Virtualization, Security and Compliance... Can they exist together?

Friday, December 05, 2008 10:13:01 PM UTC
by Brennen Reynolds
There is no doubt that virtualization is the hot trend right now. Many companies are beginning the transformation of virtualizing their infrastructure or are in the planning stages to do so. Virtualization has many benefits but it also has some hidden costs and pitfalls many organizations don’t consider when adopting it. I wanted to touch on two issues which don’t seem to be widely known or understood with respect to virtualization: security and compliance.

Politics will not Save Us

Monday, December 03, 2007 4:29:44 PM UTC
by Jason Pittman
Politicians are not addressing the real problem with consumer security. Instead of legislating security as an afterthought politicians should be focused on advertising awareness.

A Better Mouse Trap?

Sunday, October 07, 2007 3:16:49 PM UTC
by Jason Pittman
If PCI says, “Don’t store these types of information” and so much of the security deals with those information types, then why does the information exist in the first place?

The Next thing...

Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:53:09 AM UTC
by Ray Zadjmool
It seems to me that the security industry releases a new "tickle me elmo" every year. Suddenly its all that anyone is talking about. Never mind that you have been in business for 40 years without one, but suddenly you are asked why you dont have one by every auditor and their mother.

The Texas thing with PCI....

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:27:46 AM UTC
by Ray Zadjmool
So it seems that alot of the Accessors are excited about the fact that compulsory compliance is being considered in Texas.

The Security that Fails

Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:30:26 PM UTC
by Jason Pittman
The one question I continually come back to in my thinking is, "why does security fail?" Sure, there are a multitude of foes where blame could be (and, in some cases, should be) placed. Some are real, some are fantasy: faulty technology, faulty policies and procedures, faulty awareness. Superior adversaries. But, for me, such arguments are straw man fallacies. Colloquially, they are just trimming branches. Let's hack at the roots, shall we?