Thank you to all who attended the ITX Data Security Summit on July 13th, 2011! Over the next couple of weeks I will attempt to summarize some of the highlights 
Scott Walter, Director of Client Services from INetU Managed Hosting started the day off with a bang! Scotts exemplified the passion he has for security as he spoke on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
Scott prefaced his presentation with a fitting quote from Donna Scott, the VP & Research Director at Gartner. She states, “80% of unplanned downtime is caused by people and process issues, including poor change management practices, while the remainder by technology failures and disasters.” Scott recommends avoiding poor change management by applying security in layers. He recommends investing your money in this order:
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Database encryption has been around for a long time but only through third party implementations until the introduction of SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server 2005 offers native database encryption in the form of certificates, asymmetric keys, and symmetric keys. All three options provide cell level encryption which means you can choose to encrypt individual columns. Where these encryption methods differ is in their encryption strength and performance. Certificates and asymmetric keys will provide you with the highest level of encryption strength at the cost of performance. On the other hand, symmetric key encryption offers better encryption performance than the other two options and is the recommended option when performance outweighs security.
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Red Hat recently released the latest version of their Linux distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6). This is exciting because of the approach Red Hat takes with their Enterprise Linux. They stress stability and reliability over cutting edge features. One way they do this is to lock in to particular versions of software that they provide.
For example, with RHEL 5 they locked to a recent, well-tested version of PHP (5.1.6). During the life the RHEL 5 this has not changed even as newer versions of PHP came out sporting nifty new features (they did add security and bug fixes, however). This meant that you could set up your website on RHEL 5 server and not worry that an update would be released that added (or removed) a feature that changed the way your site behaved. The downside is of course that new features were not available if you wished to take advantage them. Many PHP applications (such as Wordpress) began to require features not available in the RHEL 5 PHP. RHEL 6 locks to much more recent versions of software, allowing you to get new features but retain the benefits of Red Hat’s thorough testing and updating process.
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Are you legally prepared for the upcoming cyber-war?
Do you know how USBs can destroy your network?
What are your business’ top vulnerabilities?
Discover these answers and more as INetU presents the 2011 IT Expert Series Data Security Summit, featuring speakers from:
- INetU Managed Hosting
- Trustwave
- Microsoft
- Elman Technology Law
- Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc
Attendance is free and includes a continental breakfast, roundtable lunch, and networking/cocktail reception following the event.
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July 13, 2011
9AM-5PM
Penn State Great Valley
Malvern, PA
For more information, visit http://www.itexpertseries.com.
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