Space Weather Outlook February 26, 2017 at 08:07PM

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-9 2017 February 26 at 5:52 p.m. MST (2017 February 27 0052 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 20-26 No significant space weather was observed during the summary period. Outlook For February 27-March 5 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are likely on 01-02 March due to effects from a recurrent, negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream. No other significant space weather is expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observatories, universities, and institutions. More information is available at SWPC's Web site http://swpc.noaa.gov Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as it is not monitored. For comments or help, please contact SWPC Help.

Space Weather Outlook February 19, 2017 at 09:15PM

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-8 2017 February 19 at 7:00 p.m. MST (2017 February 20 0200 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 13-19 No significant space weather was observed. Outlook For February 20-26 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions are likely on 24 Feb due to effects from a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream. No other siginificant space weather is expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observatories, universities, and institutions. More information is available at SWPC's Web site http://swpc.noaa.gov Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as it is not monitored. For comments or help, please contact SWPC Help.

Bust the Myth of the Malware 'Silver Bullet'

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Space Weather Outlook February 12, 2017 at 08:04PM

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-7 2017 February 12 at 5:50 p.m. MST (2017 February 13 0050 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 6-12 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For February 13-19 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observatories, universities, and institutions. More information is available at SWPC's Web site http://swpc.noaa.gov Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as it is not monitored. For comments or help, please contact SWPC Help.

Web Security and the OWASP Top 10: The Big Picture

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Global Trends in Identity Governance & Access Management

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Customer Identity and Access Management

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Multifactor Authentication: Removing Risk While Simplifying Processes

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Single Sign-On: With Passwords, Less Is More

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Space Weather Outlook February 06, 2017 at 12:58AM

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-6 2017 February 5 at 10:43 p.m. MST (2017 February 6 0543 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 30-February 5 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 31 January and 01 February due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. Outlook For February 6-12 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observatories, universities, and institutions. More information is available at SWPC's Web site http://swpc.noaa.gov Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as it is not monitored. For comments or help, please contact SWPC Help.

Why Website Security That's 'good enough' Isn't

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