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Administering servers in “the cloud”?

I'm no Cliff Stoll , but several years ago, I did catch someone breaking into my system . In the mid 1990s, I administered the servers for a small Internet service provider (ISP). We had received several complaints that service was slow. As I investigated...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 1:34 PM by Garve Hays

Filed under: Security, Virtualization, Geoff Webb, Cloud Computing, CERT, Garve Hays, Security Web

Where’s my Super Suit… Errr… User Password?

In the movie " The Incredibles ," as the tentacled robot creates a path of destruction, Lucius Best, better known as Frozone, is scrambling around his apartment exclaiming " Where's my super suit ?" In computer security, the super...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 9:07 AM by Garve Hays

Filed under: Security, Password, Principle of Least Privilege, Garve Hays, Security Web

Does Your Car Key Open Your House?

I was working with a colleague the other day and watched as he logged on to several Windows servers over Remote Desktop. In each case he typed in a username and password; it was painful to watch! Hadn't he ever heard of Windows Credential Manager...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 7:05 AM by Garve Hays

Filed under: Security, Active Directory, Windows Credential Manager, Password, Keychain, IE Credential Cache, Password Safe, KeePass, Firefox Password Manager, Garve Hays, Security Web

Hosters Need to Think about Identity as a Platform Play

The pressure on SaaS vendors and others to address issues of identity is being driven by the fact that anyone can build a SaaS application and put it out there and then anyone in a corporation can whip out a credit card and sign up to use it. Thanks to...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 7:00 PM by DaleOlds

Filed under: Security, Compliance, Google, SaaS, Identity Management, Identity and Access Management, SaaS Sprawl, OpenID, Audit Reporting, Federated Identity, Salesforce, SAML 2, DaleOlds, Security Web

Bad rap for Microsoft Security

I may not always agree with Microsoft's comments on security, but I think they sometimes get a bad rap, and in this case , I have to say that I'm not sure that "security concerns" are the full story. The short version is that Google...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 12:30 PM by Geoff Webb

Filed under: Security, Geoff Webb, Info Security Magazine, Google, Microsoft, Security Web

Compliance is “Hot”: And we’re not the only ones who think so!

It’s the beginning of June in Houston, Texas (where NetIQ is headquartered) and it’s starting to get HOT! But, we’ve recently had some exciting news from the good folks at SC Magazine regarding NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager , our...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 10:47 AM by Renee Bradshaw

Filed under: PCI DSS, SC Magazine, Compliance, Secure Configuration Manager, HIPAA, PCI, FDCC, PCI Standard, SOX, NERC CIP, NERC, TechEd, Renee Bradshaw, Security Web

What security customers want…Hint: It’s not necessarily world peace

I’ve just spent an eventful week in the southeast United States visiting with some security and compliance customers. Those of you familiar with my blog know that I’m a relative newcomer to this market, having cut my teeth and spent (or mis...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 12:59 PM by Renee Bradshaw

Filed under: Security, Compliance, Renee Bradshaw, Security Web

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