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Webinar for ISP Technical Decision Makers on How to Deal with Anti-Spam Blacklists

With Spam becoming more and more pervasive and dangerous, there have been numerous attempts to block and eradicate this scourge. However, some of these measures have also backfired against innocent users who have been turned into “Zombies” and had their computers and IP addresses used without their knowledge or consent by unscrupulous spammers. These users have been blacklisted – often along with their ISPs.

If you are an ISP Technical decision maker you are aware of this problem of your innocent IP users being placed on a global Anti-Spam blacklist after having been “Zombied”. This Webinar – Anti-blacklisting for ISPs – presented by leading IT security solution provider PineApp, will shed light on the problem and describe how ISPS and Enterprise IT can successfully address it.

The anti-blacklisting presentation by leading IT …


IT Administrators get Double Whammy from Microsoft and Oracle

“Microsoft has announced that it has released four security bulletins to address five separate current vulnerabilities. Especially concerning this month is the fact that the three bulletins rated “critical” also rate a “1” on Microsoft’s exploitability index (with MS10-042 addressing a vulnerability that is actively being exploited.) Additionally, MS10-043 requires a reboot and affects Windows Server 2008 64-bit machines, which could be disruptive to some environments.

“MS10-042 and MS10-043 cover vulnerabilities in the Windows Help and Support Center and Canonical Display Driver, respectively, and are rated critical as the vulnerabilities addressed allow for remote code execution – typically the most-feared exploit type. MS10-043 could impact a large swath of Microsoft customers as it affects Windows 7 desktop users and Windows 2008 R2 servers, which are Microsoft’s most current desktop and server solutions. …


The Importance of Education in Fire Safety

Of course, not every fire can be prevented.  But it is certainly true that a good portion of them can be.  Some fire seems to literally come out of nowhere, but the reality is that many fires can be prevented by simply taking a few simple steps.  One of these steps is to have a proper fire safety plan.  This is used in the event of a fire and it details all the possible avenues for escape and also assigns duties to whomever may be around during the fire.  This document should be made available to all employees or household members and should be placed in a noticeable area. 

But in the event of a fire that cannot be prevented, there are some things that we can all do to protect …


Cut Resistant Sleeves launched by PPSS – Experts in Innovative Knife Protection

Cut resistant sleeves, offering BS EN 388:2003 blade cut resistance level 5 have now been launched by UK based experts in innovative knife protection PPSS.

CEO of PPSS Knife Protection Robert Kaiser states: “Our Cut-Tex™ PRO lined cut resistant sleeves are offering BS EN 388:2003 blade cut resistance level 5 and are typically used by professionals working within mental health, special needs, challenging behaviour or severe learning disabilities.”

“However, we have recently also received a number of enquiries for cut resistant sleeves from the steel industry, glass manufacturing companies, private security firms and the construction industry.”

Cut-Tex™ PRO lined cut resistant sleeves provide exceptional protection from accidental cuts, slashes and very importantly from bites (important for mental health), whilst maintaining a high degree of dexterity to the wearer.

All cut resistant sleeves can be worn …


Engate Launches In-The-Cloud Email Security Enabling Secure Web and Email Gateway Vendors to Achieve 99% Edge Protection

Next Generation botnet, phish and email security solution empowers OEM partners to deliver significant network bandwidth and data-center consolidation cost savings.

Engate Technology Corporation, leaders in next generation reputation network profiling technology and proactive botnet, phish, virus and email security solutions, today announced the latest version of GlobalRules™ network profiling technology. The new solution empowers secure web/email gateway, intrusion prevention, unified threat management, and router OEM partners to deliver a unique hybrid SaaS email and botnet security solution Nthat achieves 99% proactive in-the-cloud protection. By blocking email-borne threats in-the-cloud and outside the network with superior accuracy, Engate enables OEM partners to greatly reduce the amount of email and bandwidth that must be processed at the gateway, thereby improving the efficiency of on-premise mail processing and ensuring greater protection through multiple layers …



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