Security appliances wrestle with blanket coverage To someone responsible for the network security of an SMB (small to midsize business), a one-box solution that handles every enterprise security function is a hot commodity. Naturally, the all-in-one security appliance aims to provide the required level of effectiveness without the complexity and expense of layered security products and dedicated staff. And that’s a hugely attractive prospect in today’s Wild Wild Web, where worm infections, Trojan horse invasions, and exploits of security holes are constant threats. [via InfoWorld: Security]
The Mandate of Heaven
eGov Monitor Version
“Parliament”, said my distinguished friend “has always leaked like a sieve”.
I’m researching the thorny issue of ‘Confidence in Public Sector Computing’ and we were discussing the dangers presented by the Internet. In his opinion, information security is an oxymoron, which has no place being discussed in a Parliament built upon the uninterrupted flow of information of every kind, from the politically sensitive to the most salacious and mundane.
With the threat of war hanging over us, I asked if MPs should be more aware of the risks that surround this new communications medium? More importantly, shouldn’t the same policies and precautions that any business might use to protect itself and its staff, be available to MPs?
What concerns me is that my well-respected friend mostly considers security in terms of guns, gates and guards. He now uses the Internet almost as much as he uses the telephone and the Fax machine and yet the growing collective t…
eGov Monitor Version
“Parliament”, said my distinguished friend “has always leaked like a sieve”.
I’m researching the thorny issue of ‘Confidence in Public Sector Computing’ and we were discussing the dangers presented by the Internet. In his opinion, information security is an oxymoron, which has no place being discussed in a Parliament built upon the uninterrupted flow of information of every kind, from the politically sensitive to the most salacious and mundane.
With the threat of war hanging over us, I asked if MPs should be more aware of the risks that surround this new communications medium? More importantly, shouldn’t the same policies and precautions that any business might use to protect itself and its staff, be available to MPs?
What concerns me is that my well-respected friend mostly considers security in terms of guns, gates and guards. He now uses the Internet almost as much as he uses the telephone and the Fax machine and yet the growing collective t…
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