Social media sites such as Facebook, Linkedin and others have become parts of our everyday lives. People announce their engagements on Facebook and network without ever leaving the house. They play games and even discuss political arguments right on the 'wall' of their personal profile pages.
When you aren’t all in one place – Securing your distributed workforce
The workplace is changing. It was once the norm for a small or medium sized organization, or even a larger enterprise, to operate out of only one building. Even global organizations tended to have a single headquarters with perhaps one or two other buildings in the continents in which the organization operated
Burlington Library Chooses the WatchGuard XTM 1050
Burlington Library chose the WatchGuard XTM 1050 over Cisco and Juniper because of cost, ease of use and the ability to scale and adjust as future demand requires.
Massachusetts’ MA 201 CMR 17.00
Massachusetts' MA 201 CMR 17.00 data protection regulations go into effect on Monday, March 1, and that is a huge step forward for the protection of personal information. Breach disclosure laws are old news, but 201 CMR 17.00 is different, it prescribes data protection specifics, and it is not limited to those in Massachusetts: “201 CMR 17.01 (2) Scope The provisions of this regulation apply to all persons that own or license personal information about a resident of the Commonwealth.” Yes, all persons (which includes companies and organizations), regardless of where they are located, are covered if they: “Owns or licenses, receives stores, maintains, processes, or otherwise has access to personal information in connection with the provision of goods or services or in connection with employment.” This is a big deal, for two key reasons. First, it is leading the way in state regulation of the protection of data
New Zero-Day exploit – Astaro blocks that!
Dan Goodwin recently reported that a new Internet Explorer exploit has been released into the wild .
Radiant Systems Loves the WatchGuard XTM 1050
Business leader in the point of sale technology industry, Radiant Technologies provides retail and hospitality businesses of all sizes with innovative, easy to use technology that allows their customers to grow their top line. Radiant redefines the customer experience and enhances revenue drivers.
Astaro Secure Client V9.2 released
This new release adds Windows 7 support, 64 bit optimization, support of new Intel Wi-Fi drivers, Tip of the day and many additional minor enhancements.
A conversation on email archiving and compliance
More and more industries are being asked to archive their e-mail communication due to legal or industrial compliance regulations. As organizations begin to examine e-mail archiving there are a few questions they should ask about compliance before selecting a product
P2P Law
A new bill in Congress could put an end to the use of popular P2P (peer-to-peer) programs on all federal computers according to Federal Computer Week (Bain, 2009). This ban would be the result of a number of high profile incidents where sensitive government documents were leaked from government pc's using P2P software. The leaks were discovered during a Congressional investigation (Moscaritolo, 2009) and have prompted lawmakers to consider prohibiting these programs from not only all government owned computer systems, but also from all computers used by government contractors and telecommuters
Botnet Mitigation
If you are infected with a botnet, don't worry, it is not the end of the world.