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- Labor Finders Gets Enterprise-Style Security at SMB Prices
- Growing from a single office to 35 offices in a relatively short period of time presents special challenges, Labor Finders had legitimate concerns about competitors and others attempting to cause denial-of-service attacks. The customer database as well as employee database also required special treatment, since this information would be very...
- Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, VPNs, Storage, Databases, Networking, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-03-31
- Secure Computing Case Study: Frontier Airlines
- Frontier Airlines had to make sure that their security infrastructure was capable of handling the company's rapidly growing demands. To accommodate their growth, they wanted to provide IT with easier management tools, and provide network users with more reliability, Frontier undertook a complete overhaul of their network architecture. Central to...
- Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Network, Security, Networking
- Case studies 2008-03-28
- Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes
- Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixesAnd How Many Bugs Will It Create?Start the counting folks.You Forgot Two1 Uninstalls Windows Vista1 Reinstalls Windows XP ProfessionalAre you sure you have the real SP1??SJVN thinks MS is lying to you! http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Vista/Vista-SP1-RTMs-and-Lies/The RTM bits are not the real RTM bits!Seriously though; Thanks...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SJVN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Pragma Systems: Using SSH for PCI Compliance
- The objective of this paper is to examine the federal and industry regulatory environment and to analyze the benefits of utilizing Secure Shell SSH in achieving PCI compliance. In addition, to review the role Pragma Systems, Inc. and its FortressSSH product can play in a robust, secure computing environment. In...
- Tags: Payment, SSH, Pragma Systems, PCI, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Finance
- White papers 2008-01-18
- RingCube - taking your mojo with you
- I had an entertaining conversation about MojoPac with Ron DiBiase, VP of Sales and Business Development for RingCube, a short while ago. When I was first approached, I was puzzled by their use of the term "desktop virtualization" because it is not at all clear what layer or layers of...
- Tags: Desktop, RingCube, MojoPac Enterprise Suite, MojoStation, MojoDrive, MojoNet, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Virtual labs and education
- Yesterday, I asked for people to share their thoughts via a guest blog on virtualization in Ed Tech. Guest blogger Erik Josowitz provided us with the following (thanks, Erik). Feel free to talk back or submit your own guest blog with some specific experiences or implementation details...Chris Dawson...
- Tags: Education, Software, Environment, Lab Environment, Lab Management, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, ejosowitz@surgient.com
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- SANS Institute paints gloomy security picture
- SANS Institute paints gloomy security pictureMy suggestion - shut down the internetIs there anyone willing to do that ? Well, I didin't think so. So stop whining, and take care of your turf. Accept that we're not at a point where we have a world police, but we are at...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Spyware, adware & malware, Deodorant, gloomy security, security picture, Internet, rich content, SANS Institute, security, village, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- Secure Computing Case Study: Niagara Corporation
- Niagara Corporation is one of the world's foremost producers of high-quality specialty and commodity steel bars. The company wanted to improve security and reduce costs by replacing outdated firewalls, improving remote access, connecting the US and UK and reducing the dependence on UK leases lines. As they preferred a Linux-based,...
- Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Remote Access, Linux, Firewalls, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Networking
- Case studies 2007-11-07
- Build an 8 PS3 supercomputer
- Build an 8 PS3 supercomputerConsumerisation=toys not computing"On StorageMojo I’ve often addressed the consumerization of IT. The PS3 represents the consumerization of supercomputing. That will benefit us all."I'd change the last sentance to "That COULD benefit us all."But will it? Reading through a few channel 9 blogs a couple of days...
- Tags: supercomputer, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 2
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- Secure Computing Case Study: Concord Publishing House
- Concord Publishing House is a publishing company that owns multiple newspapers and various other publications, boasting an approximate circulation of 44,000 subscribers. With more than 200 employees working in multiple locations, including home offices, Concord Publishing needed to ensure that its employees have unrestricted access to many different sites, including...
- Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Concord Publishing House, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- More facts and less hysteria on Vista, please!
- In the latest round of hysteria to be written about Windows Vista, Don Reisinger regurgitates the usual hysteria about Windows Vista mixed in with a pinch of facts here and there. Don spouts off the usual nonsense about sales, UAC, and even DRM. Despite the fact that bashing Vista is quite...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Don Reisinger, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Hacking tools go mainstream
- Hacking isn't what it used to be. These days, you don't have to be a evil genius geekboy to come up with ways to break into systems; hacking tools are offered for sale for those who want hacking made easy, the BBC reports. "They are starting to...
- Tags: Hacking, Hacking Tool, Software Business, MPack, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Hackers sneak into DOT, contractor systems with fake job ads
- Hackers sneak into DOT, contractor systems with fake job adsSurprised they are surprisedAnti-X (malware, virus, etc) are only as good, at best as the delay to add new signatures, and in general are only partially effective. Anyone relying on a single anti-x is in for a surprise if they...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, contractor system, job ad, job
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Securing the PC
- Securing the PCUselessPretty much a useless article and a waste of timeIn other words start over...Not a bad idea but good luck... Might as well go all the way and architect the whole thing from the ground up.hardware redesignThe problem is that we're fighting software with software. We're...
- Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, PC, software
- Discussion threads 2007-07-16
- Securing the PC
- An interesting report by Robert Lemos on Security Focus last week got me thinking about the money and effort going into what the PC people think of as "security."What the report was nominally about was the difficulty PC defenders have in shutting down bot-net attacks where control moves across...
- Tags: Government, Enterprise Policy
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Spammers phish for iPhone fans
- Spammers phish for iPhone fansSeems to be mostly an IE problem. Firefox is fine.According to Secure Computing... "Secure Computing has discovered a website that is attempting to exploit over 10 Active X vulnerabilities in its efforts to install a malicious payload including the MSODataSourceControl vulnerability that Secure Computing warned...
- Tags: Web browsers, Spam, Social Security, Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox, e-mail, iPhonetic Giveaway, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- Microsoft insults our intelligence on Virtualization security
- With the announcement that Microsoft will not ease up on its EULA End User License Agreement terms for virtualizing lower-tiered versions of Windows Vista, Microsoft has once again pulled out the security argument for its decision again and I must say that I find it rather insulting. It's not that...
- Tags: Microsoft, Intel, Hardware, Desktop, AMD, Vista, Virtualization, Security, News
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Enterprise Gateway Security: A Necessity for any company on the Internet
- This paper examines the current challenges faced by security practitioners, as well as the requirements for comprehensive security across the enterprise gateway. Read about how Secure Computing Corporation is addressing these issues across the vulnerable areas of the enterprise network: the Web, Messaging, and Network Gateways, and Identity and Access...
- Tags: Secure Computing Corp., Gateway Inc., Internet, Security
- White papers 2007-06-15
- Apple plugs three Safari for Windows holes
- Apple plugs three Safari for Windows holesI admit…my initial thoughts on the Safari Beta was, "Apple what are you doing?" But such a quick response to the issues with this update, I think, is commendable. This thing is a Beta but Apple realizes what is at stake in terms of...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, exe, Safari Beta, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Windows hole, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-06-14
- Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for security
- Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for securityThe huge selling point is fast VMsWhile I admit that BootCamp isn't a huge selling point, VM software like Parallels is. I have been a build it myself Windows PC user for years, but have always wanted to...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Mac-user, virus, security, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
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