Blog Posts about Network Security

Must data be live for you to Live?

Iraq and Afghanistan – We Are Still There?

Where can cash-strapped security pro's get great information on security basics??

Last but not least, a bit less technical but important aspect is the administration infrastructure: security administration becomes a huge issue when thousands of mobile devices are deployed. Policy enforcement, deployment, updates, help desk, key recovery and system logging are all vital components of an enterprise system that provides "provable" security to comply with data privacy regulations.

Graphical User Interfaces were important.  So was cost control.  Just what must an OS be?

In order to prevent unauthorized access to the device and the data it contains, access control is necessary, of course, and you can identify users by means of passwords, tokens and so on. Mobile devices have wireless capability to connect to the Internet and office/home computer systems. Wireless capability poses a number of specific security risks in addition to typical network associated risks.

The use of mobile devices has exploded in a relatively short time and is one of the most promising business sectors in IT. Can you imagine a world without mobile phones?

What is a mobile device and its general classifications? In this 5-part series, understand the issues, threats, vulnerabilities, safeguards and security countermeasures of mobile devices and mobile networking.

I've been hearing a lot of questions and requests about CISSP braindump or shortcuts with the aim of shortening the learning process and achieving the CISSP certification in the quickest possible time. I don't blame people for this in this age of 'instant gratification', 'quick fixes', '4-hour work week', and 'instant noodles'; we have been bombarded with the idea that it is just smart to do things quickly and be the fastest from point A to point B.

Traenk loves computers and technologies.  He loves to be a Technical Editor for books.  But his views towards security seem to be straying from the Technical to the Personal.

There are dozens of security vulnerability scanning tools.  Increasingly security analysts take great pains to emphasize their hacking skills.  Companies pay out great money to find if they are 'vulnerable'.  And in the middle of this, Traenk wonders what the point is to the exercise.

While exploring Chrome as a browser, I stumbled onto some excellent Browser Password Manager criteria and an online test that helps you assess your browser's security