Security vs Civil Liberties

Although not a top business priority, IT professionals in the SMB community are predicting strong growth in IT security spending over the next 12 months with more than 90 percent stating that they will spend more on IT security...

MessageLabs and McAfee announced that new global research reveals that the majority of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) believe an IT security breach would be detrimental in achieving their business priorities, however...

1. Policy, procedures, standards and guidelines should be written and published for all aspects of security, and kept up to date with evolving technology and workplace practices.2. Implement thorough vetting procedures for...

Utimaco will unveil support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithms. Utimaco’s support for ECC follows the unveiling of cryptographic guidelines from the European Union and the U.S. Government in independent security...

A secure data center design must start with the assumption that no piece of software or hardware can be trusted to be 100 percent secure. But, if that assumption is true, how do we design a secure system?A good general security...

Open Source SoftwareOpen source software clearly has a passionate following. This ranges from the quite clearly obsessive personalities that see it as their mission in life to create open source software to the exclusion of all...

I had the pleasure of attending a forum the other day hosted by OASIS which is the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, a non-profit consortium focussed on developing e-business standards. At the...

Physical access to the IT infrastructure is the most basic level of network security but it is frequently forgotten. Many organizations are very concerned about proprietary data leaking out of the company through the network....

In a heterogeneous data center, there may be several different groups of people managing different aspects of the operation. One group might be responsible for managing network equipment (routers, switches, etc.), another group...

Security has become a key parameter for selecting OOBI components as its ability to manage large numbers of network and IT devices dispersed over multiple locations becomes more important in minimizing data center...

The Secure Shell (SSH) is a protocol for secure remote login and other secure network services over an insecure network and is standardized by the IETF secsh working group.It is a replacement for remote session programs such as...

Information security is the discipline that deals with the following three attributes:Confidentiality is the assurance that information is shared only among authorized persons or organizations.Integrity is the assurance that the...

After devoting the effort to define good policies and implementing consistent security processes and infrastructure, many organizations are lulled into a false sense of confidence.Effective security is a dynamic process that...

Defining a security policy may be a legal requirement in some industries. Additionally it shows an organized commitment to information security, fostering a strong reputation and trust by business partners.But the main reason to...

Our top Ten Security and Management ReportsBeating the Insider ThreatStand in any city station during rush hour and you are guaranteed that at least 80% of the people walking by will have some device capable of plugging into a PC...