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02/17/2012 |
Mobile Security
In light of the recent New York Times article highlighting the risks of using mobile devices abroad, IANS Faculty Dave Shackleford issued the following advice.
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02/15/2012 |
Incident Response & Investigations
Incident response is a top topic on the mind of IANS' clients. Every major organization knows that suspicious activity occurs on their network. The key, though, lies in how to best handle the "interesting" items as they are uncovered.
This document outlines some basic techniques for managing incidents and creating a plan for process improvement.
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02/15/2012 |
Client Security
Virtual firewalls are becoming more popular as companies move their data towards virtualized environments. Selecting the right virtual firewall tool means evaluating not only new firewall capabilities, but also new technologies that are being built specifically for a virtualized environment with remote management in mind.
In this document, IANS provides recommendations and an...
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02/14/2012 |
Security Operations
IANS CTO and lead Faculty Dave Shackleford shares a preview of what delegates can expect to experience during the counter-threat operations track at IANS' upcoming Information Security Forums.
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02/10/2012 |
Application Security
IANS Faculty Diana Kelley and Ed Moyle share a preview of what delegates can expect to experience during the application security track at IANS' upcoming Information Security Forums.
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02/10/2012 |
Incident Response & Investigations
IANS Faculty Marcus Ranum shares a preview of what delegates can expect to experience during the incident response and planning track at IANS' upcoming Information Security Forums.
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02/08/2012 |
Security Management
As 2011 faded into the background, security issues from the year did not, nor did we suddenly find solutions that will prevent incidents and secure our systems. During the first End User Client Briefing of 2012, Faculty members Dave Shackleford, Rich Mogull, and Alex Hutton discussed what they think security professionals should prepare for in the coming months.
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02/08/2012 |
Security Metrics
How do you generate practical security metrics that mean something and are useful to your business processes? Is it possible to get excited about producing statistics and data? Is it possible that statistics and data can help justify your existence to your employer? If that last item didn't get your attention, wake up! In this Enterprise Client Briefing we will outline a few...
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02/08/2012 |
Security Metrics
How do you generate practical security metrics that mean something and are useful to your business processes? Is it possible to get excited about producing statistics and data? Is it possible that statistics and data can help justify your existence to your employer? If that last item didn't get your attention, wake up! In this Enterprise Client Briefing we will outline a few...
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02/07/2012 |
Enterprise Risk Management
The current wave of consumerization of IT will not wane any time soon. The next decade will be marked by a growing amount of consumer-grade technology, which will continue to bleed over into the corporate environment.
This document will address the steps an organization can take to securely allow personally liable mobile devices on the corporate network, keeping in mind legal and...
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