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Mike Chapple, Ph. D., CISA, CISSP, is an IT security manager with the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as an information security researcher with the National Security Agency and the U.S. Air Force. Chapple is a frequent contributor to SearchSecurity.com, and serves as its resident expert on enterprise compliance, frameworks and standards for its Ask the Experts panel. He previously served as site expert on network security, is a technical editor for Information Security magazine and the author of several information security titles, including the CISSP Prep Guide and Information Security Illuminated.
See below for Mike's archive of advice on both compliance and network security. To submit a question for Mike, click on the "Ask a Question" tab above.
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Contributions from Mike Chapple, Enterprise Compliance
- Should software be used to monitor networks for blogging activity?
- What firewall controls should be placed on the VPN?
- What OSI Layer 4 protocol does FTP use to guarantee data delivery?
- How to obtain a digital certificate for a server
- What defenses can prevent the hijacking of a city's fiber network?
- How to spot network attacks without spending money
- What are 'phlashing' attacks?
- What firewall features will best protect a LAN from Internet hack attacks and malware?
- How to become an information security expert
- Do good passwords make it safer to do banking on an open connection?
- How will many firewalls serving as the default gateway affect the DMZ?
- The top LAN security issues in a client-server network environment
- Should tunnels be connected from an ISP to an internal data center?
- How to create a (very) limited access directory on a network
- Intrusion detection vs. intrusion prevention
- WEP to WPA: Wireless encryption in the wake of PCI DSS
- What warning signs will indicate the presence of a P2P botnet?
- What reporting tools are available for an enterprise IDS?
- Allowing select access to IP addresses using Windows Server 2003
- Best practices for IDS creation and signature database maintenance
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