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Cloud, BYOD Increases Need for Automated IAM Systems

As traditional security concepts of perimeter and end-point defense break down as a result of the proliferation of cloud services and the BYOD phenomenon, enterprises are increasingly feeling the need for greater control over access to applications.

11 mei 2012 5 mins

BPM Systems Mobile Security Regulation

Is Your Cloud Provider Exposing Remnants of Your Data?

Security researchers report that incorrectly configured hypervisors can lead to a separation of data issue in multi-tenant environments that can expose data remnants. However, you can prevent hosting your data on 'dirty disks.'n

10 mei 2012 4 mins

Data and Information Security Enterprise Architecture Server Virtualization

How to Address Cloud Application Lifecycle Challenges

Taking an agile approach to the application lifecycle in a hybrid cloud environment means moving beyond the one-and-done method of V2C conversions and embracing DevOps. Getting development and operations to collaborate means linking resource, configu

8 mei 2012 8 mins

Agile Development Developer Project Management Tools

IT Must Change Security Strategies to Keep Up With Cybercriminals

Businesses may have scaled back their security and risk management investments during the economic downturn, but cybercriminals continued to invest. In the coming years, criminal organizations will grow even more sophisticated. To be prepared for wha

2 apr. 2012 7 mins

Compliance Government Regulation

IT Must Provide Enterprise Collaboration Tools Employees Will Use

Businesses are under pressure to enable collaboration beyond the corporate firewall as workers increasingly need to connect with remote colleagues as well as business partners, suppliers and consultants. The challenge to IT departments is that many e

27 mrt. 2012 8 mins

CIO Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

Texas Ousts IBM, Takes New IT Outsourcing Tack

Second-generation IT services deals almost always go better. But after an especially troubled relationship with IBM, Texas is counting on new vendors and an unproven outsourcing model to deliver the second time around.

22 mrt. 2012 6 mins

Government IT Strategy ITIL

Inadequate SSL Certificate Data Threatens IT Security

SSL certificates are a fundamental component of secure online transactions, but a new survey finds that a majority of organizations don't know where or how many certificates they actually have, and nearly as many lack an accurate idea of which c

24 feb. 2012 4 mins

BPM Systems Data Breach Regulation

Adopting ITIL, COBIT Is Not Always the Best Practice

Some process improvement projects and best practice frameworks such as ITIL and COBIT can do more harm than good--particularly when implemented by third-party IT service providers.

21 feb. 2012 3 mins

IT Governance Frameworks IT Strategy ITIL

Tech Leaders Call for Global Harmony on Privacy, Security

In the borderless digital world, tech and finance companies can get tangled up in a web of laws and regulations on privacy and data security.

27 jan. 2012 6 mins

Compliance Cybercrime Government

How Open Source Licenses Affect Your Business and Your Developers

Copyleft licenses have been the most popular choice for new open source projects. Recently, however, developers and companies seem to be moving from the GPL in favor of less restrictive permissive licenses for open source projects. What's behind

24 jan. 2012 6 mins

Compliance Developer IT Strategy

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