SearchSecurity… Cloud computing security: Choosing a VPN type to connect to the cloud Friend of NCP, Diana Kelley, analyst at SecurityCurve is writing a series on cloud computing security. In this 1st part series, Diana drills down and discusses the specifics regarding devices that connect to the cloud, and how VPNs affect cloud security. The [...]
Archive for June, 2009
End-Point Security.Info… Employees Couldn’t Care Less about Data Security Gathering information from the Ponemon Institute, Agent Smith provides shocking statistics about employees and their security practices. So how does this list relate to VPNs? I’m glad you asked! Users will bypass cumbersome VPN policies if they can get away with it. Network admin’s need to [...]
Read an interesting post last week on ThreatPost, New attack class exploits intranet weaknesses. Dennis Fisher reports on a new class of attacks caused by organizations using non-routable IP space on their internal networks—including an attack that compromises VPN users through the use of a persistent JavaScript backdoor. The research was done by Robert Hansen, [...]
Rational Survivability… Most CIO’s Not Sold On Cloud? Good, They Shouldn’t Be… Chris Hoff reports on a study that states dearly two-thirds of CTOs and CIOs are not adopting or planning to adopt the cloud. Hoff believes people should not rush in to adopting such methods, as the cloud is an operational model, not a [...]
We asked network admin’s on LinkedIn and Twitter to share their VPN horror stories with us and here are a few we thought you’d enjoy (or cringe at!). 1. Scenario: Choosing the default IP ranges to set up the ADSL modem at BOTH ends Picture a whole swarm of dialup laptop users beginning to change [...]
