Book Review: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
If I had only one thing to say about The Art of Deception, it would be that it convinced me that even technologically savvy people fall prey to the guile of practiced social engineers (formerly known as a "con artists" to most of us).
Good VoIP Deployment Guidelines (Do Not Exist?)
I get questions regarding VoIP deployment all the time. Sometimes it is someone looking for simple and cheap Enterprise VoIP, who are unsure if VoIP can be deployed securely with those two parameters in the equation. More often it is the security aware people who are willing to invest almost anything to make it work, but cannot. As always, there is no silver bullet solution for either. If you look at my past opinions, I keep changing my mind between cheap that works, and secure that doesn't. What do you think? Which way should we go in VoIP?
The state of information security
CSO’s annual “Global State of Information Security†survey brings to light a few of the failures of how people approach information security, and in particular, focuses on the current economic crisis and the impact that it is having on security technology.
How the information-centric security approach can protect sensitive company information
How the DRM approach further protects company data?
VARs have a big opportunity in the midmarket, according to study
According to a study conducted by Echo Research for Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, VARs targeting the mid market "need to improve before they can take full advantage of the market opportunity. The study showed that 70 percent of executives said their consultants performed up to expectation, but only 10 percent said their consultants exceeded expectations.
Greatest Challenge in VoIP Security
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Apple syncing patent can't come soon enough
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New Twitter features borrow from 3rd party clients
Esther Schindler
Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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How to set up continuous podcast play on the new iTunes
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Five important Windows 7 mobility features
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Guard your Wi-Fi for your own sake
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Grepping on Whole Words
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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VARs have a big opportunity in the midmarket, according to study
Good VoIP Deployment Guidelines (Do Not Exist?)
Failures of Information Security: Observing the World and Asking Why
Greatest Challenge in VoIP Security
How the information-centric security approach can protect sensitive company information
The state of information security
Book Review: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security