AKIBIA'S PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
Entries with Label: Bill Malone
Recent Breaches Remind us to Focus on Security
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
As Wired notes, two major security breaches have been reported in the past month alone at large credit card processors putting millions of MasterCard and Visa cardholders at risk of having their information stolen. Today there is an increased level of criminal activity that takes place in the Cyber world. Identity theft and credit card theft are two of the most prevalent in addition to the phishing that occurs as criminals attempt to redirect consumers to non-legitimate sites posing as their bank or retailer.
Tightening Budgets and Their Impact on IT Security
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
In an earlier post I mentioned the recent credit card security breaches. I want to encourage businesses everywhere, not just retailers to take this news as a reminder of the importance of strong, well-managed security strategy and policy. The business community at large and not just retailers, online merchants and banks, need to ensure that their security infrastructure is sound. As I go out and speak with Medium and Large Enterprise customers, I often hear that IT budgets will remain flat or decrease due to the state of the economy. There are those that are increasing their IT spend however they seem to be in the minority. IT departments are struggling to prioritize their shrinking IT dollars across important projects.
Lax Web Site Security: The Site Owner’s Responsibility
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
SQL Injection vulnerabilities have been around for a long time and web site managers are or should be very familiar with them. A SQL Injection is the insertion of malicious code that can exploit a vulnerability in the database layer of a web application. A thorough explanation of SQL Injections can be found on Wikipedia.
Implement, educate and enforce strict Social Media usage policies – in that order
Thursday, August 06, 2009
For several years I have championed for organizations of all sizes and industries to review and update their IT security policies - while simultaneously imploring companies to implement policies when none exist. If the proliferation of compliance and regulatory requirements still has not convinced you to take IT policy and procedure seriously, then prepare for Web 2.0 to force it upon you!
Your Workers are Surfing While Snacking on a Big Mac - Time to Revisit Managing Your End-Point.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The availability of wireless networks has proliferated in our society to the point where even at your neighborhood McDonalds you can get online. 27 million people eat at one of McDonald’s 30,000 restaurants per day so chances are high someone on your team will connect in from McDonalds often. With this increased Wi-Fi availability, comes greater requirements for organizations to secure and protect the end-point.
You Inherited Your Cisco Infrastructure, But Do You Know Why You are Still Buying It?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
All too often companies say “we are a Cisco shop” in answer to discussing alternative solutions to core switching, routing, branch office switches and wireless networking. While Cisco is a good product and worthy of investment, why are so many companies not even considering alternatives at all?
