Bandwidth has undergone an update
to meet our goals of delivering relevant, high-quality articles
about challenges facing IT security professionals. In each edition,
we will highlight different partners, their solutions, and some
of the IT security issues they help address. A new feature is our
author profile that will provide some context and background information
on their view of IT security. In addition, we will provide articles
that highlight client technology successes, lessons learned, industry
leaders, or innovative approaches to addressing security challenges.
In this issue, we have two articles about security services that
can use some new attention - DNS and Authentication. Both articles
reexamine these services in the light of improving security and
availability by either leveraging a current technology investment
or providing a more consistent security environment via an upgraded
infrastructure.
Next, we have articles about the latest strategies to combat the
ever changing security issues for two of IT’s biggest administrative
burdens and security threats- spam and spyware. We also have an
article on endpoint security that explores how security investments
are failing to achieve their full promise because security policies
and technologies are not enforced at all times.
Finally, we have a case study about a challenging deployment of
Microsoft Active Directory that leveraged the extensibility of AD
to improve the cohesion and management of a financial services firm’s
IT infrastructure.
We invite your comments about the articles in our current edition
as well as input on what you would like highlighted in future editions.
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Mike Rothman, Vice President of Marketing,
CipherTrust
Rothman brings more than 14 years experience
in establishing, growing and managing organizations in the consulting,
research and software product markets. Prior to joining CipherTrust,
Rothman was VP, Marketing at TruSecure, a $45 million security products
and services company driven by world class security knowledge and
intelligence.
Chris King, Product Marketing Manager, Blue
Coat
King is a product marketing manager with
Blue Coat Systems. Prior to joining Blue Coat in June of 2004, Mr.
King spent over 8 years as an information technology analyst for
META Group. An internationally recognized expert on information
security, Mr. King has consulted with hundreds of large IT organizations,
spoken before a variety of audiences, and is often quoted in trade
and business press.
Cricket Liu, Vice President, Infoblox
Cricket Liu, Vice President Architecture,
is an authority on the Domain Name System and the co-author of all
of O’Reilly & Associates’ Nutshell Handbooks on
DNS, including the classic DNS and BIND. Cricket helps guide the
development of Infoblox’s product strategy and service offerings,
and serves as a liaison between Infoblox and the technical community.
He worked for Hewlett-Packard for nearly ten years, where he ran
hp.com, one of the largest corporate domains in the world, and helped
found HP’s Internet consulting business. Cricket later co-founded
his own Internet consulting and training company, Acme Byte &
Wire. After Network Solutions acquired Acme Byte & Wire, Cricket
became Director of DNS Product Management
Frederick Felman, Vice President of Marketing,
Zone Labs
Felman joined Zone Labs in 1999 as one
of the first Zone Labs employees. Mr. Felman has more than 18 years
experience in marketing software and services in both online and
traditional channels. During his time with Zone Labs, Mr. Felman
launched ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Plus and ZoneAlarm Pro, driving millions
of downloads and defined Zone Labs’ enterprise product -Zone
Labs Integrity. Prior to Zone Labs, as Director of Product Marketing
at Borland, he successfully launched dozens of products in both
domestic and international markets.
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