File Sharing – Not Just a Geek Problem

An alarming trend has been indentified by our Partner, Palo Alto Networks, in their Applications Usage and Risks Report:  browser based file sharing has overtaken the use of client specific Peer 2 Peer applications for the first time.
So what?
Well its simple, if today you detect and remove the use of file-sharing software within your business [...]

Banning access to Social Networking from the corporate network is futile

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 [...]

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

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   They’re just simply out of date….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 [...]