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Whats driving the MSSP craze - critical, but non-core functions are fair game for outsourcing

2008-06-13 03:29:37 by HASH0x8bb419c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...critical lessons I learned at Interliant was that people will not outsource everything. You can break down what most any organization does into three categories. There are non-critical, non-core activities, critical, but non-core activities and core and critical activities. A company is never going to outsource core, critical activities....
 
Tags: critical, non-core, core, critical activities, non-core activities, activities, security, mssp, outsource core
 
 
 
 
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A Critical Time for Critical Infrastructure: Some Utilities Step Up

2008-03-17 18:07:36 by Posted By: Earl Perkins, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...critical" in "critical infrastructure." In North America, bulk electric systems now have compliance goals in the form of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) rules to improve the reliability of their systems. Ironically, this comes at a time when many of those same electric utilities are in the process of evaluating, engineering and...
 
Tags: critical infrastructure, critical, critical infrastructure protection, ami security requirements, ami security, critical infrastructure services, ami, infrastructure, ami-sec
 
 
 
 
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Plan Ahead in Case Critical Employees Quit

2008-08-05 13:59:45 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...critical since many admins have access to critical information about the company. Sometimes it makes sense to escort them directly off premises, instead of keeping them around But it is sometimes desirable to transition the employee out of the organization as quickly as possible. For example, you would not want a lame-duck network engineer to...
 
Tags: critical, network, lame-duck network engineer, critical information, admins, computer access, critical admins, access, premises
 
 
 
 
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Compliance is critical

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2008-07-15 15:25:12 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...CRITICAL Now, those of you who know me are probably picking your jaws up off the floor and asking whether Ive suffered a stroke, have started drinking heavily, or have a gun pressed to my temple by a regulator or someone from the PCI lobby. Nope. I still have my full mental facilities (such as they are), and I make the statement without...
 
Tags: organizations risk exposure, risk exposure, risk, affects risk, compliance, ability, organizations ability, organizations, partys risk posture
 
 
 
 
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Microsofts Patch Fix Critical Vulnerabilities In IE And Office

2008-08-13 12:26:27 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...critical patches and five patches described as important, addressing a total of 26 vulnerabilities. All six critical updates address code injection risks involving Access, Excel, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. Full bulletin can be found here. Heres the brief summary of critical flaws: CVE-2008-2254, CVE-2008-2255, CVE-2008-2256,...
 
Tags: critical, critical patches, patches, microsoft, patches fix, critical flaws, microsoft office, internet explorer, vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft ships six critical patches, but two lesser vulnerabilities could be killers

2008-02-12 00:00:00 by John Fontana in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft Tuesday released 11 security patches, six with the highest rating of "critical" that span Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer, but some say it is a combination of two non-critical vulnerabilities that should catch the eye of corporate IT
 
Tags: critical, non-critical vulnerabilities, microsoft tuesday, span windows, security patches, internet explorer, combination, office, eye
 
 
 
 
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Critical thinking

2008-04-21 14:42:28 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...critical thinking skills . This, of course, flies in the face of prescriptive standards and best practices that try to portray the risk landscape as black and white (well-structured) when its clearly shades of grey (open-ended). To be fair, non-prescriptive standards and best practices play an important role as directional references...
 
Tags: single correct answer, critical, correct answer, solution, single, cost-effective solution, standards, yellow traffic signal, account
 
 
 
 
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MS preps critical Vista patch

2008-01-04 16:17:32 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Microsoft plans to issue two security patches next Tuesday, one of which earns the dreaded rating of critical, in this year's first edition of its regular Patch Tuesday update cycle
 
Tags: tuesday, regular patch tuesday, security patches, microsoft plans, critical, issue, edition, earns, cycle
 
 
 
 
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Oracle to ship critical security patches next week

2008-01-10 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Oracle plans to fix dozens of flaws in its software products next Tuesday, including critical bugs in the company's database, e-business suite and application server
 
Tags: critical bugs, application server, software products, oracle plans, e-business suite, fix dozens, flaws, tuesday, database
 
 
 
 
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Oracle fixes critical flaws in quarterly update

2008-01-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b73284 in Network World on Security<