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How do you Protect Information in and from the Cloud?
Robert Mol | 15 May 2012 | 0 comments

 

The more I'm on the road meeting with customers, partners and industry colleagues, the more I'm convinced we've come to a crossroads, where traditional client server IT is now finally giving way to a more flexible and accessible information-driven alternative.

This may be familiar to many already; however there’s no doubt that a sea change is taking place in the conversations on this subject from a year ago compared with where we are today. The underpinnings of that change are not entirely driven by technology but by the world of the Digital Native. The Digital Native was born into a world of Internet, readily available access to all information and having an "always connected" lens on the world. The Digital Native uses his or her social networks to communicate, is open about it, and only engages with the enterprise if enabled to interact in this relatively new form. 

Why, you might think is this relevant to a discussion...

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We’ll be at the VMware Forums across EMEA, will you?
Rob-F | 19 Apr 2012 | 0 comments

Symantec is going to be a main sponsor in the biggest VMware Forum events across EMEA.  The first event comes shortly after our recent announcement at the RSA conference that five new security integrations with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite have taken place (check out the press release  here).  These integrations are designed to deliver extensive protection for virtual and cloud environments along with operational cost savings.

We will be at all the events listed here, where you can learn more about how joint Symantec and VMware customers are being enabled to protect their virtual infrastructure and business-critical applications as a result of this recent announcement.  You can register here. 

Before...

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EU Data Protection Reform - Tell Us What YOU Think About It!
Guido Sanchidrian | 18 Mar 2012 | 0 comments

Late January 2012, the EU Commission presented the first proposal of a comprehensive reform of the existing EU Data Protection Directive. No doubt, the current Data Protection Directive requires more than just a slight refreshment, it requires a significant re-design. It has been established in 1995, when less than 1% of the EU population used the Internet. Now 17 years later we are faced with a globally connected world with all its benefits and challenges.

The new proposal has the ambitious goal to harmonise the patchwork of different laws in force across the EU countries. It is complex and large, and is just the beginning of the process to enact new rules changing the existing data protection regime, which will likely take two years from now, or even more.

Not just since the date of presenting the proposal but even started before, there is an ongoing discussion about how...

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Strategic IT trend or living it? – part 1
Robert Mol | 13 Mar 2012 | 0 comments

 

And then there was Cloud, Virtualization, and the most disruptive of them all, Mobile! How does the IT Manager prioritize in this age of constant consolidation and drive for efficiency? Is it the internal drivers for a more agile data center that can fire up a virtual server the minute a Business Unit Manager comes up with a new big revenue generating idea? Or is the adoption of tools that will help make life easier, more fun and above all more efficient for sales and other revenue focused teams, the priority?

The latter is obviously eluding to the rapid adoption of Mobile technologies with Tablets, in particular those from Apple, leading the way to a new and faster form of communication and information exchange. A form of BYOD?

Personally, I think BYOD has gone mainstream already by the simple fact that smart phones have already outsold PC's in 2011 and Apple even out shipped the PC in Q4 2011 with just the iPad! So why bring your own instead of...

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One Size Fits None - How To Assess Security Control Transparency Of Cloud Service Providers
Guido Sanchidrian | 18 Feb 2012 | 0 comments

In the past few weeks I was quite often involved into discussions about cloud security frameworks, proper attestation of security controls, and what criteria should apply for selecting cloud service provider.

The lack of a widely agreed cloud risk or cloud security standard (and an acknowledged certification process of it) makes it difficult for organisations to evaluate and select cloud service providers from risk perspective in addition to the business and cost benefit angle that the cloud service would provide.

Therefore many organisations fall back to already established in-house expertise in vendor selection, which is likely not fully adoptable for the selction of cloud service providers, or just mirror what other organisations do, even if those organisations likely have a different risk and maturity profile.

Hence the title of this blog article - One Size Fits None. That is usually my first answer to a lot of questions I have been asked around this topic...

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How Coffee Helps You To Build The IT Security "Community of Purpose"
Guido Sanchidrian | 03 Feb 2012 | 0 comments

Recently I commented a blog entry at "In Defense of Data" - a blog written by a variety of data security thought leaders and architects. The article is titled "Security and the Price of Coffee", and raised a very good point: Symbolically, a simple cup of coffee could be a mechanism for breaking the ice and building a relationship between IT Operations and the leaders of business units within organisations. Like the author of the article, I completely agree that many IT organisations act in silos. I share the same experience as the author; many times I walked in early to a customer meeting, I find the IT Security group introducing themselves to the leaders of other departments within their own organisations for the first time... Do I have to say more ...?

A few years ago I...

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Security Awareness Inspired – Part 2
Guido Sanchidrian | 03 Jan 2012 | 1 comment

In my last Blog article I wrote about the challenges of mobility and I outlined how to stay secure online whilst traveling. In general, information access is becoming mobile and device-agnostic. This results into new risk implications.

First, everything is revolving around people and information. Devices like desktops, laptops, tablets or smartphones are irrelevant. The most popular devices today won't likely have the same popularity three years from now. Also the applications don't matter that much, because it is not important if organisations use on-premise mail server today and tomorrow they use a cloud-based email service. It is just about getting the information from one place to another. What matters is the people and the intellectual property, the formula to the new chemical compound for example, or credit card details. It is about the data, and the information.

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Security Awareness Inspired – Part 1
Guido Sanchidrian | 24 Dec 2011 | 2 comments

As a frequent traveller, going online has become universal for me. I expect Internet access wherever I am for whatever I need. However, when I am on the road, accessing the Internet can be challenging. Connections may be not only slower but also at greater risk, especially when connecting to public networks or using a public computer in the hotel. The key to using the Internet securely while travelling is to understand these additional risks, use caution, and be prepared.

PLANNING AHEAD

One of the most effective ways you can protect yourself when travelling is to first take simple, preventive steps before you leave. If you are using a corporate image notebook, most of the following tasks are likely maintained by your IT desktop management, but nevertheless worth to check frequently by your own, in particular if this is your own device that is not managed by IT.

  • Ensure your laptop and smartphone operating systems and applications have the latest version...
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Application Streaming Made Easy
Robert Mol | 11 Oct 2011 | 0 comments

When you’re operating across an entire network of terminals, inefficiencies and problems are bound to arise. Of course, there’s no way to eliminate these entirely, but there are ways to minimise them, by gathering more useful information, simplifying and improving existing processes, and ensuring administrators have all the necessary powers available. This is where Symantec Workspace Streaming can help. Your organisation may well be using the Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite already for the virtualization of your business-critical applications. Workspace Streaming is an add-on for this suite, which allows sophisticated application streaming.

  • License...
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Virtualization Management Tools: Part 2
stuartbeattie | 05 Oct 2011 | 0 comments

Virtualization management tools are important. In part one of this series we reviewed some of the basic features of proper virtualization management tools as well as how a lack of said tools could make managing a fleet of virtual servers as labor intensive as an equal number of physical systems. In this post, we'll explore some of the more advanced features of management tools, and how their implementation saves you significant time.

First, let's look at Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). VDI is an umbrella term for a collection of technologies whose purpose is to provide centrally-located desktop environments to remote users. These users can be using virtually any device, while the processing and storage requirements are handled entirely by the VDI server. Though VDI can be delivered in many ways, the most common option is to virtualise a client operating system and provide...

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