Securing Google Apps: A CIO Q&A

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	Securing Google Apps: A CIO Q&A Boston-based Bay Cove Human Services is a non-profit organization that offers assistance and service to 4,000 people and families in Massachusetts. CIO Hilary Croach has several technology challenges to contend with. For starters, the agency has its hands in a number of service areas, including helping individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, and those who need support with aging. With about 140 locations around Eastern Massachusetts, Bay Cove's employees and IT operations are scattered. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell The Business Case for Security Information Management It is a mistake to assume that information security is solely a technical problem left for IT to solve. This guide is a non-technical discussion of security information management. Learn more. In this Issue Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster Trust, respect and personal datastores Opening the door doesn't mean giving away the keys Thanks to ID thieves, your child may have more debt than you The CEO and his hardware token: A lesson learned Experts: Small firms can take steps to improve cybersecurity Livedrive, cheap unlimited online backup White House releases new cyberspace strategy Integrated identity management: How to get it? WEBCAST: CA Technologies Is Your DR Plan Truly Reliable? No matter how you define a disaster, you need a strategy that provides protection, fast recovery and high availability of your systems, applications and data. Attend this webcast to learn about disaster recovery best practices and the wide range of technologies available to protect your organization. Learn More Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said today. Read More Trust, respect and personal datastores On the final day of last week's European Identity Conference (EIC) I sat in on a workshop/presentation of the new Respect Trust Framework, which is being billed as a new approach to giving individuals control over their personal data shared over the Internet and mobile phone networks. Read More Opening the door doesn't mean giving away the keys This is one of those topics that everyone has an opinion about.  To state the thesis directly, everyone wants DBAs to have an open-door policy when it comes to their processes.  Of course to them, having an open-door means giving them the keys so they can look around for themselves.  And I understand their need to know what's going on with their app. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive SLA Compliance: Wireless Fidelity Achieved Aerohive delivers the next level in network visibility and reactive response with a new infrastructure-side performance monitoring and response system: SLA Compliance. Read now! Thanks to ID thieves, your child may have more debt than you Did you know that while you may still be considering a name for your precious bundle of joy, someone may have already stolen your unborn babies identity and racked up thousands in debt? Thanks to software which predicts social security numbers, identity thieves can steal a baby's social security number before the child is even born. In fact, if you have or will have any children who were born before... Read More The CEO and his hardware token: A lesson learned Let me tell you a story. It has everything a gripping tale needs – conflict, a power struggle and a gripping climax. Best of all, it's loosely based on true accounts – could this be your story? Read More Experts: Small firms can take steps to improve cybersecurity Small businesses can protect themselves against cyber threats, security experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Why BMC is the ITSM Market Leader Some vendors may force you to make difficult upgrades. Not us. BMC offers Rapid Results implementation services and BMC Remedy OnDemand, a SaaS version of the industry-leading IT Service Management suite. Read more to learn the top reasons why BMC Remedy offers true ITSM with out-of-the-box ease. Read More Today! Livedrive, cheap unlimited online backup Do you remember CompuServe? Back in the day, by which I mean before the beginning of life as we know it ... by which I mean before everyone and his brother got online, CompuServe was "it". In fact, CompuServe, which started in 1969, was actually the first online service offering bulletin boards, chat services, and file archives via dial-up service. Read More White House releases new cyberspace strategy The U.S. White House pushes for privacy and security in a new cybersecurity strategy. Read More Integrated identity management: How to get it? We tried an experiment at the recent Kuppinger-Cole European Identity Conference called a "World Cafe." This is an "un-conference" style session with open-ended discussion among the participants centered around a specific area. Read More
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