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Innovators, Imitators and Idiots

2008-10-07 08:32:33 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...leverage. We just lost sight of risk and leverage of what was appropriate Warren Buffett Yeah. Again, because it pays off for a while. You know, you can lose leverage, and it's the only way a smart guy can go broke. If you owe money, you can't pay them out. You just pay for everything, you do smart things, you eventually get very rich. If you...
 
Tags: risk, oeprational risk, risk events, risk-reward balance, wise people, people, buffett raises, buffett, blind risk acceptance
 
 
 
 
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Netflow visibility inside Virtual Environments

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2008-04-22 18:07:24 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...leverage existing solutions already deployed in their physical environments Up until recently there has been no elegant way to export Netflow records from virtual environments such as VMWare and as a result companies have had consider purchasing new visibility tools that would often antiquate their existing physical solutions. This is due to...
 
Tags: virtual network communication, communication, virtual network, virtual environment communication, netflow, network communication, visibility, network, enable network visibility
 
 
 
 
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Netflow visibility inside Virtual Environments

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2008-04-22 18:07:24 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...leverage existing solutions already deployed in their physical environments Up until recently there has been no elegant way to export Netflow records from virtual environments such as VMWare and as a result companies have had consider purchasing new visibility tools that would often antiquate their existing physical solutions. This is due to...
 
Tags: virtual network communication, communication, virtual network, virtual environment communication, netflow, network communication, visibility, network, enable network visibility
 
 
 
 
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Product Vendor's sloppiness vs. Hacker's intelligence

2007-01-08 07:01:06 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...leverage for a vendor over a hacker. With this leverage and resources at a vendor's disposal, a vendor can do a lot more to prevent vulnerabilities in the shipped products than what is being currently done If a hacker finds a vulnerability in a product. I am more inclined to point finger at the vendor's sloppiness than heaping encomiums about...
 
Tags: vendor, hacker, product, product vendors, resources, functional design, information asymmetry, valuable resources, product offerings
 
 
 
 
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Inflecting end-user awareness

2006-12-03 20:27:35 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...Leverage your existing marketing communications (and other cross functional departments) to run the program 6. Monitor compliance across various business units, show them them the comparative chart - this will create a healthy competition 7. Keep the program up to date, revise the program based on the feedback Design the program with the...
 
Tags: program, end-user awareness program, program based, segment program, informative handout, handout, security awareness initiative, business units, behavioral change
 
 
 
 
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What is 802.1X? Here's a Technology Primer for You

2008-04-02 03:10:42 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...leverages (or can leverage) your existing infrastructure. If your switches are 802.1X-capable, then theyre ready to go. How do they know that user trying to connect is legitimate? Your 802.1X switches are talking to your RADIUS server, and your RADIUS server is talking to your Directory (AD, eDirectory, or other LDAP). All stuff you probably...
 
Tags: edge port, edge, edge ports, network access control, network access, wireless standard, standard, standard network traffic, network
 
 
 
 
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A Vocabulary of Confusion

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2008-04-16 08:48:20 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
...leverage the excellentprior artover the past 30 years Why not leverage thedeep (very complex) event processing knowledge, well documented andsolving some of thechallengingCEP/EPproblems we face today, by some of the top minds in the world Why notbuild uponthe knowledge of a maturepre-existing CEPcommunity (a community that does not call...
 
Tags: event, successful operational event, reference architecture, intelligent event, reference, functional, functional event, complex event, complex
 
 
 
 
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Top 5: Why Customers Consider NAC

2008-05-31 22:10:33 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...leverage 3rd party security devices within NAC. The IF-MAP is a great example and well be seeing more Im sure 5: Dynamic VLAN Assignment Lastly, but not least, I hear a lot of customers that are looking for a good way to dynamically provision attributes, such as VLAN assignment and QoS to users or devices. It makes switch configuration and...
 
Tags: nac, solution, 3rd party solution, nac solution, bat nac carries, nac center, vendors nac solutions, offer, offer guest access
 
 
 
 
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IT Vendor VAR Relationships 101

2008-05-31 20:52:07 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...leverage, but the Customer really should not be involved in any way in these transactions. Sometimes Distis offer an additional discount to a specific product line or type. Other times the Distis may be offering a volume discount or bundles. Sometimes the incentives are for the Reseller, and some times theyre designed to pass through to the...
 
Tags: manufacturer, manufacturer directly, manufacturer partners, specific, specific product line, manufacturer sales rep, reseller, manufacturer relationship, resellers relationship