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Cyber-attack on Zappos: Information Security Lessons for Enterprises [Part-4]

Optrics — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:16:32 PST

Cyber-attack on Zappos: Information Security Lessons for Enterprises [Part-4]

In the previous three posts in the backdrop of the cyber-attack on Zappos.com, we analyzed the challenges associated with achieving the highest level of information security in enterprises and the causes for security incidents. In part-3 of this series, we discussed how lack of internal controls, access restrictions, centralized management, accountability, strong policies and haphazard style of privileged password management give room for security incidents. Let us now analyze the activity monitoring scenario ...

Webinar – ‘NetFlow – The De Facto Standard for Traffic Analytics’

Optrics — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:34:18 PST

Webinar – ‘NetFlow – The De Facto Standard for Traffic Analytics’

With ever-growing enterprise networks, a lot of concerns arise with regard to network usage.

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Network Management from a Systems Management Point of View – It ALL Starts with Discovery!

Optrics — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:06:51 PST

Network Management from a Systems Management Point of View – It ALL Starts with Discovery!

Tweet As a product manager of an integrated solution suite, it’s interesting to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between traditional systems management (OS deployment, inventory, software delivery, patching, monitoring) and its major trends (security, virtualization, cloud, efficient data centers) with network management (deployment and configuration, backup/restore, monitoring, traffic analysis, Quality of Service) and networking trends (mobile devices, cloud, virtualization, larger networking demands). There are many similarities between these two IT focus areas and I will “blog” about several aspects as I tie-in and compare systems management with network management over the next year

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Last chance to register & win!

Optrics — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:01:48 PST

Last chance to register & win!

Tweet LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER & WIN! IT Management Best Practices in Europe – Live Webinar Tuesday, February 21 st 1pm GMT REGISTER Join us for some best practices on making the most of your infrastructure, and learn how IT management is a holistic approach involving not just deep network visibility, but many other areas including log data retention and configuration management.

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Standard vs Premium

Optrics — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:50:08 PST

Standard vs Premium

http://www.youtube.com/v/tfjHZkIJp_M?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata You Can Learn More About the Ipswitch’s WhatsUp Gold Product Line By Going to www.Ipswitch.ca/WhatsUp-Gold The original article/video can be found at Standard vs Premium

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Register for your chance to win – Simplifying IT Management in Europe Webinar

Optrics — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:58:18 PST

Tweet IT Management Best Practices in Europe – Live Webinar Tuesday, February 21 st 1pm GMT REGISTER The economic crisis has taken a harsh toll on Europe, and the IT department is no different. As an IT manager, you are forced to do more with less, bringing agile solutions into the mix that emphasize automation while cutting down on the bottom line.

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Cyber Crooks Targeting Education IT Systems

Optrics — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:24:07 PST

Cyber Crooks Targeting Education IT Systems

Tweet Education IT systems seem to have a large target on their back these days. According to an October, 2010 McAfee study , universities and colleges rank number 1 in the ‘Top 10 Riskiest Places to Give Your Social Security Number’. Cyber crooks are attracted to the vast pools of personal data available on university and educational IT systems. And unlike typical commercial organizations, universities and schools can’t simply lock the doors in the evening and feel assured that their network is somewhat secure. Open buildings and computer lab environments complicate the physical security policies for these institutions. As a result, “State schools and universities are among the most likely government agencies to suffer data breaches.” Breaches seem to be a continuous part of the news headlines these days, but one article in particular caught my eye in the last few weeks. In mid-January, a California city college notified more than 13,000 students and employees about a specific breach that was discovered in late November. The breach was identified when the IT department found gaps in the data logs of a server that was located in a campus computer lab. After investigating these gaps, they found a virus that had existed on the college’s system since 1999…more than a decade. And during the investigation, they found transmissions that had been sent to Russia, China and several other countries; however the college hasn’t confirmed what type of data was sent in these transmissions. As our schools add new devices to the network, making it more complex, it is harder to manage and control

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Facts Revealed: Beyond Microsoft Partner Technology Advisor’s Mythbusters

Optrics — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:42:36 PST

Facts Revealed: Beyond Microsoft Partner Technology Advisor’s Mythbusters

In Reponse to http://www.microsoftnow.com/2012/02/how-a-manageengine-partner-spreads-fud.html Facts Behind Mythbuster #1 I agree, It's absurd to compare ManageEngine products with a complete enterprise-gas (oops class) Datacenter/Private Cloud management Suite from Microsoft. It's possible that ManageEngine resellers expected Microsoft products to work out-of-the-box like ManageEngine products. Maybe they just downloaded the Microsoft SCOM and expected to see Linux and Unix management instantly

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IT Admins- What I Think I Do

Optrics — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:30:13 PST

IT Admins- What I Think I Do

Tweet I’m sure that you’ve seen the “What I Think I Do” images floating around Facebook and other social sites lately. We thought that we’d have a little fun (it is Friday, after all) and create one of our own.

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Astaro Command Center V3.002 Released

Optrics — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:28:26 PST

Astaro Command Center V3.002 Released

Today we have released a maintenance Up2Date for Astaro Command Center. This release will increase the stability of your installation by addressing a few reported bugs, most notably the World-Map overview not operating correctly due to a change at Yahoo with their maps interface.

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