Ever since the
introduction of Open
Systems into the data
center, a problem has
been brewing. Too often,
the storage environment
isn't seen as an area
with security
considerations. Until
recently, corporate
security policies rarel...
Over the last 15 years,
the Internet has
revolutionized legitimate
business communications
supplanting the venerable
fax machine and creating
its own marketing
infrastructure. Nowhere
is that revolution more
prevalent than in the
...
Information security
assurance is a topic that
has developed quickly
over the last few years.
Drivers for its rapid
development include the
development of computers
at the pace of Moore's
Law during the
information revolution of
t...
Successful businesses
execute simultaneously on
three fronts: sustained
revenue growth,
continuous cost control,
and comprehensive risk
management. Driven by a
significant rise in
public awareness of
information security
breaches,...
It's often said that IT
administrators in
general, and storage
administrators in
particular, are highly
risk-averse. Clearly
that's the case today.
Look for a moment at any
one of the surveys that
seeks to understand the
most pres...
Every business owner
knows that information is
much more than one of an
organization's strategic
resources. In a very real
sense, information is the
organization. For IT
professionals, there's no
shortage of challenges
when it comes...
Criminal gangs are
increasingly using the
Internet to extort money
from businesses.
Thousands of Distributed
Denial of Service attacks
occur globally every day
and it' vital that senior
management wakes up to
the very real risk of
...
Enterprises and
government agencies are
using smart card-based
credentials more and
more. Organizations
around the globe are
striving to protect
corporate information
assets, address
regulatory compliance
pressures, and achieve
...
ChoicePoint, CardSystems,
LexIsNexIs, Polo Ralph
Lauren. The headlines in
2005 were littered with
cases of high-profile
security breaches and
customers, partners, and
government are
increasingly holding
businesses accountable
for ...
Storage is still one of
the most costly and
fastest-growing aspects
of everyone's network and
is likely to remain so
for some time. Every
network user is a storage
user. We're all part of a
community that shares the
costs and the be...
Fourteen years ago I
warned MyBank (who is not
one of my clients, I am
one of theirs) about
using social security
numbers as solid
identification. The Head
of Security, three weeks
retired from the Secret
Service, said he would
lo...
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IT groups need to be able
to consider adopting new
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good reasons. New
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This article is an
excerpt from Risk
Management for Computer
Security: Protecting
Your Network &
Information Assets.
Printed with permission
from Butterworth-Heinem