Archive for March, 2008

Network Nightmare #4 - Unused and Unpatched Services

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

The large number of services running on a typical Windows or UNIX server is more than enough to discourage a network administrator with too little time and too few resources from determining which are needed and which are redundant. As a result, there are many different routes into an otherwise secure server or workstation.

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Boards Must Wake Up to IT Governance

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Board directors today have extensive responsibilities to comply with the UK Combined Code, Sarbanes-Oxley and a host of other national statutes and regulations. With technology at the heart of most enterprises, there are explicit requirements for directors to ensure proper governance of IT as a part of their control of operational risk. However, despite the clear need for effective oversight, we recently discovered that take-up of IT governance remains worryingly low.

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