Monday | 8 September, 2008
Stories by: Scott Berinato
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The Future of Security 06 February, 2004 09:27:33
In 2010, information security will be much better than it is today. But between then and now, everything will get inconceivably worse. - +
Franken Patch 09 December, 2003 12:18:01
The more you patch, the more you need to patch, and the more kludgy and terrifyingly unpredictable your systems and applications become. Is there any way to escape this horror? - +
The Bugs Stop Here 11 June, 2003 12:07:08
Vendors, for the most part, value time-to-market over security. As long as they can get away with shipping buggy code, they will. And CIOs, as a group, have been passive, assuming there was little they could do to effect change - +
Everything's Coming Up ROSI 05 February, 2003 14:52:24
Sure, determining an ROI for security is difficult. But it's also the key to selling your budget. Here's our three-step guide to getting started. - +
Take the Pledge 05 August, 2002 11:50:56
Data has no ethics. Data doesn't care how it's used. But the use and misuse of data has become the critical issue for today's information-intensive enterprise. Who owns the data? Who is responsible for its management? Who is the guarantor of its integrity? CIOs, the guardians of business data, need a code to guide them The CIO's code of ethical data management. - +
Finally, a Real Return on Security Spending 08 April, 2002 09:15:00
For years CIOs have had to use scare tactics and other soft arguments to justify an investment in security. Now, for the first time, they may be able to get numbers they need to show a measurable ROI. - +
The Truth About Cyberterrorism 08 April, 2002 09:30:00
The real threat is to critical data, not to property. That's what CIOs should be focusing on. - +
A Tale of Excess and Chaos 08 April, 2002 09:00:00
Enron's fragmented business units spent money on technology like there was no tomorrow. And now there isn't. - +
The Security Spending Mystery 06 February, 2002 11:18:02
Are you clueless when it comes to the cost of adequate information security? Don't worry - you're not alone. - +
How To Build a 1.5 Terabyte SAN for Less than $US35,000 05 February, 2002 13:03:44
Lew Goldstein is a sound supervisor editor for C5 Inc. in New York City. C5 does postproduction audio for major motion pictures - which means it creates or embellishes every sound you hear in a movie from a dog bark to every spoken word. They put the hurricane in Cape Fear. The woodchipper in Fargo too. - +
How to Make a Firewall Sandwich 05 February, 2002 13:14:07
Here's a nice recipe for making a tasty, high-performance security checkpoint to replace a bland, low-performing single point of failure at the border between your network and the Internet.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Information security governance: Centralized vs. distributed 05 September, 2008 10:15:00
Should security policies, procedures and processes be managed within a central body, or distributed at an individual level? You need to find the middle ground.The management of information risk has become a significant topic for all organizations, small and large alike. But for the large, multi-divisional organization, it poses the additional challenge of determining how to deploy an information security governance program among what are often disparate business units. Should the policies, procedures, and processes that define the program be developed and managed within a central, corporate body? Or perhaps responsibility would be better placed at the individual unit level? Is there a workable middle-ground? - +
DNS error brings Sophos antivirus updates to a halt 05 September, 2008 13:40:00
Optus, Internode and Equinix affected among others.A sporadic Domain Name Server (DNS) error has blocked Sophos anti-virus updates around the world. - +
Ouch! Security pros' worst mistakes 04 September, 2008 08:05:00
We've all done regrettable things on the job, but does any valuable wisdom come of it? Four security pros candidly explain their biggest blunders and what they learned in the processIt was a mistake so bad the person who made it asked that his name and company not be mentioned here. Let's call him Frank. - +
Security ROI: Fact or Fiction? 03 September, 2008 08:32:00
Bruce Schneier says ROI is a big deal in business, but it's a misnomer in security. Make sure your financial calculations are based on good data and sound methodologies.Return on investment, or ROI, is a big deal in business. Any business venture needs to demonstrate a positive return on investment, and a good one at that, in order to be viable. - +
Information Security and the Importance of Context 01 September, 2008 10:00:00
Those entrusted with information security must raise their contextual awarenessWhen the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was first created, it created a sudden need for tens of thousands of screeners. Getting a job as an airport screener was a pretty easy process. It seemed as though if you had a pulse, you were in. Jump forward to 2008 and becoming a screener is a bit harder as the TSA has instituted background checks, has upped the educational requirement to include a high school diploma or GED, and added other significant requirements.
Viva la Verticals! Key to Vendor Growth is Through Vertical Market Opportunities, Says IDC 05 September, 2008 11:05:00
F-Secure delivers fastest protection in the online world 04 September, 2008 16:50:00
Rogue security apps dominate Fortinet's Aug 2008 IT threat report 04 September, 2008 16:00:00
IntraPower Signs Deal with Australia’s Largest Service Station and Convenience Store Network 04 September, 2008 10:07:00
TANDBERG Begins Desktop Videoconferencing Roll-Out at New England Credit Union 03 September, 2008 16:01:00
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