Red Hat Achieves 7 NIST Info Security Certifications; Paul Smith Comments
Red Hat has achieved seven certifications through a program run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to certify security systems used by federal agencies in the U.S. and Canada. The open source provider achieved the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certifications for its Enterprise Linux 6.2, run on HP ProLiant DL585 and IBM [...]
NJVC’s Kevin Jackson On How Cloud Can Change Intell Community Organization
February 4, 2013 No Comment
Kevin Jackson, vice president and general manager of cloud services at NJVC, has co-authored a white paper on how the U.S. intelligence community can use cloud computing to locate data and apply it for missions. The Intelligence and National Security Alliance Cloud Computing Task Force interviewed nearly 50 thought leaders and policy makers in the [...]
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A recent survey has revealed that IT security personnel at many large corporations are sacrificing critical security measures to meet network performance demands for business applications. Crossbeam Systems polled nearly 500 IT executives at large, global corporations and found that 90 percent of respondents admit to making this type of security system tradeoff to improve [...]
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The growing number of technologies implemented by businesses is posing a challenge to information security executives and their staffs, potentially jeopardizing the security of government agencies, corporations and consumers worldwide over the next several years, according to a new study. Conducted by consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, the 2011 (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study [...]
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Information security provider SafeNet Inc and storage and data management solutions provider NetApp are joining forces to offer a new approach to storage security solutions. “SafeNet and NetApp are working together to make data-protection solutions available inside the network extendable beyond the network as customers adopt cloud-computing solutions,” said Russell Dietz, SafeNet vice president and [...]
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On Monday, the Obama administration released a budget of $3.8 trillion with a request of close to $80 billion to be allocated to IT spending for 2011. In terms of information security, the administration is seeking to improve broadly in three areas; improving identity management, shift to a real-time security posture and cyber incident information [...]
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IBM has announced the release of one of the Information Security industry’s most comprehensive solutions for combating attacks on Web application infrastructure and securing the integrity of data processed by Web applications, part of IBM’s ongoing strategy to deliver its clients security solutions designed to address today’s most significant security risks. With this release, IBM has brought [...]
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