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Budgeting for Disaster

2009-12-01 11:49

As the year winds to a close, thoughts are turning to the coming holidays: turkey, pies, snow shoveling, and perhaps a new budget. So how exactly does one plan for the unexpected, or budget for disasters? By definition disasters are very bad: bad enough that we should be insured against them....

Virtual security in a real world

2009-11-20 09:23

Virtualization has become a force to be reckoned with for organizations of all sizes and shapes. The flexibility and consolidation options available in virtualized environments give this technology an unusual distinction: it appeals to both the engineers and the accountants. But as with any new...

Avoiding the Storm Clouds

2009-10-06 10:58

As cloud computing becomes more commonplace and vital to our operations, it's imperative to keep in mind the security implications of running your business from “the cloud". Moving expensive and hard to maintain programs to the cloud can be an attractive alternative to large one time...

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Rants - Tech savvey explications

IE 0 Day Exploit

2008-12-12 19:27

Microsoft reported a new "zero-day exploit" that affects most versions of the Internet Explorer browser. A zero-day exploit is a security vulnerability that is being exploited before the software vendor or public know that the issue exists. This particular exploit attacks flaws within Internet...

Spoofed NDR issues

2008-04-14 13:05

We've seen a rash of NDR (non-Delivery Response) floods happening to our clients. In all cases, it appears that the spam being NDRed is spoofed, but we are receiving reports from these users that they are being black listed on spam filters. Is anyone else seeing this problem? Thanks, -J-