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Can You Believe It? With the Financial Markets in Turmoil, the Hosting Industry Continues to Thrive!

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2008-09-18 15:00:18 by David Link in ScienceLogic
...Supply is growing more slowly in the past 18 months as the credit crunch has hurt the ability of providers to expand ( it is very hard to get mortgages, loans only on new datacenter projects). Expansion build-out of existing shells is occurring, but very little on spec Demand Growth of 15% in 2008. (Steady and increasing in the out years)...
 
Tags: fast, demand steady, demand, incredibly fast growth, growth, drive demand, drive, internet traffic growth, industry
 
 
 
 
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Risky by association

2007-12-26 16:14:25 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
...supply chain management this is not an epiphany Still, the company is taking steps to demonstrate its ongoing commitment with a new quality checking system and a responsibility organization to oversee product quality, labor standards, and sustainability...moves that CEO Robert Eckert calls evolutionary, not revolutionary But the lesson is a...
 
Tags: responsibility, responsibility organization, oversee product quality, information security issues, security, quality, supply chain partners, social responsibility, epiphany
 
 
 
 
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Over 80 percent of Storm Worm Spam Sent by Pharmaceutical Spam Kings

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2008-07-29 03:29:54 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...supply of malware infected allowed botnet masters more opportunities to "sacrifice" the clean IP reputation and engage in several malicious activities simultaneously - today's underground multitasking improving the monetization of what used to be commodity goods and services Today, a botnet will not only be sending out phishing emails ,...
 
Tags: storm worm, storm worm malware, storm, hardcore storm worm-ers, storm worm-ers, malware, botnet, botnet masters, botnet spam
 
 
 
 
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Are fund managers really overcompensated?

2006-08-11 07:55:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...supply and demand. As more and more fund managers are needed, it becomes more difficult to get really good managers. The lack of supply raises the price for talents. The lack of supply also forces some funds to employ sub-standard managers (whether intentional or not) which results into Mr. Biggs observation of so little value added Some...
 
Tags: hedge funds cfa, hedge funds, managers, funds, hedge fund fees, forces, hedge fund, competition forces fees, fees
 
 
 
 
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Supporting Complex Passwords

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...supply short, simple passwords, not randomly generated, strong passwords created by a tool. Or long pass phrases. But this is especially egregious since it encourages people to reduce the strength of the password that controls access to many different Microsoft properties I didn't have time to try to figure out exactly what this dialog is...
 
Tags: passwords, complex passwords, complex, passwords hit, password temporarily, temporarily, password, strong passwords, password minder
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen in Royal Bolton Hospital break-in

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2007-12-19 15:24:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...supply It is the common unique identifier that makes it possible to share patient information across the whole of the NHS safely, efficiently and accurately. The NHS Number is now more important than ever. Currently, patient information is stored in a number of places and a variety of ways - including paper, computer and film. By 2010, every...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, royal bolton hospital, hospital, sensitive personal information, bolton, information, information security, share patient information
 
 
 
 
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Hacking tool guidance finally appears

2007-12-31 17:50:32 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...supply or offer to supply, believing that it is likely to be used to commit, or to assist in the commission of [a Computer Misuse Act s1/s3 offence]" and so we need to know what "believing that it is likely" might mean. Whilst the law was going through Parliament the Home Office suggested that likely would be a 50% test, and they promised to...
 
Tags: bad, bad people download, cma offence, offence, bad guys, guys, offence stage, tool, article widely
 
 
 
 
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Medical records - the new frontier in data theft?

2008-06-23 13:02:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...supply and demand and the good old laws of economics are catching up to data breaches as well. Seems like medical records is the new black - more criminals are focusing on getting access to this rather than boring credit card numbers, bank accounts etc There is a related scary part to this story - (other than the fact that medical records...
 
Tags: data, medical records, data breaches, sensitive data, credit card, valuable data, bank account information, prices, active threat
 
 
 
 
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Security Certification Rules Could Shake Up IT Mgmt

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2008-06-26 12:33:17 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...supply and demand curve even more out of balance, he said Datesman agreed, saying it probably would take years for the supply of certified workers to catch up with demand. A CISSP certification requires five years experience. You dont mint them out of college, he said OK, this is where this trolley leaves the track. I have met CISSP certified...
 
Tags: cissp cert, cissp, cissp certification requires, requires, market, security manpower market, giant monkey wrench, dod requirement, establish minimum requirements