Confidential Data – Leaving via an IPS near you…

Posted on December 8, 2009 by varidion

One of the biggest information security news items over the past Year is the leaking of confidential or sensitive data by specific applications.  Ironically, the applications that facilitated these breaches were specifically forbidden, but because these programs masquerade as valid applications or hide within SSL encryption, traditional network security and IPS appliances are oblivious to [...]

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Banning access to Social Networking from the corporate network is futile

Posted on October 22, 2009 by varidion

Monday at Gartner Symposium in Florida, Carol Rozwell, of Gartner gave some wise words:
“Banning access to social media from the corporate network is futile.”
Carol is correct, we can’t stop social networking, you only have to look at the largest firewall installed, China!   They have failed to manage the flow of incoming information via Web 2.0 [...]

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Statefull Inspection Swiss Cheese – What’s the Point of your Firewall?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by varidion

I’m sorry to tell you, its got more holes than a Swiss Cheese! Don’t be alarmed…..      most have.
Why?   They’re just simply out of date….
Basically today’s Web 2.0 applications have technology leapfrogged your security infrastructure, so while you diligently close ports and protocols these Net Generation applications choose another port, or better [...]

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