Tag: Microsoft

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) says Data Breach, Loss Top Cloud Threat List

A new survey of industry experts from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) finds data breach and data loss at the top of nine critical threats to cloud security. Cloud computing is more mainstream among businesses and government now than ever before. CSA’s “The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013” report details the development of the cloud service model and how it delivers business-supporting technology more efficiently.

(SCOM) Management Pack for Server & Application Monitoring

For more info on SCOM: [LIVEBALL PAGE TO BE CREATED] Monitor more applications faster with your existing infrastructure, and easily customize your alerts. Microsoft System Center Operations Manager does a good job of monitoring Microsoft applications but it lacks the same capability for non-Microsoft applications. SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor provides out-of-the-box monitoring for over 150 applications including Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications such as Java, IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Citrix XenApp and Oracle.

One Brand of Firewall is a Best Practice

In case you haven’t seen it, there’s an interesting research note authored by Greg Young of Gartner that posits “one brand of firewall is a best practice for most enterprises.”  And, in particular we have to agree.  Why? Let’s go back to 1999 and see. Taking a quote from Bruce Schneier’s, A Plea for Simplicity, “the worst enemy of security is complexity.” Thirteen years later, Gartner also seems to agree; saying basically that having different firewall platforms increases configuration and m…

Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs Discovers Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player

Affected Software Could Allow an Attacker, Who Successfully Exploits These Vulnerabilities, to Run Malicious Code on the Affected System SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 20, 2013 ― Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) − a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced the company’s FortiGuard Labs has identified critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs consist of over 175 researchers and analysts world-wide, working to discover, monito…

Treinamento de gerenciamento de aplicativos e servidores: Server & Application Monitor (SAM)

bit.ly Venha participar do webinar em português sobre o software de gestão de apliações e servidores da rede, o Orion SAM da SolarWinds. Será uma apresentação ao vivo sobre as características do software Orion Server and Applications Monitor. Você vai aprender como a ferramenta funciona e poderá tirar suas dúvidas com o engenheiro da nossa equipe.

How to Monitor Your Network, Active Directory® or VMware® On the Go

Download a free 30-day trial of SolarWinds Mobile Admin now: www.solarwinds.com Learn about SolarWinds Mobile Admin, the solution that lets you monitor your network and perform systems administration tasks from your mobile device. Monitor your network and applications, power on and off VMs, and reset AD passwords, all from your mobile device.