Endpoint-Security Info… US Federal Agencies Flunk the Security Standards Exam Agent Smith provides some shocking information about the US federal civilian agencies. According to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) almost all the agencies had major flaws in security controls and management—in particular, one that was lacking was the use of firewalls (see [...]
Archive for July, 2009
In last week’s highlights, we included a post from Branden Williams’ Security Convergence Blog on EMRs. We thought this weeks’ post would be a good opportunity to elaborate on Branden’s and our own from earlier in the year, How can businesses ensure HIPAA compliance? The push is on for adoption and if healthcare providers don’t [...]
Branden Williams’ Security Convergence Blog… Guest Post: HITECH Alters HIPAA—Will HIPAA be ‘Hip’? Guest blogger, Bindu Sundaresan discusses the changes to HIPAA, and how they will impact healthcare management’s current way of dealing with electronic health records (or EMRs). As these ‘rules are here to stay’, Bindu reminds us to seek advice from our security [...]
Where do you keep your VPN Gateway?
Posted: July 22, 2009 by vpnhaus in 2 Factor Authentication, PCI, Posts, Rethink Remote AccessWe’re following a great discussion on LinkedIn as to where to keep a VPN gateway – in the DMZ or on the LAN directly. Pros and cons are argued for both sides (mostly pro-DMZ) and we’d like to hear your views on this debate. The views split over admin setup issues and effective security. Placing [...]
WiFi Net News… Summer Time, and Wireless Fear Mongering Is in the Air Glenn Fleishman disputes a recent article which claims users’ systems will be hacked due to “phony Wi-Fi hot spots” i.e. in airports, hotels, etc. The article recycles what is now a myth that free WiFi networks are ‘havens of hackers’, which they [...]
