Not too long ago I embarked on a creating a podcast series that would provide more regularity than the blog. Beyond the Perimeter has been a tremendous amount of fun and as we just posted our 50th podcast I wanted to reflect on some of the highlights and wonderful guests we have been honored to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘BigFix’
50th “Beyond The Perimeter” Podcast HighLights
Posted in Security, tagged 451 group, Aaron Bawcom, Adam Shostack, Adobe Systems, Al HUger, Alex Hutton, Andy Purdy, antivirus, Arbor Networks, Ben Natan, beyond the perimeter, BigFix, Black Hat, Brad Arkin, Charles Dodd, Cisco, Concord Hospital, Conficker, Cyber Command, Dan Philpott, Dave Watson, David Mortman, Defcon, Doug Washburn, Dr. Peter Tippet, Economics, eIQ networks, EMA, EMC, Enterprise Management Associates, FAIR, FCRA, FIPS, FISMA, Forrester Research, Gartner, government security, Guardium, Hackers for Charity, HIPAA, IBM, Immunet, Information Security, ISS, Jack Daniel, Jeff Jones, Jeremiah Grossman, Johnny Long, Jose Nazario, Joshua Corman, Kaiser, Kaspersky, malware, Mark Starry, Mede Finance, Melissa Hathaway, Men in black, Michael Dahn, Michael Santarcangelo, Michael Smith, Microsoft, Mike Rothman, Nick Selby, NICOR, NIST, patch management, Patric Peterson, Paul Roberts, PCI, Peter Kuper, podcast, Project Quant, Reflex systems, Rich Mogull, Rick Wesson, Risk, RSA, Ryan Russell, Sam Curry, Scott Crawford, Scott Johnson, Sean Goings, Security b-sides, Securosis, Situational awareness, stelaing the network, Support Intelligence, TAC Americas, Technical Publishing, Timothy Mullen, Verizon Business Services, Virtualization, virtualizaton, Web Applicaiton Security, White Hat Security on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Long IT Security Industry Winter
Posted in Security, tagged BigFix, economic crisis, IANS, innovation, Peter Kuper, Qualys, start-ups, the great depression, VC funding, Verdasys on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Peter Kuper and discuss the impact the economic crisis has had on the IT security industry on the latest Beyond the Perimeter podcast (here). Peter Kuper, former analyst Morgan Stanley and SC Gowen, now associated with the IANS (Institute for Applied Network Security) organization notes that [...]
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated…
Posted in Security, tagged beyond the perimeter, BigFix, endpoint protection, IBM, security management, systems management, Trend Micro, twitter on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes I know it has been some time since I have posted a blog entry. The pain and suffering this has caused I can only imagine has been unbearable. Many of you must be feeling the nauseating withdrawal like symptoms of not enough me, but do not fear you will no longer need to remain [...]
Open Cloud Computing Manifesto: Much Ado About Nothing
Posted in Security, tagged Al Gore, Amazon, Amazon EC2, Azure, BigFix, CCIF, Cthulhu, Elastic Vapor, Google, IBM, Kaczynski, Microsoft, Open Cloud Computing Manifesto, pentagrams, platform, Reuven Cohen, revolutionary, Saturday Night Live, Steve Martin, Technology, The Internet, twitter, Unabomber, virgins on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So apparently a group of technologists and vendors working under the cloak of digital darkness drew out a pentagram and locked arms as they called out to Cthulhu to manifest and drive out those that would oppose their ultimate aims of total and complete world domination. Domination brought about through a set of cloud computing [...]
Moving Security through Visibility to Implementing Operational Controls
Posted in Security, tagged Auditing, BigFix, cloud computing, Gartner, IDS, Intrusion detection, Intrusion prevention, IPS, McAfee, Monitoring, nCircle, network security, Risk, threats, Virtualization, vulnerabilities, Vulnerability Assessment on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Quick thought for the day. Most technologies in the security world move through a predictable cycle of adoption. First an organization implements a solution to gain visibility into the scope of the problem (VA, IDS, DLP/CMF, SIEM) then once it becomes apparent that the problem is vast and overwhelming they move to operationally implement technical [...]
Amazon AWS, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, and More – Part 1: Can We Secure The Cloud?
Posted in Security, tagged Amazon AWS, Amazon EC2, BigFix, Chris Hoff, cloud computing, Control, Gartner, Google App Engine, James Urquhart, Microsoft Azure, salesforce.com, Security, Visibility on December 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Cloud computing, or as I like to call it the return of the mainframe and thin-client computing architecture – only cloudier, has been creating a lot of interesting discussion throughout IT recently.
Cloud computing, which we will define as any service or set of services delivered through the Internet (Cloud) without requiring additional infrastructure on the [...]



