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What We’re Reading, Week of 8/23
Posted: August 27, 2010 by vpnhaus in HighlightsTags: mobile, Smartphones, Enterprise IT, Vulnerability
New Survey: Employees Complain About IT Security Policies
Posted: August 26, 2010 by vpnhaus in IT policyTags: security, employee security, IT security, information security, IT policy
You know the scenario, you implement your organization’s security policy, and then within minutes can hear employees groaning and mumbling about IT. According to a new survey, employees don’t just complain to each other – they are now complaining directly to IT. Four in 10 CIOs interviewed for the Robert Half Technology survey said that [...]
What We’re Reading, Week of 8/16
Posted: August 20, 2010 by vpnhaus in HighlightsTags: remote access, security, VPN
Dark Reading, Ferreting Out Rogue Access Points and Wireless Vulnerabilities InfoWorld, 5 Reasons IT Pros Should Be Paranoid Computerworld, Managing and securing iOS 4 devices at work Technorati, Why a Blackberry Ban Won’t Affect Privacy PCWorld, Google CEO Exposes Dark Side of Social Networking
Q&A on IT/HR collaboration with Volodymyr Styran
Posted: August 19, 2010 by vpnhaus in Expert Q&ATags: security, provisioning, IT, HR, IT security
VPN Haus spoke with Volodymyr Styran, a security expert, about ways IT professionals can work more closely with HR on issues like provisioning. VPN Haus has long advocated for IT departments to make user provisioning a higher priority and Stryan has some ideas on how this collaboration can be turned into reality. VPN Haus: Let’s [...]
Mobile Devices like a “Trojan horse” into the Enterprise
Posted: September 1, 2010 by vpnhaus in Industry CommentaryTags: mobile device, trojan horse, Dark Reading
John Hering, CEO of Lookout, a mobile security firm, recently told Dark Reading, allowing a mobile device access to critical data is “almost a Trojan horse into the enterprise itself. “ Powerful words. We took Hering’s warning to heart and asked several security and enterprise experts: What major security concerns should the enterprise worry about [...]