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- Citrix Netscaler 9 - AppExpertTemplates simplify deployment
- Citrix recently lauched NetScaler 9, an application virtualization and delivery tool. The primary enhancement was the addition of sophisticated templates making deployment of applications via NetScaler dramatically simpler. Citrix describes the enhancements in the following way: NetScaler 9 introduces AppExpert Templates that capture hundreds of deployment...
- Tags: NetScaler, Citrix Systems Inc., NetScaler AppExpert Templates, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...
- Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- With 256-bit encryption, Acrobat 9 passwords still easy to crack
- Following ElcomSoft's claim that despite the 256-bit encryption Acrobat 9 passwords are susceptible to more efficient brute forcing than Acrobat 8 passwords -- a claim that Adobe confirmed citing usability trade-offs and urged users to take advantage of its improved passphrase mechanisms -- ElcomSoft's Dmitry Sklyarov and Vladimir Katalov provide...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Adobe Acrobat, Encryption, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- WebAlive: A Virtual World that Means Business
- The campus with its tapered lawns, water fountains, and post-modern styled buildings, were typical of any professional campus. Only this wasn't just any campus. It was Nortel's virtual online campus in WebAlive, its new virtual world service. I was just given...
- Tags: Virtual World, Nortel Networks Corp., WebAlive, Altadyn, LDAP Integration, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Metatomix seeks to bridge divide between structured and unstructured information
- Recently I spoke with Howard Greenblatt, CTO of Semantic Technology company Metatomix. Headquartered in the north-eastern US State of Massachusetts, Metatomix provides a 'Semantic Platform' that; "intelligently connects all of your data in real-time and makes it available to any application, providing a 360° picture...
- Tags: Metatomix Inc., Analysis, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Secunia: Less than 2% of Windows PCs fully patched
- It's long been established that the unpatched state of the Windows monoculture is the reason we are facing a malware epidemic. Yet, the latest vulnerability patching statistics from Secunia's PSI Personal Software Inspector is a major eye-opener for everyone tracking the security of the Windows ecosystem. According...
- Tags: Program, PC, Malware, Windows PC, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- IPv6: What you need to know
- Converting to IPv6 is a major undertaking -- which may be why there aren't more network administrators excited about it. But like it or not, it's headed your way. In this collection of articles, Michael Kassner addresses real-world issues like why IPv6 is needed, what improvements it offers, what security...
- Tags: IPv6, Network Administrator, Michael Kassner, Networking, Telecommunications
- Download resources 2008-12-04
- IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENTIDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
- This CA whitepaper explores how a comprehensive identity and access management solution can help reduce security risk and achieve easier compliance
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Access Management, Computer Associates International Inc., Identity
- White papers 2008-12-04
- 5 Keys to a Successful Identity and Access Management Implementation
- Identity and Access Management IAM is a core element of any sound security program. But IAM is also difficult to implement because it touches virtually every end user and numerous business processes. This whitepaper from CA reveals five best practices for successful IAM implementation ...
- Tags: Access Management, Computer Associates International Inc., Identity
- White papers 2008-12-04
- Let's be smart about patching databases
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Slavik Markovich Every quarter, around the time of the Oracle Critical Patch Update CPU or the Microsoft "Patch Tuesday," rituals take place – some behind closed doors, others in the media. Web sites report of the...
- Tags: Risk, Oracle Corp., Patch Management, Storage, Strategy, Databases, Security, Hardware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption
- Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Drexel students hijack online poll, get underwear
- A few weeks ago I saw that students at my alma mater organized a small botnet to push Drexel to the front of the queue for Victoria's Secret's line of university branded underwear. It took a brief remark from a blog I frequent to make me realize that there...
- Tags: Poll, Security, Viruses And Worms, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...
- Tags: Operating systems, PC, insecure program, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows PC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domains
- Following ICANN's notice of termination sent to cybercrime-friendly domain registrar EstDomains in October, on the 24th of November the termination became a reality and EstDomains is no more. Despite the public concerns of who will take the 280,000 domains, and that includes the cybercrime facilitating ones, Directi's ResellerClub is new...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, EstDomains, Directi, Security Community, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes Mac antivirus language from site
- Apple removes Mac antivirus language from siteProbably Windows"Previously, the company’s security message in its KnowledgeBase was as follows: “Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.” "I think they...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
- Apple removes anti-virus recommendationBottom Line:Way to go-perpetuate the notion that Macs are "immune" to malware. Do you even bother to read what you write?What acctually happened was..Some user came upon it - sent a nasty email about how he was sold on a Mac because of the 'inability to be...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, antivirus, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Nuclear technology to beat world hunger?
- The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA is known for its inspections of nuclear facilities around the world. But it's quite surprising to learn that the IAEA is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO to apply nuclear science to food security. 'IAEA scientists use radiation...
- Tags: Food, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mutation Induction, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
- On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult....
- Tags: Software, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Virus, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes Mac antivirus language from site
- Eagle-eyed Elinor Mills, reporter at sister site CNET, has the scoop that Apple has removed the 2007 item from its support site late last night that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities. Now, the company says the Mac is safe "out of the box."(What say...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
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