Back in the late 1990′s when the Web was just starting to gain widespread adoption, there was a great deal of distrust in putting sensitive information online. Clearly we are in a different era of risk tolerance today with people voluntarily posting all kinds of private information online via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media sites. The current environment is one in which e-commerce sites are flourishing and more and more personal information (medical, financial, etc.) is available securely through the Web. The trend is only going to continue, and that is fantastic news for entrepreneurs with a passion for technology. There is a ton of opportunity for enterprising individuals to start their own ventures like e-commerce sites or Software as a Service (SaaS) firms that deal with personal health or financial data. The rub is compliance and the costs associated…
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I think so. Many articles and blog posts have been written on compliance and security. Some argue that compliance and security are the same while others argue the opposite. Some people feel that compliance can weaken security.
My take is…
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The Firefox web browser is capable of (for lack of a better word) extending its abilities through the use of various plugins, or (as they are known in the Firefox community) extensions. In this article, I’d like to introduce you to my top 5 most useful Firefox extensions:
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Cisco’s IPS/IDS solution has come a long way over the last couple years. Recently, Cisco updated their software version to 7. With this came one exciting new feature: global correlation. This feature is available on the standalone IPS sensors, as well as the ASA sensor plugins on the 5510+ – to name just a few…
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June 2nd, 2010 by Jason B. | View Comments
Tags: absolute option, firewalls, FTP, managed hosting, periodic time period, RDP, remote access, security, SSH, time-based action control, vpn
How many times have you requested a firewall access change for a temporary use, and have forgotten? Better yet, how many times would you like a firewall to be opened for a particular time frame, but thought it wasn’t an option, so it has been open ever since? For example, if your business is an 8-5 operation, why have remote access protocols like FTP, SSH, or RDP open 24 x 7? Security is all about limiting exposure, so if you don’t need that type of access, why have it?
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