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Feb 24 2008   4:45AM GMT

Is Endpoint Security Replacing Network Security?



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Encryption, Firewalls, NAC, Windows Security, Portable storage

There have been rumors for some time that the network perimeter is dead. More users are relying on laptop computers connected over wireless networks, or via VPN from a hotel or coffee shop. Users have mobile phones that connect to network resources, and various methods of portable data storage- USB flash drives, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players. If anyone can connect from anywhere and data is coming and going, it becomes virtually impossible to say what is ‘inside’ the network perimeter, and what is ‘outside’ the network perimeter. If all of that is true, should network security even be an issue? Why not declare a time of death, focus on endpoint security solutions and forget about the network? Read The Future of Network Security at Computerworld for a deeper look at this issue, as well as why the rumors of the death of network security might be exaggerated.

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Sep 27 2007   7:28PM GMT

Survey Paints Bleak Outlook for Mobile Network Security



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Portable storage, Mobile device, compromise, Data breach, Mobile, Security

It seems like security breaches and data compromise are almost a daily occurrence now. From the stolen VA laptop, to the massive breach of customer trust and network security at TJX, to the more recent data compromise incidents at Monster.com and TD Ameritrade, it is hard to imagine that there is anyone left who hasn’t had their personal and financial information stolen. Continued »

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Sep 20 2007   5:44PM GMT

EMC Introduces Technology to Manage IPv6



Posted by: Tony Bradley
EMC, IP, IP communications, IPv4, IPv6

IPv6, the next generation IP protocol which is replacing the current IPv4 (not sure what happened to IPv5) has not taken off quite the way it had been anticipated. Still, the standard is being rolled out more and more, if by nothing more than attrition, and organizations need next generation tools to handle the next generation protocol. Storage vendor EMC has rolled out just such a tool. Their Smart IPv6 Availability Manager provides discovery, mapping, monitoring and root-cause analysis of problems for IPv6 networks, and is also backward compatible with IPv4 networks or networks that mix both IPv4 and IPv6. For more details about this IPv6 tool, check out this Computerworld.com article.

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Aug 20 2007   6:01AM GMT

BT Undertakes Massive Global Network Overhaul



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Telecommunications, IP communications, Huawei Technologies, Fujitsu, Alcatel-Lucent, BT, Cisco

One of the downsides to being a dominant provider of telecommunications around the world is that it also makes you the owner of legacy telecommunications hardware and networking equipment around the world. Even dominant global providers have to upgrade though. BT has begun a project dubbed 21CN (21st Century Network) estimated at $21 billion and projected to be completed in 2009. The focus of the rollout is to upgrade customers from legacy telecommunications networks to a new, all-IP communications network. Alcatel-Lucent is a key supplier, as is Cisco, Fujitsu, and Huawei Technologies. You can learn more in this article from Computerworld.com.

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Aug 4 2007   9:44PM GMT

Cisco and EMC Encrypt SANs



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Networking, Encryption, SAN, EMC, Cisco

Beth Pariseau, a News Writer for SearchStorage.com, reports that Cisco and EMC have agreed to partner on encrypting SAN data, and that the two companies “announced that Cisco’s encryption keys will be compatible with EMC’s RSA Key Manager, though Cisco also plans to offer its own key management application.” For complete details of the partnership and the products that are affected or being introduced to facilitate the SAN encryption, read Beth’s article: Cisco, EMC partner on SAN encryption.

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