IT managers everywhere feel overwhelmed with the rising tide of security threats they have to deal with in the face of an increasing regulatory burden. It is not surprising then that they tend to overlook one particular area of IT security, which is the privileged access that they grant to themselves and/or their colleagues in order to do their jobs. ...
31/10/2009 | Quo - Priviledged user management - 2009.pdf | VIEW
More and more enterprises are recognising the value of optimising their printing infrastructure through device consolidation, proactive monitoring and ongoing management. While many organisations focus on the office environment, there are opportunities to be uncovered by taking a wider view of printing - to include enterprise output - as a way to gain further cost benefits and drive business efficiencies. ...
01/12/2009 | Quocirca LRS WP Final December 2009.pdf | VIEW
A small group of employees in any organisation will have the ability to wreak havoc on IT infrastructure and the business it is there to serve: they are the privileged users who manage it. ...
01/12/2009 | PUM-CRN.pdf | VIEW
Within any organisation, a small group of employees have the ability to wreak havoc on its IT infrastructure: the privileged users that manage it. Granting privileges to such users is necessary for them to be able to do their job but when things go wrong the consequences can be serious. ...
31/12/2009 | PUM for Silicon PDF.pdf | VIEW
An updated look at content security including some new data from a Quocirca report on data loss prevention (DLP) to be published early in 2010. Delivered in Dec 2009 as part of a CSC/Symantec webinar on DLP. ...
03/12/2009 | Quocirca for Symantec-CSC webinar Dec 3 2009 - slides - V3 final.pdf | VIEW
This presentation is based on the Quocirca report of the same names and was delivered in UK and Spain in November 2009 in association of with the launch of that report. It looks at the issues around the management of privileged users and what happens when the things go wrong. ...
01/12/2009 | Quocirca - PUM press presentation for UK.pdf | VIEW
This presentation was given at an Info Security Magazine webinar in Nov 2009. It looks at how web threats are evolving and what action can be taken. ...
30/11/2009 | Quocirca for Infosec-Webroot webinar - Nov 12th 2009.pdf | VIEW
This presentation looks at how important it is to ensure you can control and monitor the behaviour of users, especially when they have special privileges. ...
30/09/2009 | Quocirca for Brookcourt - Sept 9th 2009 - FINAL.pdf | VIEW
Digital Britain is the UK government’s strategic vision for the UK digital economy. While social inclusion and rights protection are major themes, the plans will also have a significant impact on businesses. In stimulating investment in faster and more pervasive broadband access, Digital Britain will encourage the distribution and virtualisation of functions within businesses and further interconnectivity between organisations, their customers, suppliers and employees, wherever they are located. Businesses need to be aware that this will affect security and risk, and they should be taking steps now to minimise any harmful impact. ...
01/10/2009 | sonicwall final Oct.pdf | VIEW
Strong authentication technologies have long been used for providing an extra layer of assurance that an individual accessing computing resources is who they say they are. However, the cost of deploying and managing such systems, including the provisioning of hardware tokens and the strain on helpdesk resources dealing with lost tokens or forgotten passwords, has made their use expensive and complex. New authentication models, however, are changing all that. Key developments include next-generation authentication servers that automate all tasks involved, and services provided in the cloud. New authentication methods such as software, SMS and BlackBerry tokens are further taking the costs out of the use of strong authentication and opening up its use to a whole new range of possibilities. ...
08/09/2009 | CRYPTOCard.pdf | VIEW
