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========================================================= Sponsored by Proofpoint FREE REPORT: OUTBOUND EMAIL SECURITY AND CONTENT COMPLIANCE Everyone is familiar with inbound e-mail threats such as spam and viruses, but little attention has been paid to the risks posed by outbound email. Learn how IT execs are meeting these challenges in this free report from Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161910-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Donated Intranet Service Helps Troops Stay Connected 2. News: Supply Chain Group Goes Global to Combat Terrorism 3. News: DHS Audit Unearths Security Weaknesses 4. News: Time Warner Settles Charges 5. News: Prosecutors, Ex-AOL Engineer Strike Plea 6. News: Judge Awards $1 billion in Spam Lawsuit Visit eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161913-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Government Update ========================================================= 1. News: Donated Intranet Service Helps Troops Stay Connected Intranets.com offers free access to its hosted communications tools, giving troops a better way to share e-mail, photos and documents with family and friends. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161916-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Supply Chain Group Goes Global to Combat Terrorism The U.S.-based National Cargo Security Council has unveiled plans to expand to other continents and change its name, as well as help supply chain security pros explore new technologies for fighting terrorism and theft. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161919-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: DHS Audit Unearths Security Weaknesses An internal audit of the Department of Homeland Security's system controls for remote access finds an alarming number of potential holes for hackers to exploit. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161922-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Time Warner Settles Charges Time Warner has moved to resolve two federal investigations into its America Online unit, agreeing to pay $210 million to settle criminal securities fraud charges and disclosing it would pay $300 million to end an accounting probe. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161925-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Prosecutors, Ex-AOL Engineer Strike Plea Federal prosecutors and a former America Online software engineer have negotiated a tentative plea agreement over charges he stole more than 92 million e-mail addresses and sold them to Internet spammers, according to two people familiar with the case. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161928-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Judge Awards $1 billion in Spam Lawsuit A federal judge has awarded an Iowa Internet service provider over $1 billion in a lawsuit against companies that used the service provider's equipment to send spam. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161931-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Job Search http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161934-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161937-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161940-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161943-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161946-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161949-0-0-0-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1456-31-89-59-161952-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
