ways to make working together, and working with customers, easier and more rewarding,” ConnectWise chief executive officer Arnie Bellini said in a statement