IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance:

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October 6, 2012  12:16 AM

Online Data Communication Access Controls – Part IV



Posted by: Robert Davis
BYOD, Configuration Management, Distributed Platforms, ICT, Information Assets Protection, Information Security, IT Architecture, IT Configuration, IT Infrastructure, Physical Security, Public Key Infrastructure, QoS, Risk Management, Service Delivery

Data encryption as an access control Data encryption provides an additional level of security and privacy over message transmissions. Data encryption is the re-encoding of electronic signals to disguise their meaning....

October 4, 2012  12:24 AM

Online Data Communication Access Controls – Part III



Posted by: Robert Davis
BYOD, Configuration Management, Distributed Platforms, ICT, Information Assets Protection, Information Security, IT Architecture, IT Configuration, IT Infrastructure, Physical Security, QoS, Risk Management, Service Delivery

Message fragmentation as an access control In computer networking, fragmentation is the communication of a message one parcel at a time. The central computer technology, for example, might only accept one byte of a message in each communication with the sending device. To obtain...


September 29, 2012  12:00 AM

Online Data Communication Access Controls – Part II



Posted by: Robert Davis
BYOD, Configuration Management, Distributed Platforms, ICT, Information Assets Protection, Information Security, IT Architecture, IT Configuration, IT Infrastructure, Physical Security, QoS, Risk Management, Service Delivery

Control over access to communication devices may not be effective in an online infrastructure unless access to the employed communication configuration is also restricted. Yet, many online...


September 26, 2012  11:58 PM

Online Data Communication Access Controls – Part I



Posted by: Robert Davis
Access Controls, BYOD, Configuration Management, Distributed Platforms, ICT, Information and Communication Technology, Information Security, IT Architecture, IT Configuration, IT Infrastructure, Physical Security, QoS, Risk Management, Service Delivery

Access to communication devices should be restricted by physical security access controls. As a particular, access to the communication devices should be restricted in much the...


November 16, 2010  12:03 AM

Service Level Management of Cloud Computing – Part VIII



Posted by: Robert Davis
Cloud Computing, Critical Success Factors, CSF, IT Service Delivery, IT Support, ITSM, Key Performance Indicators, KPI, OLA, Operational Level Agreement, QoS, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreement, Service Level Management, Service Level Requirements, SLA, SLM, SLR

Generally, cloud computing clients do not own the physical infrastructure, logical infrastructure or applications accessed by authorized personnel. Instead, clients avoid capital expenditures through leasing usage from...


November 12, 2010  4:52 AM

Service Level Management of Cloud Computing – Part VII



Posted by: Robert Davis
Cloud Computing, Critical Success Factors, CSF, IT Service Delivery, IT Support, ITSM, Key Performance Indicators, KPI, OLA, Operational Level Agreement, QoS, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreement, Service Level Management, Service Level Requirements, SLA, SLM, SLR

Commercial cloud computing vendors are expected to meet achievable QoS requirements, and if the entity is vigilant, sign legally binding SLAs promoting expectation fulfillment. To ensure effective SLAs, OLAs must be defined and developed prior to deploying any cloud computing...


November 8, 2010  8:32 PM

Service Level Management of Cloud Computing – Part VI



Posted by: Robert Davis
Cloud Computing, Critical Success Factors, CSF, IT Service Delivery, IT Support, ITSM, Key Performance Indicators, KPI, OLA, Operational Level Agreement, QoS, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreement, Service Level Management, Service Level Requirements, SLA, SLM, SLR

SLR recording dictates identifying performance as well as capacity requirements and placing them in a SLM registry. These SLRs can encompass:

  • Scalability...


November 4, 2010  5:13 PM

Service Level Management of Cloud Computing – Part V



Posted by: Robert Davis
Cloud Computing, Critical Success Factors, CSF, IT Service Delivery, IT Support, ITSM, Key Performance Indicators, KPI, OLA, Operational Level Agreement, QoS, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreement, Service Level Management, Service Level Requirements, SLA, SLM, SLR

To enable SLM, customers as well as internal and external suppliers should be identified and managed. For most service providers, cloud computing infrastructure consists of services delivered through central sites utilizing configured...


November 1, 2010  5:39 PM

Service Level Management of Cloud Computing – Part IV



Posted by: Robert Davis
Cloud Computing, Critical Success Factors, CSF, IT Service Delivery, IT Support, ITSM, Key Performance Indicators, KPI, QoS, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreement, Service Level Management, SLA, SLM

SLM can be considered QoS monitoring and management based on key performance indicators (KPIs). QoS KPIs can range from generic...


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