Tag: it management

Silk Road Raising Questions About Government Spying (Again)

It’s a case that’s captured everyone’s attention — pirates, drug trafficking, hit men, government intrigue. By now, few people haven’t heard about Silk Road, run by the now notorious Dread Pirate Roberts, a pseudonym from the film “The Princess Bride.” It’s an interesting next chapter to perhaps the biggest news story of 2013 — Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA cyber snooping

Back to School: The ABCs of IT Management

It wasn’t that long ago when parents were picking up their children on the last day of school to start the summer. Now these same parents are only weeks away from dropping their children off again to begin a new academic journey. Do you remember your time as a youngster walking into the first week of class to start a new year

5 Top Targets for Today’s Hackers

Black Hat USA  bills itself as “the show that sets the benchmark for all other security conferences.” While most conferences tend to over-promote themselves, given the activity at this year’s show, that actually might be something of an understatement. From the defense of government surveillance delivered by NSA Director  General Keith Alexander  to briefings on the coming “cryptopocalypse” and the risks associated with embedded devices and the Internet of Things, Black Hat reminds us that a little bit of paranoia is warranted in today’s connected world.

Your Net Worth Is Online – And Less Safe Than Ever

The Black Hat USA 2013 conference, which kicks off tomorrow in Las Vegas, brings together the  brightest minds in IT security  each year — those who are responsible for perpetrating and protecting against the latest hacks and vulnerabilities. And not a second too soon, since every week seems to usher in another security catastrophe. This week’s shocker  was the outing of a hole in mobile device SIM cards, by Karsten Nohl, the founder of Security Research Labs in Berlin

Security Gaffes You Might Have Missed So Far This Year

If you can believe it, 2013 is already halfway over. With summer here, businesses everywhere are feeling the heat in their IT organizations – as they fight a growing array of security concerns, threatening their profitability and reputation alike.

ManageEngine in the News!

A round up of the global coverage ManageEngine has received in the last three weeks. Privileged Password Management Software for MSP’s :  At Infosecurity Europe, ManageEngine launched the industry-first solution, developed specifically to address the unique privileged identity management challenges faced by MSP’s. Industry First ‘Enterprise Search’ for IT teams : Sridhar Iyengar, vice president of product management, ManageEngine shares the benefits of IT360′s unified search console that is capable of searching databases of any third-party IT management and business applications,   without requiring the user to understand the underlying database architecture or write SQL queries