Security | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, November 16, 2011
There are many branch offices in organizations that have no local IT management to speak of. There may be an office manager capable of setting up a PC or two, but, by and large, for anything involving something complex, someone from IT has to get on a plane and go deal with it. Continue Reading »
Almost all organizations let their users browse the Internet. From a firewall point of view, this means allowing the “http” service (technically, tcp on port 80) from the internal net, to anywhere. Because this port is practically certain to be open, almost every Web application now communicates over tcp/80. This creates a pretty serious concern for information security officers, because not all Web applications are born equal. Continue Reading »
Security | Guest Opinion | Pat Clawson Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Too many CEOs believe that the "stealthy hackers" their IT teams warn them of are simply boogeymen they’re using to beat leadership into budgetary submission. The truth is these attackers are very real and they’re picking off organizations whose executives fail to make security a companywide priority. Continue Reading »
The 9th of September 2011 saw a power outage in the U.S. affecting 5 million people in the area of Southern California — the root cause analysis of which is said to have been one single employee switching out a piece of problematic equipment. Continue Reading »
Security | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Tuesday, September 13, 2011
When it comes to the security of cloud computing, there’s obviously a lot to be concerned about. But for all the talk about cloud security there hasn’t been much discussion about how to actually make managing security in the cloud a whole lot easier. Continue Reading »
