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11 Oct 2010Got compliance? Here are some tips for moving ahead.
Tired of "compliance"? Me too. But, it's still one of those necessary (arguably sometimes unnecessary) evils we must deal with in business today.Here are some new pieces I've written for the fine folks at SearchCompliance.com that will hopefully be of some benefit to you and your business.:Priorities for your sound regulatory compliance management policyPut compliance management back into server virtualizationAchieving compliance is about more than secure data encryptionWhat compliance professionals ...
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17 Jun 2010
Using Windows 7’s virtual machine for security testing
Outside of those executives who have their heads in the sand over security there's hardly anything that can keep you from getting your work done more than a Windows system junked up with a bunch of security testing tools.Well, if VMware or VirtualBox haven't been a good fit, perhaps Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 will be. It's a cheap and seamless way to run your security testing tools in ...
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19 Apr 2010
Have you seen Win7’s Windows XP Mode?
It's a great way for setting up a virtual testing environment. Here's a recent piece I wrote about it:Using Windows XP Mode for security testing in Windows 7I'm really digging Windows 7....even if you just upgrade your own machine, Windows 7 has lots of things that will help you work more efficiently....
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21 Apr 2009
RSA news: virtual machine security, finally!?
Now vendors and developers have a way to ward off down those dreaded virtual machine vulnerabilities plaguing every network. It's VMware's VMsafe API to the rescue. Finally a virtual machine security solution!Now if we can just find a way to get people to:Require strong passwords on their virtual machinesPatch their virtual machinesDisable unnecessary and unsecured network shares on their virtual machinesTurn off unneeded services on their virtual machinesEncrypt the drives ...
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“A business associate referred our company to Principle Logic when we were seeking a resource to perform vulnerability /penetration testing for our external and internal networks. We found Kevin Beaver to be professional, well informed, and easy to work with. His testing did not disrupt our networks, and his progress updates were timely.
His final report was very thorough and included security recommendations for our network environment. The executive leadership was so impressed with Kevin’s security expertise, they have extended their agreement to continue to perform periodic testing. We highly recommend Kevin Beaver and Principle Logic as a resource for network security testing.”
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Kevin has written/co-written 12 books on information security including one of the best-sellers of all time:
