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Your Browser Wears No Clothes: Why Fully Patched Browsers Remain Vulnerable

As users of technology, it has been taught that the Internet is not always a safe place but that it can protect ourselves by patching and hardening systems. While patch management and system hardening have long been the basics for enterprise security, shifts in technology and attack patterns are changing...

Tags: Vulnerability, Information Systems Security Association, Social Engineering, Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Security

White papers 2009-02-01

Managing Badware and Policy Violation With Aanval and Bleeding Edge Threat Snort Rules

Badware, Instant Messaging IM, and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) apps, are prominent issues facing those with the task of securing enterprise computing environments. The risks are plentiful, including potential loss of confidential data, Trojans, and rootkits. The focus this month will detail the effort to manage those risks on ones network using...

Tags: Risk, Snort, P2P, Information Systems Security Association, Peer To Peer (P2P), Rootkits, Instant Messaging, Strategy, Security, Internet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Online Communications, Management

White papers 2007-03-01

Secure Data Deletion and Recovery

Achievement of reliable storage for data consumes a tremendous amount of time and energy. The problem of permanently deleting data is not as simple as it appears. This paper discusses the motivations for preventing data recovery; how data can be recovered; and how data can be deleted or destroyed in...

Tags: Recovery, Information Systems Security Association, Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Storage, Human Resources, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-01

Additional Resources

IT security defenses misdirected

In My Humble Experience...The biggest problem that I have, isn't viruses or phishing. Most people run at least basic AV protection on their machines. My problem is the users themselves.I run a pretty tight setup at the school where I work. Active directory with group policies, Symantec Endpoint Protection, a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, IT security, information technology, network, security, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?

Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...

Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-28

10 ways to secure the Apple iPhone

Guest post: TechRepublic's Michael Kassner highlights 10 ways to secure an iPhone. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. The Center for Internet Security CIS is well -known for developing security benchmarks for operating systems, applications, network devices, and now the Apple iPhone. I’ve read...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Step, Apple Inc., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model

The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines. The Conficker update comes a week after a heavily-hyped April 1st activation date and provides the first sign of the...

Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Conficker, Gostev, Waledac, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Reduce Account Sharing With Federated Single Sign-On

The attendee of this webcast will discover how Federated Single Sign-On can help to eliminate account sharing while delivering higher levels of service to the customers. A common problem for Software on Demand vendors is unauthorized user account sharing. According to research conducted by the Information Systems Security Association, 64%...

Tags: On-demand, Survey, Single Sign-on, Ping Identity, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Marketing Research, Marketing

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Apple plugs 21 Mac OS X security holes

Apple has released a peck of patches to cover at least 21 documented security vulnerabilities affecting Mac OS X users. With its eighth security update for 2008, the company shipped fixes for flaws that could lead to remote code execution and denial-of-service attacks .  The patch batch...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Update, Apple Inc., Issue, Arbitrary Code Execution, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-15

The 10 best IT certifications

Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog: IT pros tend to have strong opinions when debating the value of professional certification â€" and views become even more polarized when it comes down to a discussion of which certs are meaningful. TechRepublic's Erik Eckel put together a list of the accreditations...

Tags: Project Management, Security, Expertise, Certification, Skill, Exam, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., MCITP, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Certification, Project Management Professional Certification, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo email

Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo emailI bet he is praing for an Obama winin November, as that way he has a great change at receiving a pardon from him.If McCain wins, well five years in Guantanamo is not really [i]all[/i] that bad... ;)RE: Kernell indicted in break-in to...

Tags: Palin, Yahoo Email, Kernell, e-mail, break-in, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.

Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...

Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?

Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...

Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-30

To picture or not to picture

To picture or not to pictureIs it even legal?Do you have legal authorization to be taking file pictures of minors without parental consent?I would suspect that, at a minimum, a model release would be needed. The liability exposure is potentially enormous, so please consult your Legal Counsel.Answer? NOThe potential...

Tags: Web site development, Databases, liability exposure, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

Giant gas field found in the Appalachia

It's well known that the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia, which covers hundreds of square miles in five states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia), contains natural gas. But now, two U.S. researchers have discovered that the reserves are much bigger than previously thought. They estimate that...

Tags: U.S., Joint, Pennsylvania, Fracture, Natural Gas, Marcellus, J1, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-20

Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers

Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customersNice going...I should try telling these various credit card company morons that I "lost" their bills and then send them an offer to protect their good names. This idiotic country has become absolutely beholden to computer systems that barely work and employees that...

Tags: Social Security, Identity theft, Operational accounting, Credit Bureaus, issuer

Discussion threads 2008-01-19

New mapping tool can save lives

It is obvious that knowing the location and availability of resources such as hospitals, transportation equipment and water during an emergency situation can save lives. Researchers at Georgia Tech started in 2000 to develop a collaborative mapping tool named GTVC short for Geographic Tool for Visualization and Collaboration. Even if...

Tags: Asset, Software, Tool, GTVC Overview, Productivity, Transportation, Asset Management, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007

From planes to trains to phones to hotels, SOA played a key role in advancing many businesses in 2007. I culled several more working examples of where SOA made a difference over the past year from my SOA in Action Website over at ebizQ, which tracks SOA success stories. More...

Tags: Airline, British Telecommunications, SOA, EasyFIDS, Marriott, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-12-27

Hacking as a competitive edge in the Olympics

Until this morning I had no idea what my 500th blog post would be about. Should I once more rant about how security awareness training is not worth the cost of the posters?(post 184, Dangerous Meme) Do I need to point out one more time how Network Admission Control is,...

Tags: Olympic Games, Information Technology, Hacking, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-12-17

The governmental-communications complex: net neutrality now!

This isn't about technology George Ou ought to be in marketing: his impassioned apology for Comcast's intrusive "network management" see A rational debate on Comcast traffic management almost makes sense. By dragging the discussion down into the details of cable's technical inadequacies he glosses over the...

Tags: Telecommunications Company, Liberty, Net Neutrality, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-11-07