6 tips for guarding against rogue sys admins

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	6 tips for guarding against rogue sys admins One of the biggest threats that organizations face is losing sensitive data -- such as payment card or personally identifiable information about customers or employees -- to theft from their own employees. The threat is greatest from systems and network administrators, who have privileged access to vast amounts of corporate data and are responsible for most compromised records in insider cases. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers The market for products to improve the delivery of application software over networks remains dynamic and innovative. Vendors focused on solving enterprises' most-pressing application problems have become the top players. Read now! In this Issue Don't blame DNS for Facebook outage, experts say Security quiz: How well do you know the insider threat? Microsoft's new stance: IE9 won't require Windows 7 Service Pack 1 The green imperative Juniper Networks cooking up new ideas in incubation lab Microsoft says Google Chrome Frame doubles attack surface on IE8 NASs for the masses Comcast hackers get 18 months in prison WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain The Concise Guide to eDiscovery This paper will provide an introduction to the key areas involved in developing an e-discovery strategy and to help organizations become better prepared for the rigors of the e-discovery process. Read Now. Don't blame DNS for Facebook outage, experts say Experts in the inner workings of the Internet's Domain Name System - which matches IP addresses with corresponding domain names - say the 27-year-old communications protocol does not appear to be the cause of Facebook's high-profile outage last week. Read More Security quiz: How well do you know the insider threat? The threat that trusted employees could steal data, corrupt data and do damage to networks is a rising concern among IT security professionals. Take this quiz to find out how familiar you are with the problem of and some of its solutions. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM 10 Ways to Establish a Strategic Advantage This paper offers ways that your company can establish a strategic advantage in managing change. It offers a structured approach to managing change in a rapidly evolving software development environment, helping you manage complex smarter product development processes - and more. Click to Continue Microsoft's new stance: IE9 won't require Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Microsoft has apparently changed its mind about whether Internet Explorer 9 will require a yet-to-be-released update to Windows 7. Read More The green imperative The keynote speaker at the recent Network World IT Roadmap conference in Dallas emphasized the importance of going green by highlighting this fact: IT accounted for 4% of electricity consumption in 2008 and will account for 40% by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Selecting a Managed Print Services Vendor This IDC paper offers guidance on the MPS market and key characteristics to consider when selecting a provider. Learn More. Juniper Networks cooking up new ideas in incubation lab A parallel effort to Juniper Networks' Junos Innovation Fund (JIF) for seeding external software start-ups is a relatively new internal incubation lab. Read More Microsoft says Google Chrome Frame doubles attack surface on IE8 Microsoft is claiming that the Chrome Frame plug-in Google designed to speed up Internet Explorer will "double" the attack surface in IE8. Read More NASs for the masses Either because server disks are full or because virtualization is a natural growth path, organizations large and small are moving toward shared storage. For large enterprises, high-capacity storage-area networks make sense, but what about small or mid-sized enterprises new to shared storage? Read More Comcast hackers get 18 months in prison Two hackers convicted of defacing Comcast's website two years ago were sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison. Read More
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