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Get Involved Now In Cloud Computing Discussions

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2008-07-24 10:55:19 by Stephanie Balaouras in Security & Risk Management
...outages, some companies will come to question whether they should pursue these new cloud-based services in the future. I agree with Nick Carr , whether youre a startup looking to rely on the cloud almost exclusively for computing power and storage capacity or youre a brick and mortar company who may want to use SaaS services for CRM or an...
 
Tags: service, online backup service, online, potential service provider, service provider, online storage offerings, online records management, online backup, potential service outages
 
 
 
 
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What those oceanic cable cuts mean to you

2008-02-07 00:00:00 by Johna Till Johnson in Network World on Security
 
...outages in the Mediterranean, which disrupted Internet connections to Europe and the Middle East. The outages have raised a host of questions about the vulnerability of the Internet and the action plans enterprises should have in place to protect themselves from the consequences. Here are some frequently asked questions - and the answers
 
Tags: internet connections, cable outages, outages, internet, action plans enterprises, network geeks, super bowl, middle east, presidential primaries
 
 
 
 
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8-day IT outage would cripple most companies

2008-01-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8962d84 in Network World on Security
 
A Gartner poll of information security and risk management professionals released Thursday shows that most business continuity plans could not withstand a regional disaster because they are built to overcome severe outages lasting only up to seven days
 
Tags: risk management professionals, overcome severe outages, business continuity plans, gartner poll, regional disaster, information security, days, thursday, withstand
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Power Networks

2008-01-22 14:24:55 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...outages. Which ones were hacker caused? Some details would be nice I'd like a little bit more information before I start panicking
 
Tags: power, power companies, companies, cia actively, power outages, cia, cia rumor, disrupt power equipment, attacks
 
 
 
 
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High Availability Security In Your Virtual Environment

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2008-03-12 21:41:15 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...outages? Many right If something goes down and the network team gets a call, they immediately point their finger at the Firewall. If a user can't access something on the network, its the Firewall. If something is running slow on the network, guess what Its the firewall And with Intrusion Prevention products, because they were very unstable...
 
Tags: virtual, physical, physical relay, physical network, virtual security products, security products, network, virtual network, virtual environment
 
 
 
 
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Zombie Computers Decried as Imminent National Threat

2008-04-09 20:25:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Legions of compromised Windows machines could be used to cause power outages and a U.S. financial crisis, according to security professionals and U.S. officials speaking at the RSA conference. Oh, botnet army ... is there anything you can't do
 
Tags: botnet army, financial crisis, security professionals, windows machines, rsa conference, power outages, officials, legions
 
 
 
 
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Did the Chinese PLA Attack the U.S. Power Grid?

2008-06-02 06:37:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...outages. Tim Bennett, the former president of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, a leading trade group, said that U.S. intelligence officials have told him that the PLA in 2003 gained access to a network that controlled electric power systems serving the northeastern United States. The intelligence officials said that forensic analysis had...
 
Tags: government, government officials, august 14th blackout, august, computer, officials, blackout, status computer, computer hackers
 
 
 
 
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Twittering away a good thing

2008-06-06 19:05:19 by HASH0x8b54960 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...outages. Until than it is just hemorrhaging users who get frustrated by it being unreachable and start looking for alternatives. Twitter's status as a communication medium makes downtime a killer. Think about how you feel if your cell carrier or blackberry is down or worse the cable TV or satellite dish, or ISP for that matter. There is no...
 
Tags: twitter, start, start ups life, sites, web sites, users, web servers, servers, home grown
 
 
 
 
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High Availability Security In Your Virtual Environment

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2008-03-12 21:41:15 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...outages? Many right If something goes down and the network team gets a call, they immediately point their finger at the Firewall. If a user can't access something on the network, its the Firewall. If something is running slow on the network, guess what Its the firewall And with Intrusion Prevention products, because they were very unstable...
 
Tags: virtual, physical, physical relay, physical network, virtual security products, security products, network, virtual network, virtual environment
 
 
 
 
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Disaster recovery paramount now that hurricane season is here