Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Security, Privacy Offices Must Combine Resources"
This article is part of the May 2008 issue of Seven questions to ask before committing to SaaS
Security and privacy teams must work together to protect personal information in the digital age. In the digital age, privacy has become a distant memory. There is no privacy on the Internet, corporate intranet, telecommunications networks or computing devices. The lack of privacy in our everyday lives is an undeniable truth. Don't get me wrong; I am all for privacy protection. But the technical realities of today make it all too easy for outside parties to have access to information that pertains to the individual. If you have been involved in the information technology and security fields long enough and understand how we got to where we are today, then this should ring true. It takes overt actions to protect one'sprivacy. Email messages don't encrypt themselves. IP addresses are visible for a reason. Implicit trust is placed with infrastructure service providers. Data traffic is gathered for analysis. Search queries are maintained, logged and analyzed. Technical countermeasures exist that can help protect one's privacy, but they are not without complexity... Access >>>
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SaaS Offering Handles SSO
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Product review: CodeArmor 2.2 for Microsoft .NET
APPLICATION SECURITY
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Security Services: Webroot Email Security SaaS
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Identity Management Suites Enable Integration, Interoperability
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT Feature-rich product suites are putting a face on integration and interoperability.
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SaaS Offering Handles SSO
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Secure Computing SafeWord 2008 product review
Secure Computing SafeWord 2008 delivers identity management and access control for Windows systems using tokens that generate secure single-use passcodes. Information Security magazine reviews these capabilities.
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7 Security Questions to Ask Your SaaS Provider
Outsourcing software as a service (SaaS) puts control over an organization's applications in the hands of others. Learn what questions to ask your provider, how to define security policies, how to understand how service providers handle security and ensure enforcement of policies.
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Product review: Symantec Database Security 3.1
DATABASE SECURITY
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5 Steps for Developing Strong Change Management Program Best Practices
Poor change control and configuration management can affect the security of your systems and networks. Follow these five steps for a strong change management program.
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Product review: Mandiant Intelligent Response 1.0
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Secure Computing SafeWord 2008 product review
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Columns
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Interview: Jim Kirkhope of NCR
PING: Jim Kirkhope
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Face-Off: Is vulnerability research ethical?
Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum debate the ethics of vulnerability research
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Reasearch on Coding Backdoors Presents Ugly Picture
Editor's Desk: Backdoor Bedlam
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Security, Privacy Offices Must Combine Resources
Perspectives: Nowhere to Hide
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Interview: Jim Kirkhope of NCR
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