By Dave Shackleford Virtualization technology is becoming ubiquitous. More and more organizations are replacing physical infrastructure with virtualized systems, including desktops and servers, and application and storage virtualization are popular as well. Virtualization changes a number of paradigms across the information technology landscape – some obviously for the good, some possibly for the worse. In [...]
Into the Breach – Audio Series – Chapter 8 (Measuring Success)
March 2, 2010 By
Welcome to the continuation of the Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk audio series. (Click this link) to learn more about this how this book solves today’s challenges and pick up a complete copy. This series, underwritten by Configuresoft, now part of EMC, is the full and unabridged audio [...]
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Leading from the Front: Bringing Planned Disruption To The Organization
February 23, 2010 By
By Martin Fisher What is the most important job/function of a leader? Inspire the team? Use resources effectively? Make tough decisions? Set an example? Develop others? All of these are good answers and are important things for a leader to be sure they are accomplishing in an organization. But none of these is the most [...]
Strike Up the Band: Building Security from Scratch
December 30, 2009 By
by Dennis Kuntz “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi When faced with creating a new security program – Building Security from Scratch – it can be like George Taylor in The Planet of the Apes: [...]
Prevent Fraud And Increase The Bottom Line with These Three Steps
December 22, 2009 By
Across the globe organizations are forced to preserve limited resources, work with tighter budgets and somehow produce profits that are as realistic as Freddy Kruger presenting the Mickey Mouse Club. The resulting crunch and pressure on employees combines with the global financial situation (with very deep individual impact) and unrealistic corporate expectations to form the [...]
Continue Playing
November 17, 2009 By
by Jeff Kirsch In “Playing Games”, I shared some lessons that I learned while playing chess with my son. Chess is a rich example of the need for, and challenge of, planning ahead. For those unfamiliar with this game of skill and strategy, the goal is simple: Capture your opponent’s king and force him into [...]
Firefox Patch Tuesday
November 10, 2009 By
by Carl Anctil Background: A few months ago, Microsoft released (and silently installed through Windows Update) a .NET Framework Assistant add-on for the Firefox web browser. Microsoft installed this add-on to Firefox without warning the user that the add-on would be installed as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Security professionals, bloggers, [...]
FTC Says Bloggers Must Disclose Freebies
November 5, 2009 By
by Aaron Titus The FTC recently announced new guidelines requiring bloggers to disclose when they get freebies in exchange for reviews. Adopted by a vote of 4-0, this is the first update of the FTC’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising in 29 years. The rules go into effect on December [...]
Securing the Toughest Times
October 29, 2009 By
by Ron Woerner Whether you call it lay-offs, downsizing, rightsizing, redundancies, a reduction in force, or whatever, a reduction in staff stinks. Downturns in the economy often translate to a reduced volume of business, resulting in a correlated reduction in staff. One of the hardest jobs in Security is ensuring that those who are asked [...]
“Civilian” Use of Malware Technology?
October 8, 2009 By
by Dennis Kuntz The government spends billions in research every year. Quite often the goal of that research is to create more effective fighting machines and mechanisms, better survival techniques, better gear for soldiers, etc. The array of researched technologies is huge, and wartime in particulate can spur a ton of research. Also quite often, [...]
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