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WAKEFIELD, Mass., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey conducted by the Outercurve Foundation asked more than 200 software developers about their open source coding habits. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100928/NE72174LOGO) Respondents reported using open source for: Developing software for their job with a vendor, IT department, or Internet company The wide choice of tools A hobby Credibility Nearly 28 percent of responders indicate they are committers...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a blow to one of the key cyber-security initiatives advanced by White House leaders, federal IT security professionals admit that efforts to adopt continuous monitoring of security performance lag far behind the Obama administration's expectations. Advanced by the White House as a primary national cyber-security initiative, an overwhelming majority of government practitioners now doubt their ability to fully implement...
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Duck Software, the leader in open source software knowledge, adoption and governance, today announced the release of Export 6.0, a component of the Black Duck® Suite(TM). The Suite is a comprehensive, automated code management platform which enables the enterprise-scale use and management of open source software (OSS) in software development. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111013/NE85619LOGO ) An enhancement...
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Duck Software, the leader in open source software knowledge, adoption and governance, today announced it has joined the GENIVI Alliance as an Associate Member. Black Duck will work with the GENIVI Alliance to provide open source compliance strategy, program development and training to Alliance members, which include top automakers and automotive software suppliers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111013/NE85619LOGO ) The GENIVI...
The Senate voted 52 to 46 along party lines on Thursday to reject a Republican bid to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) network neutrality regulations, which are set to take effect November 20. The vote was largely symbolic, since President Obama had vowed earlier this week to veto any resolution challenging the regulations. 46 Senate Republicans voted in favor of the bill, which was introduced by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), while...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 8th, Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) Program Manager Dan Philpott will be speaking at the Mythbusting Guide to Federal Data Centers and the CloudSolutions Seminar, to be hosted by Federal Computer Week and Juniper Networks. Mr. Philpott will be addressing Cloud security, transitioning to Cloud Computing and Federal Information Security. "It is an honor and a pleasure to speak on the subject and share insight into how to successfully...
SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MerchantService.com, a leading merchant services provider of credit card processing, is pleased to announce that starting in November they now offer all of their merchants up to $50,000 in PCI breach coverage insurance. The PCI breach coverage will pay up to $50,000 for: Fines and other monetary assessments levied by card associations or regulators.Costs of a security assessment and/or forensic audit.Bank card replacements and related...
A-lign Security & Compliance Services (“A-lignâ€) announced today that they have been certified as a Qualified Security Assessor (“QSAâ€) Company by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (“PCI SSCâ€). Tampa FL (PRWEB) November 04, 2011 This designation signifies that A-lign has met the rigorous requirements of the PCI SSC which included demonstrating that their professionals have the skills and experience to conduct assessments to...
Millions of children, some as young as 8 years old, are on Facebook despite rules that prohibit those under 13 from joining the social-networking site, according to new findings of a study appearing in the online journal First Monday. The study also found that many parents actually help their younger children sign up on the site. Congress passed the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in 1998 that requires Websites to “obtain verifiable parental consent” before...
MOSCOW, November 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. updates iOS Forensic Toolkit, adding iOS5 and doubling the acquisition speed. With iOS5 support, iOS Forensic Toolkit can recover device passcodes and perform physical acquisition of Apple devices running iOS 3.x, 4.x and 5. By more than doubling the acquisition speed of the earlier versions, the updated Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit can acquire a 16-Gb iPhone 4 in about 20 minutes, or a 32-Gb version in 40 minutes....
