As we recently noted, as colleges move quickly to adopt new technology, IT administrators are struggling to map existing information security policy with the new solutions. In the most recent example, the University of California has stopped its 30,000 member staff-and-faculty from using a hosted version of Google’s e-mail service, Gmail. This ban comes after [...]
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Google adds to ongoing connectivity struggles at colleges
Posted: May 6, 2010 by vpnhaus in Industry Commentary, Posts, Rethink Remote AccessTax day is Thursday, and the nation is scrambling to complete their taxes, companies as well as individuals. Many organizations are considering filing online to benefit from faster return times through direct deposit and wire transfers—in fact, the Federal government and many states incentivize online filing. Last year, nearly 95 million returns were e-filed. However, [...]
Combating Data Breaches with Provisioning
Posted: April 8, 2010 by vpnhaus in Posts, Rethink Remote AccessAccording to a recent Gartner survey, enterprise security end-users stated that remote access and user provisioning are two of the top 10 security technology priorities for 2010. With 2010 well under its way, businesses have been gearing up and rethinking their remote access policies with provisioning in mind. This is a key (and simple) strategy [...]
Can’t believe the RSA Conference is just a week away! As you may already know, NCP will be exhibiting at the show again this year, and we’ve been quite busy preparing for it. This year we are holding a panel session on network access technology and doing technical demonstrations of our enterprise VPN management solution. [...]
Provisioning: Q&A with Ben Ruset, Princeton University
Posted: June 10, 2010 by vpnhaus in Industry Commentary, PostsTags: provisioning, de-provisioning, academia, students, edu, IT, HR, human resources
Ben Ruset is systems administrator at Princeton University. He speaks to VPN Haus about pressing provisioning issues all organizations – academic or corporate – should consider. VPN Haus: When dealing with employee terminations, who should own network provisioning – HR or IT? Ben Ruset: Typically HR should notify IT and request that an account needs [...]