Notes from Digital ID World

Wireshark Errors - Or Are They?; Futuristic security surveillance system brings Big Brother to life Security: Identity Management Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by IBM Strangers (or Customers) Share Their Experience with IBM Service Management IBM Service Management provides smarter solutions to design, build and manage a dynamic infrastructure that enables you to improve service, reduce cost and manage risk, while managing and delivering business and IT services more efficiently and effectively. But don't take it from us. See what others say. Watch the Service Management videos. Click to continue Spotlight Story Notes from Digital ID World While I was in Germany for The Experts Conference, Digital ID World (DIDW) was taking place in Las Vegas. Since I couldn't be in two places at once, I have to rely on others to tell us what the high (and low) points of the conference were. Today we'll hear from my fellow grandfather, Mark Dixon (he's Chief Identity Solution Architect in Sun's North American Software Practice), who is a veteran DIDW attendee. Read full story Related News: Wireshark Errors - Or Are They? One of the features of Wireshark that you may have noticed, if you've been reading my posts this week and doing some experimenting on your own, is that the program color-codes packets in the packet list pane. For example, if Wireshark detects potential problems, it colors them with red text on a black field. Don't be too concerned if you see some packets that appear this way – it might indicate... Futuristic security surveillance system brings Big Brother to life Researchers are looking to develop an intelligent image system that can monitor large areas, perhaps miles wide, identify potential threats based on the correlation of events and anomalies it detects, and issue timely alerts with few false alarms. 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