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Mainframes playing catch up: Open source advantages surpass traditional programming

2008-05-13 12:58:19 by Wayne Kernochan in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
IBM's z10 has arrived, but the company has not provided much support for open-source application use. With the rise in sophistication of open-source programs, this important part of the IT landscape is being missed. Open source development is often more cost-effective than traditional programming, and the programs are up-to-date and often more...
 
Tags: open-source programs, programs, open-source application, source development, traditional, support, cost-effective, ibm, z10
 
 
 
 
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Hidden endpoints: Mitigating the threat of non-traditional network devices

2008-07-03 15:40:22 by Mark S. Kadrich in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Organizations have many safeguards in place for network-enabled devices like PCs and servers, but few realize the threat posed by non-traditional devices like printers, physical access devices and even vending machines. Endpoint security expert Mark Kadrich offers up some worst-case scenarios and explains how these and other endpoints can be...
 
Tags: devices, physical access devices, non-traditional devices, worst-case scenarios, endpoints, threat posed, safeguards, explains, printers
 
 
 
 
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Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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2008-02-06 06:44:05 by HASH0x8bc5b54 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...traditional Republican argument of being strong in foreign policy and probably a bit less involved in economic matters. Finally, you have Mitt Romney who represents, to me anyway, the traditional Republican big business view. So who wins this fight for what it means to be a Republican. Are the Republicans a party of the religious right who...
 
Tags: vote republican, vote, republican, republican presidential majority, traditional republican argument, traditional republican, super tuesday, vote primarily, party
 
 
 
 
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Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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2008-02-06 00:59:36 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...traditional Republican argument of being strong in foreign policy and probably a bit less involved in economic matters. Finally, you have Mitt Romney who represents, to me anyway, the traditional Republican big business view. So who wins this fight for what it means to be a Republican. Are the Republicans a party of the religious right who...
 
Tags: vote republican, vote, republican, republican presidential majority, traditional republican argument, traditional republican, super tuesday, vote primarily, party
 
 
 
 
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Are current vulnerability and compliance testing tools like answering the phone at 3am?

2008-05-19 23:16:18 by HASH0x8af1430 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...traditional vulnerability management solutions have been heading. Whether adding a separate compliance module or audit and local check capability, most of the traditional vulnerability scanning solutions offer some coverage in this area. However, in speaking to this potential customer and in thinking about their needs, an inherent problem...
 
Tags: compliance, configuration compliance, compliance status, status, prime time hours, time, network, detect devices, devices
 
 
 
 
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Identity Framework Probable Feature List

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2007-12-16 06:42:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...traditional ASP.NET authentiation pipeline According to Vittorio, this "automates a lot of the validation work in the framework". It's called FederatedAuthenticationModule, which gives a hint as to its function. It probably sets up HttpContext.User like a traditional authn module would. It's probably not specific to building an STS (remember...
 
Tags: informationcard login control, login control, information card serializer, information, control, user authentication methods, user, custom sts, card
 
 
 
 
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The C-I-A Triad weighed and found wanting

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2007-04-12 04:54:18 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...traditional C-I-A triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) are being challenged and supplanted by a more inclusive model known as the Parkerian Hexad [1]. The Parkerian Hexad augments the traditional C-I-A triad by adding three elements. The result is a set of security principles comprised of six elements The six principles of...
 
Tags: information security, information, parkerian hexad, parkerian hexad model, control information, principles, security principles, personal health information, parkerian hexad augments
 
 
 
 
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Defining Risk Management

2008-02-05 18:52:39 by Posted By: Paul Proctor, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...traditional roles and responsibilities such as security, business continuity, privacy and many operations functions. In some cases, this is nothing more than a title change with no fundamental shift in methodology. This proliferation has led organizations to struggle at the top with clearly defining what enterprise risk management (ERM) means...
 
Tags: risk management, risk, enterprise risk management, led organizations, led, organizations, risk measurement, traditional, traditional operational roles
 
 
 
 
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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 05:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...traditional economics predicts that the whether you're contemplating a gain or a loss doesn't make a difference: People make trade-offs based on a straightforward calculation of the relative outcome. Some people prefer sure things and others prefer to take chances. Whether the outcome is a gain or a loss doesn't affect the mathematics and...
 
Tags: security, loss, risky loss, risky larger loss, gain, risky larger gain, security purchase, directly, security directly