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Lessons of HSPD-12

Many federal government agencies are well into their efforts to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), designed to improve identity management among the government entities and their main suppliers.

Bob Violino | 19 Dec | Read more

Inside Intel, part 1: Evolution of IT security

Like many other companies, processor manufacturer, Intel Corporation, is having to evolve its information security focus to meet the changes underway in the technology landscape—particularly with the rapid growth of mobile devices and applications and the rise in cloud computing services.

Bob Violino | 16 Oct | Read more

Drilling for disaster at LAX

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the department that oversees three airports in the LA area, recently implemented a business continuity and disaster recovery plan for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As part of the effort, the organization conducted a tabletop exercise on what would happen if an earthquake struck LAX.

Bob Violino | 11 Oct | Read more

What's next for GRC?

Today's governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) software has useful features that can help organizations get a better handle on how they're managing risk, security and compliance issues.

Bob Violino | 22 Aug | Read more

What's next for GRC?

Today's governance, risk management and compliance <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/674709/it-grc-tools-control-your-environment">(GRC) software</a> has useful features that can help organizations get a better handle on how they're managing risk, security and compliance issues.

Bob Violino | 22 Aug | Read more

GRC: Trying to take the bite out of risk

These days, organizations are facing increasingly sophisticated information security attacks from multiple sources. At the same time, they're struggling to comply with a growing number of government and industry regulations, and they're facing pressure to put in place better corporate controls.

Bob Violino | 22 Aug | Read more

Getting the most out of IPS

Intrusion prevention systems — security tools designed to stop problems even before they crop up — have emerged as indispensable components of defense-in-depth security strategies.

Bob Violino | 23 Jul | Read more

4 tech trends in IT disaster recovery

As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a while, it's vital that companies have in place a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.

Bob Violino | 19 Jul | Read more

Securing the new data center

It’s hard enough to secure resources when they are bound to a physical box, but the game changes when servers are virtualized and start to move around, not only to other servers in the data center, but also to off-premise cloud facilities.

Bob Violino | 16 Jul | Read more