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Virtual Environment User Based Access Controls

2008-02-03 19:34:33 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...desktops like many have done with servers, they will be in for a bigger security challenge than in the virtual server space Why do I say this? Well, servers are not as interactive as desktops. Servers serve... They distribute information whereas Desktops request information. Desktops download bad things into the environment, servers get...
 
Tags: user, strict policy control, control, specific user, control user activity, access, access controls, user access, virtual desktop
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environment User Based Access Controls

2008-02-03 19:34:33 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...desktops like many have done with servers, they will be in for a bigger security challenge than in the virtual server space Why do I say this? Well, servers are not as interactive as desktops. Servers serve... They distribute information whereas Desktops request information. Desktops download bad things into the environment, servers get...
 
Tags: user, strict policy control, control, specific user, control user activity, access, access controls, user access, virtual desktop
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010

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2008-03-22 18:29:17 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...desktops without having to deploy host based solutions. The reason for this is because we have been constrained by the physical limitations of our hardware purchases from the likes of Cisco, Extreme and Foundry. Then for vendors that have thought about putting security in a switch there has always been the price per port debate. Also, many...
 
Tags: security concerns, application security concerns, virtual, concerns, server, virtual server, virtual appliances, security infrastructure due, lift
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010

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2008-03-22 18:29:17 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...desktops without having to deploy host based solutions. The reason for this is because we have been constrained by the physical limitations of our hardware purchases from the likes of Cisco, Extreme and Foundry. Then for vendors that have thought about putting security in a switch there has always been the price per port debate. Also, many...
 
Tags: security concerns, application security concerns, virtual, concerns, server, virtual server, virtual appliances, security infrastructure due, lift
 
 
 
 
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Auditing open source software

2007-10-08 16:13:00 by Panayiotis Mavrommatis in Google Online Security Blog
 
...desktops or even servers. The key parts of the code which demonstrate one of the bugs are as follows if (sp->cinfo.d.image width != segment width sp->cinfo.d.image height != segment height TIFFWarningExt(tif->tif clientdata, module Improper JPEG strip/tile size, expected %dx%d, got %dx%d Here, a TIFF file containing a JPEG image is being...
 
Tags: image, malicious image file, libtiff image, values, jpeg image, tiff header values, source, evil tiff file, evil
 
 
 
 
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My 2008 Security Predictions!

2008-01-09 15:42:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...desktops. Similarly, application vulnerabilities will beat platform ones. And targeted, commercially-driven attacks will overtake indiscriminate ones (another "no-brainer" that some try to sell as a prediction Both of the above will power further evolution of network and system security into data and broader information security ( it will be...
 
Tags: security, security predictions, broader information security, information security, smb security, virtual security appliances, security market, security solutions, security software
 
 
 
 
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Data breaches probed at Blue Cross, Georgetown

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b34e70 in Network World on Security
 
Companies are paying a lot of attention to securing their networks against malicious attackers and other threats, but some still lag in implementing similar measures for protecting data on desktops, laptops and portable storage devices
 
Tags: portable storage devices, malicious attackers, similar measures, data, laptops, lot, attention, lag, companies
 
 
 
 
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NIST lists Vista, XP security tools for feds

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
NIST has posted a list of tools that conform to new SCAP rules for protecting Microsoft Vista and XP desktops at federal agencies
 
Tags: federal agencies, tools, microsoft vista, nist, scap rules, conform, list, desktops
 
 
 
 
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Does your patch management program include IP Phones?

2008-02-14 08:27:10 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Many organizations have good patch management processes in place to protect desktops, laptops, and servers. However, IP phones often fall through the proverbial cracks when assessing critical patches. For organizations in which IP phones are becoming commonplace, this is an oversight that put the data and other resources at high risk
 
Tags: phones, patch management processes, proverbial cracks, critical patches, organizations, protect desktops, resources, laptops, data