Whitepapers

Evaluating IT Security Options

Assessing IT security claims – especially in the all-important area of perimeter security – is difficult at the best of times. Vendors in this area often exaggerate their offerings (sometimes spectacularly). Additionally, it can be very difficult to compare products side by side. Compounding this problem is the lack of clarity in terminology. It’s almost impossible to make rational comparisons between the various offerings.

This white paper is intended for IT managers who aren’t security specialists but who want to make good decisions about IT security. You won’t find any references to specific vendors or specific products in here: this is not about promoting one specific solution, it’s about helping you evaluate the solutions on offer.

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Managing Your Greatest New Security Risk: Your New Employees

Senior managers outside the IT department will most likely have a very hazy impression of what is meant by the terms blogging, iTunes, MySpace or MSN messenger. Yet the use of these new technologies at work is a major threat to their businesses.

Russell Bolan, European CEO of IT solutions and services provider Dimension Data, says that businesses must wake up to the IT risks that these tech-savvy employees and the new technologies they are using at work represent, and provides tips on how to defuse this security time bomb before it’s too late.

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Network Box Guide to Safe Data Transit 

Losing sensitive data in transit is a burgeoning issue for individuals whose data has been lost, as well as businesses. Not only is data loss damaging to the reputations of companies involved, it can have other far-reaching implications, such as leaving businesses open to financial attacks from hackers, or causing intellectual property to land in the hands of competitors. Employees themselves also have reason to worry, with the proposal of legislation that could see individuals who negligently disclose personal information imprisoned for two years . 

However, there is a balance to be struck. Most companies will at some point need to send and receive sensitive information; and many businesses and employees enjoy the significant benefits of remote working.

This document gives you some quick tips to help ensure the safe transfer of data so that your valuable, confidential information doesn’t end up in the wrong hands.

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