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09 Feb 2012Video: My new whitepaper on advanced malware and how Damballa Failsafe fits in
Introduction to the threat we're facing and my new whitepaper The Malware Threat Businesses are Ignoring and How Damballa Failsafe Fits In: ...
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08 Feb 2012
Video: My new whitepaper on SQL Server security threats & compliance
Check out my new whitepaper The SQL Security Security Threat - It's closer than you think sponsored by Idera:...
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25 Jan 2012
Complacency, meet APT – How basic oversights lead to complex malware infections
Low-hanging fruit – that is, the missing patches, default passwords, lack of full disk encryption and so on present in practically every environment – is something I’ve ranted about time and again because there’s no reason to have it on your network. Why? Well, for one thing, rogue insiders may just exploit it for ill-gotten gains. But even worse, low-hanging fruit can be the target of malware exploitations that you’re ...
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20 Jan 2012
The role of IT in fighting today’s malware
It seems ever since I wrote my paper The Malware Threat Businesses are Ignoring and How Damballa Failsafe Fits In I’m seeing more and more vendors jump on the bandwagon. Today’s malware impacts everything from the network infrastructure to the endpoint and everyone wants a piece of the pie. I know the market is growing so I can’t blame people for wanting to capitalize on the opportunity.Vendors aside, what is ...
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11 Oct 2011
What can you really say about your network?
Here's a new guest blog post I wrote for AlgoSec (a Roswell, Georgia-based company with some really solid firewall management applications) where I talk about something near and dear to all of us in IT:Do you really understand your network?...it's more than just a sappy relationship. :-)By the way, in case you missed it, I wrote a whitepaper for AlgoSec recently that you may be interested in as well:Firewall Management: ...
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26 Sep 2011
Common firewall management challenges whitepaper
Here's a new whitepaper I recently wrote on the ins and outs - and dos and don'ts - of managing enterprise firewalls:Firewall Management: 5 Challenges Every Company Must AddressIn the paper I cover things such as rules and regulations impacting firewall management, assessing firewall policy risks, managing changes and being able to prove where things stand with your firewalls at any given point in time.Enjoy!...
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16 Sep 2011
My new paper on BitLocker’s hidden costs
I've been a fan of Microsoft BitLocker since it first came out. It provides a cheap and easy way for users to lock down their laptops and mobile storage devices and is especially helpful in small businesses where security knowledge is scarce at best. Although BitLocker protection can be bypassed, it's still better than nothing - like WEP for wireless networks.Anyway, if you're considering BitLocker as your disk encryption solution, ...
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23 Mar 2010
Check out my new Web application security ebook
Hot off the press...OK, hot off the computer - I've written an ebook on Web application security threats published by SearchSoftwareQuality.com - a great application development/QA site that's part of the TechTarget family.Download it and learn more about: New Web application security challengesAssessing your Web application securityBeating common Web security attacksHacking your own applicationsWeb application security best practices It's free - just sign up for it at Bitpipe.com....
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