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Mitigating Risk When Implementing Cloud Computing Services

Cloud infrastructure is booming now — everyone has his own opinion. Even the most skeptical ones have at least tried hosting things with clouds. Using cloud services like Foursquare or Salesforce is a commonplace now.
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May 16, 2012

Ric Reifel and 2 other people answered this question

What monitoring tool is best to monitor control and secure the mobility for enterprise environment?

We like Mobile Iron and Proximiti. If you want to do me a favor, please let me introduce you to them. The only way we get reciprocal intro's!
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May 16, 2012

Ric Reifel and 9 other people answered this question

What are your thoughts on BYOD?

My thoughts are simple. IF you are going to allow employees to connect to Exchange or other, you MUST have an MDM solution in place to protect the data. We like Mobile Iron or Proximiti. more

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May 14, 2012

Erik Goldoff and 1 other person answered this question

What are the pros and cons of VPN?

Pros : Allows *secure* connectivity to one network's resources from either another network, or single machine from across an unprotected network (internet, wireless, etc).
Cons : Allows *secure* connectivity to one network's resources from either another network, or single machine from across an unprotected network ... more

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May 12, 2012

john ford and 15 other people commented on an FYI

Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps

A lot of remote roads and airstrips in Australia look like they've had the detail 'photoshopped' out of them. more

May 2, 2012

Antonyjess John and 4 other people answered this question

Sony's breach will cost the company at least $171 million. How will this impact the company?

Wow, Thank You so much for the great answer Andrew Baker!!

May 1, 2012

brandon sherman and 4 other people answered this question

What can you do to counter a DDoS attack?

Most DDOS attacks today follow the DNS record so attackers don't have to update your IP address, it's done for them. As soon as the Dynamic DNS record is updated the DDOS will follow it to whatever IP address is specified in near real time. ... more

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April 17, 2012

Andrew Baker asked a question

What percentage of security issues are related to configuration?

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April 13, 2012

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What practices are you employing for your personal information security?

What are some of the top things that you do, and what are some of the key tools that you use in your personal information security quest?
These may or may not be the same as what you use in a corporate or professional capacity, ... more

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April 12, 2012

Dennis Morgan and 5 other people answered this question

Who is winning? The government or Anonymous?

It is not clear who is winning. Both sides maybe are going after the wrong prize. more

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April 12, 2012

Andrew Baker selected a best answer for

Symantec admits to being hacked directly -- any fallout coming?

So, Symantec finally admits that it was their own network that got hacked, in contrast to what they were willing to suggest last week.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223495/Symantec_backtracks_admits_own_network_hacked?taxonomyId=17
It might be too early to ask this, but will there be any fallout for them?
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April 12, 2012

Andrew Baker selected a best answer for

Zappos Breach -- Is good security impossible?

While we don't yet have all the details of the recently exposed Zappos breach, what are your thoughts on whether or not it is possible to maintain good information security for an ecommerce or otherwise internet connected environment?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57359536-83/zappos-customer-data-accessed-in-security-breach/
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April 12, 2012

Andrew Baker selected a best answer for

What was the most significant Information Security event of 2011?

With only two weeks to go in the year, it may be safe to ask this, but what would you consider to be the most significant information security event on 2011?
There are lots to choose from, so I'm interested to see what perspective everyone else ... more

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Information Privacy

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April 11, 2012

Don Babcock and 3 other people answered this question

What benefits to the enterprise does BYOD produce that justify the expense and trouble of dealing with the difficulties?

BYOD will surely win. The economics are compelling. It makes no sense not to leverage the investment that most employees will make in the devices for improving their efficiency at work. But I think many IT shops are taking the wrong approach. They are trying ... more

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