ITIL: Moving from Tactical to Strategic
The impending release of the third version of the IT Infrastructure Library has a lot of people talking. A recent edition of CIO offers a story by Laurianne McLaughlin that serves as a good primer on the history of ITIL, ... Read More
Ten Top Real ID Complaints
I've taken a couple opportunities to express my concerns with the Real ID Law. Wilson Dizard III shared this list in a recent edition of Government Computer News that I felt was worth sharing with you. Ten Top Real ID ... Read More
Is the IRS Keeping Your Data Safe?
Today is tax day in the United States. Procrastinators will be spending time wrapping up their returns, either on-line or racing to the local post office. But, is the information you provide the IRS secure? According to a recent article ... Read More
FISMA Scores Improve…Barely
The latest grades are out for the Federal Government when it comes to information security. According to Government Technology, Rep. Tom Davis, ranking member of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, gave the federal government an overall grade of ... Read More
Keep Watch for “Storm Trojan”
According to headlines on ComputerWorld yesterday, the largest spam attack in the past year is well underway. "Arriving with subject headings touting Worm Alert!, Worm Detected, Spyware Detected!, Virus Activity Detected!, the spam carries a ZIP file attachment posing as ... Read More
HIPAA Enforcement Still An Empty Promise
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known by its acronym (HIPAA), was passed by Congress way back in 1996. Yet, in spite of its being on the record books as long or longer than almost any other major ... Read More
How Secure is Microsoft Vista?
Many companies are still taking a "wait and see" attitude on upgrading their Microsoft desktops and laptops to the Vista operating system. The most heavily touted improvements in Vista are focused around security. We've all seen the Apple commercial poking ... Read More
ANI Patch: How Do You Think Microsoft Handled It?
Last week, Microsoft released an out-of-band patch for a vulnerability affecting the animated cursor, also known as ANI. The vulnerability was identified by Determina back in December, who, in turn notified Microsoft. For some, like eWeek's Joe Wilcox, the four ... Read More
J-SOX Compliance Date Nears
Publicly-traded companies in America have been through a couple rounds of SOX audits, but companies in other parts of the world will be getting their first taste of similar compliance requirements in the next year. J-SOX, the Sarbanes-Oxley-inspired name for ... Read More
