| Border security tightens
Those quick trips across the border to Mexico and Canada will soon come with new requirements for travelers. As of Thursday, all travelers 19 and older crossing U.S. borders by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean must show a government-issued I.D. card, such as a driver’s license, and proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate. U.S. citizens 18 and under must prove citizenship. This new initiative will strengthen the security at U.S. land and sea borders, according to the U.S. Department of State Web site. Starting Friday, U.S. residents can apply for a cheaper, wallet-sized alternative to a traditional passport, which already is required for all air travel outside the USA. The new passport card, to be issued sometime this spring, will be valid for 10 years for adults and five years for children 15 and younger.
A typical data center is as secure as a water balloon
Suppose we compare your data center to a water balloon. Both have a relatively secure perimeter. Both have content that should remain inside. Both face significant threats from pointed attacks. And in both cases, Bad Things happen when the perimeter is breached.
Why the comparison? Consider the following: How much do you spend to protect your data center applications from outside attacks? How about from attacks launched inside your network security perimeter? How secure is your valuable data against the misuse of privileged access accounts? When was the last time you changed all of your database passwords or all of your server passwords? Often, the answers to these questions reveal that a typical data center is about as secure as a water balloon.
Here we describe some common yet risky misperceptions about data center security.
Smoltz pulls up shorts (and socks), goes to work
My opinion is that saving a scandal or a total collapse in production, the Braves should sign both to contracts paying market price or slightly below for however either wants to play. Anything less would be showing the Braves organization is not the group that we have come to love and support for all of these years. In my mind this is not a point that can be discussed. Either they both stay (assuming they are able) or the Braves organization loses. .
Stranger in my own political land
Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a 1937 Hall room. As an officer of the College Democrats, I am happy about the student enthusiasm for the 2008 presidential election. But as a Hillary supporter, I'm beginning to understand what it must be like to be a Republican on this campus. Living on the east coast in places like Princeton, N.J., my entire life, I could usually safely assume that everyone around me was a Democrat; now, I see what it's like to be on the other side. This wasn't always the case. Though I couldn't vote in 2004, I remember having conversations about the elections. Heterogeneous groups of Wesley Clark supporters, John Kerry partisans and Howard Deaniacs conversed civilly, listening to each other's perspectives. Civility dominated the conversation between Obama supporters and Hillary supporters until January, when Clinton's inevitability began to falter.
Don't Buy These Gadgets Used
Electronics are expensive and expendable, making them a likely candidate for resale if someone's looking for quick cash. But most should be avoided unless buying from a reputable dealer who's willing to include a warranty that covers the risks. Here are some prime candidates to give you buyer's remorse. .
Bank of America Card Services Executive Struthers to Present at Credit ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America North America Card Services Executive Ric Struthers will participate in the Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. EST in Naples, Florida. The live webcast and presentation will be accessible through the Bank of America Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.bankofamerica.com. Bank of America Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 59 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 6,100 retail banking offices, nearly 19,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with nearly 24 million active users.
'Untraceable': Oh what a movie this might have been
"Untraceable" surfs the zeitgeist like a politician riding the latest polls. It efficiently, if not deftly, skims over Internet crime, Web voyeurism, loss of privacy and the not-yet-fading film phenomenon of "torture porn" in a brisk, exciting 98-minute thriller. It gives away its villain too quickly and sums up the pursuit of that villain too glibly, but it's a well-acted, well-oiled thriller. The film's cat-and-mouse aspects and casting overlap a little with last year's "Fracture," the last film director Gregory Hoblit gave us. And if he isn't yet "the new Sidney Lumet," he has learned how to ratchet up the tension and not waste our time. .
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