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On Sunday, the Boston Globe printed a portion of a letter to the editor I sent in regards to one of the paper's articles. The opinion discussed the mandating of electronic health records and the importance of security for such records. Below is the complete letter.

Dark Reading published an article titled "Booming Underground Economy Makes Spam A Hot Commodity, Expert Says" regarding the ease of using botnets for spam activity and how this makes spamming profitable.

Recently, NPR's "All Tech Considered" posted a very good and concise article on securing WiFi technology. I would just like to add a few key points for those that concern themselves with network security.

Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that President Obama is preparing to announce the appointment of a national "'cyber czar,' a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer networks", and that this announcement will coincide with the release of the government's cyber-security initiatives and policies. While I am not holding my breath waiting for a call from the White House, I do have some advice for the new cyber czar.

As we know, Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is a technology that allows remote systems to connect to a local system in a secure manner. This is what Microsoft's DirectAccess is setting out to do as well. Microsoft is marketing the new remote access tool as somewhat of a revolution, claiming that you can throw the VPN out with the bathwater. This is not necessarily the case, but DirectAccess may still herald a new generation of VPN technologies.

We are rolling out a new service for our partners and customers - an improved feature request site.

Not only is it annoying having to sift through all the garbage which clogs your inbox, but it costs you productivity as you attempt to separate the mails you need from the unwanted items.