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Although it's been a few weeks since the RSA show, I wanted to pass on something that struck me as I walked around the show floor, checking out all the booths. Last year, the hot buzzword of the show seemed to be "compliance". Everyone was...
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Scott McNealy famously said "You have zero privacy - get over it". The recent stories regarding the loss of personal data have put a sharp perspective on the question of privacy. Polls show that people say they will only deal with organization...
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Is IT Governance primarily a function of the business, or a function of IT? Many organizations are misled by the label. Sure, IT enables IT Governance, but the ITG discipline is a means for the business to govern IT, to ensure IT is aligned, delivering...
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In an New York Times article of March 28 th , the words of Steward Alsop, who predicted that the last mainframe would be unplugged in 1996 were put in context. The mainframe was use as one example how “old” technology proved to be a strong survivor together...
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When talking about automation in the data center we think about the use of tools and processes to coordinate and execute on activities with hopes to reduce complexity, errors, labor, and costs while increasing productivity. To further automation goals...
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I recently recorded a podcast with Tim Jennings, Research Director with the Butler Group. The Butler group completed a study finding that 50% of IT projects fail. My brief discussion with Tim focuses on this issue and highlights best practices for guidance...
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"Housework is something nobody notices unless you don't do it." "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." "Out of sight, out of mind." What do all of these quotes have to do with the mainframe? Two words: It works. Who'd...
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The Full-Disclosure mailing list is good for interesting, and often humorous, content on a daily basis. The highlight of the week last week was a link to a paper entitled "Automatic Patch-Based Exploit Generation" , by David Brumley, Pongsin...
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As information security professionals, we are always interested in finding stories or anecdotes to help make a point or to further educate people on the importance and need for strong information security. An item grabbing US headlines recently was the...
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CA is currently investigating vulnerability reports concerning CA ARCserve Backup r12 and CA Secure Content Manager r8 that were published publicly on 4/17/08 and 4/18/08 respectively. CA will issue an advisory if and when the reports have been verified...
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I recently returned from a week at the RSA Conference which is somewhat of an annual pilgrimage for IT security people that takes place in the heart of San Francisco in the Moscone Center. http://www.rsaconference.com/2008/US/home.aspx Even though the...
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I just finished studying an analyst report entitled "The State of IT Governance In North American and European Enterprises." You already know that almost anything about IT Governance excites me, with an analyst report about my favorite topic...
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On April 15th, 2008 CA published a security notice to address a vulnerability in CA products that implement the DSM gui_cm_ctrls ActiveX control. Title: CA DSM gui_cm_ctrls ActiveX Control Vulnerability CA Advisory Date: 2008-04-15 Reported By: Greg Linares...
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Data center automation (DCA) is designed to deliver value back to the business through increased levels of service and flexibility to meet business needs and demands. With increasing complexity within the data center, including but not limited to: a growing...
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Most of the country thinks CSI stands for "Crime Scene Investigation," as popularized on TV. In a convoluted sort of way, the acronym means something similar in ITIL® v3. This is a stretch, but bear with me. In v3, CSI stands for Continual Service...
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