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Achieving NERC Cyber Security Standards Compliance with Lumension(r) Solutions

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation NERC is a non-profit corporation chartered to ensure that the bulk electric system in North America is reliable, adequate and secure. NERC CIP standards and guidelines apply to all Responsible Entities REs within the bulk-power system, including investor-owned utilities, most generation and transmission (G&T)...

Tags: Solutions Inc., Lumension Security Inc., Responsible Entity, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Quality, Security, Data Management, Business Operations

White papers 2009-06-01

Additional Resources

MI5, an ISP lawsuit and an e-petition: More opposition to piracy cut-off plans

new world order is comingeveryone should boycott any measure imposed by the goverment.there is no piracy - information is free by it's definition.there is only total control over usersSee what can happenwhen one entity the government controls both the regulation and delivery of anything, be it the internet in...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, piracy, world order

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'

Commonsense! Please get rid of MS Office!Please do NOT copy anything MS Office has leavethis lethargic conglomeration of software vendorsMS purchased and created the 2G office suitethat is full of security holes.I hope they go their own route and NO one needsa office suite that cost $400+$700 for a companyseat...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting

Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...

Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Let me say it again: Stop sharing music!

They're being bankrupted because they choose......to be bankrupted. I believe both defendants are being offered manageable settlements to this day. Only their "principles" prevent them from doing so.When you don't like the price......of a product, that doesn't give you the right to steal it. Gee, I want a Ferrari...

Tags: Ferrari, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, proactive stance

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Was 4chan block about censorship, security or net neutrality?

Was 4chan block about censorship, security or net neutrality?tens of thousands of DoS attacks are blocked every dayDana, you need to get your facts straight. DailyKos isn't exactly an authority figure on this and he even admitted to jumping the gun on the story like so many other people.The...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, Cyberthreats, Net Neutrality, security, censorship

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

IT Security: Context is King

One of the big blockers for enterprise collaboration uptake is ediscovery and compliance - and depending on the business entity the familiarity, processes and confidence in dealing with legal issues. This is a broad topic, but you can simplify it down into two broad camps: companies that are set up...

Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Strategy, Security, Internet, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Rumors

I do my best to keep my ear to the ground to learn what's happening in the market. I'm sure that position has lead to my need for chiropractic therapy from time to time.  Most of the time, I ignore the rumors if I can't find multiple sources to support...

Tags: Venture, Rumor, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Channel Management, Virtualization, Marketing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Microsoft to issue bonds: Will it go shopping?

Microsoft to issue bonds: Will it go shopping?more likelyM$ has run out of cash and is going belly up.Ballmer is just trying to prolong the life of the beast before this new Enron will be exposed.It is to pay for this.http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137267/eu-software-makers-responsible-codeSoftware finally to be held accountable. This will be costly...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, NoAxe, Microsoft Corp., Linux, bond, General Motors Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

What does open source community mean?

What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source CultureTalk about B & GThe Balkanization and Gerrymandering organizational style of UNIX is the number 1 reason why UNIX never took off like Windoze did. Here's some examples:I worked at FORD on the UNIX server development team. We were responsible for developing...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, Unix, standards

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

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

Why engage in open source FUD?

Why engage in open source FUD?WellWell with a screwed up patent system like you got in the USA where you can patent software code, you are bound to have problems.What FUD needs is a schoolto educate the public, in:What FUD isWho uses FUD past and presentHow to use FUDWho is/are/were...

Tags: FUD, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

What really happened to the candidates' computers?

Now that two weeks have passed since the end of the presidential campaigns, it is worthwhile to take a look at what I think should have one of the biggest cybercrime stories of the year. As Ryan blogged the day after the election, both the McCain and the Obama...

Tags: BusinessWeek, Computer, Attack, Government, E-mail, Vertical Industries, Security, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Consumer Watchdog overreacts about Gmail

ConsumerWatchdog.org isn't too impressed with the way Gmail works -- they are convinced that Google isn't respecting the privacy of their users. Click here to watch the video Some things mentioned in the video may be concerning to some people, but everything mentioned can...

Tags: Message, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Consumer Watchdog, ConsumerWatchdog, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Security, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Back up your online data. Now.

Back up your online data. Now.BackUp strategyI would trust a paid provider before I would trust my critical data to my own external device even if it was "backed up daily to a USB drive." I had an external USB drive stolen last month. (I don't keep my backup drive...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Notebooks, online data, Back-up

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Catawba County Implements New Financial System for Mental Health Partners in Just Three Months

Catawba County wanted to establish Mental Health Partners of Catawba county - a local management entity responsible for ensuring that the county has an adequate provider network. The challenge was to establish financial books - independent from the county - for Mental Health Partners and include data for a new...

Tags: Human Resources, County, Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2008-11-01

KY judge gives gambling sites 30 days to block users

KY judge gives gambling sites 30 days to block usersI doubt this will stand a Supreme court...challenge. This is no less than stealing by the court. It is not the duty of individual site owners to block specific users from their site.I can't see where a state court could have...

Tags: INTERNET, Web site development, Web technology, sites 30-day

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

Let there be light: dissigno spurs off-the-grid development

This is one of those posts that I should have written many, many weeks ago because the green technology that's involved is of a type that will have an impact on much, much more than simply a corporate IT environment. Since I'm in a do-gooder mood this evening, this is...

Tags: Green Technology, Lamp, Vertical Industries, Free Trade, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-22