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May 10th, 2008
Encryption is a must to meet mandated requirement
The
California privacy protection act, SB 1386, which is a model
for many states including New York, exempts companies that can prove
lost data was encrypted from the requirement that they notify consumers. When
mobile data is encrypted, thieves hoping for gold bars of valuable data are left
instead with a solid, impenetrable and useless brick.
When protecting data on mobile computers, companies have two
primary choices:
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File and Folder Encryption: This type of technology allows users to
encrypt sensitive files themselves.
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Whole-Disk Encryption (Full-Disk Encryption): Centrally managed, this
process relies on software and hardware
products. more info
May 2nd, 2008
Over 25% of All Enterprises Faced a Disaster in the Last 5 Years
Janco has found that
more than a 26% of its client firms have faced some sort of a disaster over the
past five years. CIOs need to
convince executives in their enterprise to invest in business continuity and
disaster recovery systems. CIO need to effectively communicate that business
continuity and disaster recovery planning is not just an insurance
policy.
CIOs know their systems are vulnerable and they
want to do something about it. In these tough economic times, it is hard to get
funding for business continuity and disaster recovery. CIOs who tie business
continuity and disaster recovery planning to mandated compliance needs are more
successful in obtaining the necessary funding.
Many of these same companies consider disaster
recovery investment as a rolling upgrade that consistently augments existing
infrastructure and application investments rather than a one-time event that can
be delayed.
In one research study by another firm many CIOs
blamed disasters on non-natural disruptions and incidents. The data shows that
42% of the firms surveyed said power failure was the most common cause of
declared disasters and downtime, while 32% cited hardware failure, and 21% cited
network failure. more info
May 1st, 2008
LoJack for Laptop Systems Soon to be a Reality
Absolute Software Corporation is collaborating with
Intel to integrate its Computrace asset management, data protection, and theft
recovery technology and services into Intel's Anti-Theft Technology (ATT). The
technology will be a key component of Intels Anti-Theft Technology (ATT) to be
delivered on the upcoming Centrino processor platform later this
year.
Absolute is known for its Computrace LoJack for
Laptop system, which is currently available and has been responsible for the
recovery of over 6,000 stolen notebook computers, including Macs, since it
debuted. Additional products in the Computrace family can add comprehensive
laptop management features such as IT asset management, remote data delete and
software license management.
For more than a decade, Absolute Software has
single-handedly created and developed the market for BIOS-persistent,
Internet-based tracking of mobile computers. Computrace is also capable of
remotely deleting data and physically recovering lost or stolen computers --
assisting customers in complying with data privacy regulations, said the CEO of
Absolute Software. more info
April 25th, 2008
Since IBM in the 60s Vendor Have Helped to Recruit Staff for Customers
Many vendors offer free headhunting
services to customers, fulfilling what is often an acute need. They
achieve two goals with that effort: first they do a favor for both the customer
and the employee who is hired; and second they have some in the employ of their
customer who will not be reluctant to push some business their way.
  
A small group of solution providers in recent
years has started a for fee headhunting serivice. Though playing headhunter
was not exactly in their original business plans, these solution providers have
tackled recruitment as another service for their customers.
more info
April 21st, 2008
What is the True Cost of Data Loss
(Symantec) Information drives a business. The success and
viability of that information hinge on an administratorÂ’s ability to protect its
integrity while keeping it available throughout the enterprise at all times.
However, the exponential growth rate of data volumes; shrinking backup windows;
the demand for more effective change management; and the need for fast, reliable
recovery create stiff challenges for disaster recovery efforts. TodayÂ’s
solutions must offer best-of-breed data protection and system recovery. An
essential part of such a solution is granular data protection. Businesses cannot
afford to waste valuable time and resources restoring a complete data volume or
database when all a user needs is a single file or email message.
 To calculate the annual loss expectancy (ALE) of an asset, you use
the quantitative risk analysis method. This calculation is determined by first
figuring the annual ra te of occurrence (ARO) and the single loss expectancy
(SLE).
Once those values are known, ARO x SLE = ALE. Suppose the
SLE is US$35,000, and the ARO is 12 (i.e., the cost of the server being down for
a day is US$35,000, and this attack happens once every month). In this example,
US$35,000 x 12 = US$420,000 per machine.
To protect your financial viability, you need to be
able to perform data restoration and bare metal system recoveries more
efficiently and faster than ever.
 With Continuous Data Protection added to your data protection
efforts, you can take advantage of application data protection in remote offices
while reducing costs and minimizing the IT workload. Continuous Data Protection
helps eliminate the hassle and expense of tape-based backups at remote sites by
replicating data from remote office servers to a central location at the
corporate office, where data can be reliably backed up and stored. Centralizing
backups minimizes the costs associated with hardware, media, and administration
investments at remote offices.
more info
April 17th, 2008
Many are not ready for VoIP
ItÂ’s safe to say Internet Protocol (IP)
telephony has arrived as a feasible communications technology for business. And
for good reason. Now that the telecom industry has had time to refine it and
more organizations are deploying it, IP telephony is delivering on its  claims of reducing calling costs, simplifying administration,
and providing greater communications flexibility with software applications
taking the place of traditional hardware systems. IT chiefs and corporate level
decision-makers also are looking more closely at IP telephony as voice quality
continues to improve, and as organizations that use IP continue to consistently
reach the “Five 9’s” level of reliability with 99.999% system
uptimes.
But perhaps the most compelling argument for implementing IP
telephony is that Private Branch Exchange (PBX) telephone systems — the systems
the business world has used the last 30+ years to generate calls — are expected
to be near extinction by year-end 2008. Gartner, Synergy, Forrester and other
industry analysts made that prediction as early as 2003, and their collective
forecast is coming true as a number of PBX manufacturers announce plans to cease
development and support of their PBX products. IP telephony, after all, is
forcing their hand. Compared to IPÂ’s standards-based software approach and
ability to converge voice on a data network, traditional proprietary PBX systems
are more difficult to integrate with an organizationÂ’s business applications and
business rules, and have increasingly become more expensive to maintain or
update.
more info
April 13th, 2008
Wireless policy is critical to meet mandated requirements
Wireless security is critically
important. If the wireless device of an executive slipped out of his briefcase
while in a taxi cab, all of your critical data and statistics could be exposed.
 With wireless security, a single point of control is needed so
IT can manage how users interact with your systems. This point of control must
sit behind the corporate firewall. Make sure you have the ability to mandate
passwords for users, the ability to wipe data from the device remotely, as well
as the ability to lock the device remotely. Being able to establish settings
through policies or parameters and providing robust control across all devices
is extremely important to corporate security.
End-to-end security is a top priority
for most companies and government organizations. IT departments also need to be
concerned about exposure to viruses, denial of service attacks and malware.
Organizations need to ensure that their wireless platform meets appropriate
standards to protect their corporate systems and data.
All transmissions from the wireless
device to servers behind the corporate firewall should be secure from end to
end. Think about confidentiality, integrity and authenticity. Confidentiality is
typically achieved using advanced encryption. Integrity ensures a message has
not been tampered within transit. Authenticity allows the recipient to identify
the sender and trust that the sender actually sent the message.
For additional application security,
features such as code-signing can ensure that every application loaded onto a
device is tied to an author, which locks out potentially malicious or
unauthorized applications. System administrators, once again, should be able to
maintain control by setting an IT policy that blocks third-party applications
from being loaded on the handheld. more info
April 3rd, 2008
What security threats do businesses face today
From spyware and phishing to intrusion attempts,
the threats attacking computer networks are more dangerous than ever. Many
threats are targeting specific industries with
convincing-looking e-mail and phone calls. The hackers hope to direct employees
to counterfeit Web sites, in order to harvest passwords and private financial
information or steal computer and network resources. Some analysts now say that
the revenue from cybercrime in the United States now exceeds that of illegal
drug activity.
There is a change in the threat landscape,
before they were noisy and targeting the perimeter of the network, now they
are becoming much more silent, difficult to detect and highly targeted,.
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Many attacks are targeting Web browsers and the
client applications on the computer itself. And while a small business network
may not be as complicated as an enterprise network, they still have desktop and
mobile clients.
Because small businesses have fewer IT resources at their
disposal, they need solutions that provide comparable protection, at affordable
costs and requiring minimal administration. more info
March 28th, 2008
What are the advantages of VoIP for enterprises with PBxs?
What are the advantages of VoIP for enterprises
with PBxs?
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Traditional |
VoIP |
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Conference
Calls |
Special
equipment is required for more than three people |
Easily
conference large numbers |
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Mobility |
Very
difficult to set remote users up in systems if they are
local |
Easily
add remote users of any kind |
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Phones |
Can
only provide traditional phone services, albeit complex
ones |
Can
be programmed to provide internal and external apps of all
kinds |
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Efficiency |
Dedicated
voice lines provide known quality levels but no
flexibility |
More
efficient use of
network | more info
March 25th, 2008
Web 2.0 is a Security Nightmare for Many
CIOs
and IT managers are excited about leveraging Web 2.0 technologies—wikis, blogs,
content tagging, and social networks, for example—to drive collaboration,
improve knowledge management, and spur innovation. But Web 2.0 comes with a raft
of security vulnerabilities, and the fallout from data theft and network
compromises can be devastating.
Why is Web 2.0 so dangerous? Because it
opens corporate applications to user contributions via the Internet, and thatÂ’s
where hackers and thieves are waiting to launch their attacks.
Download
the complimentary white paper, “Web 2.0: Worth the Risk?” to learn how malware
can turn your Web 2.0 implementation into a liability, and about how hackers
exploit new threats to:
- Compromise individual PCs
- Compromise Web sites
- Steal data
- Gain control of Web-based management
consoles
- Misappropriate corporate data
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