risks
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Building enterprise systems based upon open source software means you end up having to pay to manage the additional risks," he said. Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a... [23 Oct 2009]
Improving Efficiency in IT Administration by Implementing Policy Automation
White Paper At the same time, this access exposes an organization to security risks, especially regarding insiders. Privileged access is critical for smooth ongoing administration of IT assets. The right solution will provide... [15 Oct 2009]
Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise
White Paper Too often, however, these efforts pay far too little heed to the risks posed by poorly controlled access to administrative privilege in IT, which can have a hugely disproportionate impact on the business. [15 Oct 2009]
Preventing Data Breaches in Privileged Accounts Using Access Control
White Paper This white paper explores insider attacks, threats and risks involved across every enterprise. It is critical that organizations are proactive in their approach to mitigating insider threats. Week-after week there are... [15 Oct 2009]
ComputerWorld eBook: Enterprise Management Flyover
White Paper This eBook provides the answers with in-depth articles on how organizations are driving down costs, reducing risks and increasing quality of service and agility. What are the key trends driving IT management? [15 Oct 2009]
The Department of Defense and Open Source Software
White Paper This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations understand how to build a business case that is based on cost, schedule, performance and risks across the entire program... [15 Oct 2009]
Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernizing Legacy System to SOA
White Paper Discover how to eliminate the risks of mainframe dependence by unlocking data and business logic trapped in legacy systems. Don't let your mainframes slow down or even stall your SOA development. SOA provides an... [15 Oct 2009]
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Architects
White Paper Failure to provide effective SOA governance exposes your organization to serious risks resulting from: Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50... [15 Oct 2009]
Oracle Real Application Testing 11g Release 2
White Paper This white paper discusses how Real Application Testing with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 allows businesses to quickly adopt new technologies while eliminating the risks associated with change. [15 Oct 2009]
Avatars made to wear a suit to work as the style police arrive
News The company advises companies to encourage their workers to use their avatars to represent the company, while educating them about the "risks and responsibilities of reputation management" in an online environment. [09 Oct 2009]
Hard Hat Myth: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining
White Paper This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and attempts to provide some protective "hard hats" for data miners in the technology sector. It's critical to understand that data mining is a business processa... [07 Oct 2009]
Practical Steps to Mitigate Virtualization Security Risks
White Paper This paper, describes seven practical steps that IT organizations can take to mitigate the unique security challenges of virtualization. While many of these steps are solid best practices that apply to both physical and virtualized... [05 Oct 2009]
Mastering the Risk/Reward Equation: Optimizing Information Risks to Maximize Business Innovation Rewards
White Paper For top-performing organizations, business innovation is not simply an event in time or a siloed laboratory project to generate a new product. It is an on-going, inter-disciplinary, cross-organizational effort to drive the business... [05 Oct 2009]
Insider Risk Management: A Framework Approach to Internal Security
White Paper Internal security risks are a complex challenge facing organizations of all industries and in all regions. Unfortunately, no single technology will solve the wide range of risks posed by "insiders.... [05 Oct 2009]
Information Risk Management for Healthcare Organizations: Six Best Practices for Protecting Your Health Information
White Paper The risks, including damage to patient and physician confidence and institutional reputation, are far too great to ignore. Protecting health information from enterprise data loss is both a strategic necessity and... [05 Oct 2009]