Weekly Security Planner: September

Weekly Security Planner: September

In an effort to help busy security managers, CISSP Shelley Bard's weekly column builds upon the concept of the perpetual calendar, offering a schedule of reminders for a proactive, strategic security plan. Here are the objectives Shelley prescribes for weeks 35 through 39.

Week 35: Incident response

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Objective: Evaluate your incident response plan as needed.

Week 36: Ports -- Don't have an 'open house' sign out
Objective: Manage network ports as needed.

Week 37: Who's afraid of auditing?
Objective: Review audit logs at least weekly, preferably daily.

Week 38: Understanding Unix auditing and logs, part one
Objective: Audit Unix logs at least weekly, preferably daily.

Week 39:Understanding Unix auditing and logs, part two
Objective: Audit Unix logs at least weekly, preferably daily.


Weekly Security Planner Schedule
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This was first published in December 2004

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