November 2007 - Posts

Keeping Pace With IP Traffic

Published 28 November 7 11:31 AM | Essential Computer Security

How Far We’ve Come I doubt that the creators of the Internet Protocol (IP) envisioned the entire world running on it. But, that seems to be the way things are heading. Do you remember when people used to commit words to physical pieces of paper and have...

Filed under: Cisco, video on demand, broadband, News and Info, streaming video, VoD, IP

Infected Right Out Of The Box

Published 19 November 7 10:8 AM | Essential Computer Security

Most users are aware enough of the various computer security risks that they at least install some sort of firewall and antivirus software to protect their systems. But, when you purchase a brand new hard drive from a retailer, it probably does not occur...

Achilles Heel of Network Security

Published 16 November 7 8:58 AM | Essential Computer Security

There are a number of areas where an enterprise, or an individual household, can fall short when it comes to network security. However, insecure wireless access points seem to be one of the largest, if not *the* largest network security achilles heel...

Importance of Physical Security

Published 5 November 7 9:24 AM | Essential Computer Security

Information security generally focuses on electronic or digital security measures. IT security professionals evaluate, implement and administer a vast array of security technologies to ensure that data is protected and computer systems are not compromised...

Filed under: Best Practices, physical security