"As IPv6 gets rolled out on enterprise wide area networks (WANs), so will IPv6 firewalls. This article discusses some security issues introduced by IPv6 and what IT professionals should consider when deploying and operating an IPv6 firewall ... The first line of defense of most enterprise networks is a firewall that aims to prevent attacks from the public Internet to the enterprise network, and limits how local users can access the public Internet. As IPv6 is rolled out on enterprise networks, IPv6 firewalls will be deployed so that the same security policies that are currently being enforced in IPv4 are enforced in IPv6 ..."
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"Keeping attendees safe, and ensuring proprietary information stays out of the public domain must be part of any solid strategy for an offsite meeting or event ... When an organization hosts an offsite event, whether it is a small meeting, or a massive industry conference, it also presents an opportunity for the security department ..."
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"Well-prepared companies fare significantly better than their competitors when faced with IT security threats ... IT security concerns never go out of style ... The recent data breach at Zappos.com—in which 24 million customers had personal information stolen—is just the latest in a seemingly endless series of reminders that a comprehensive and multi-layered security strategy is essential to any business ..."
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"Even encryption can give you a false sense of security. Here's a layered approach to truly keep your data private ... With groups like Anonymous actively looking to embarrass your company, laptops thefts occurring every second, and the recent poor US District Court ruling on fifth amendment password protection rights, it is time you actually encrypt your data properly ..."
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"Forrester Research released a new report written by analyst John Kindervag called 'Killing Data,' which claims that security professionals don't do enough to make data stores undesirable to thieves looking to fence that information on the black market.
Control placement is often flawed and security pros frequently leave toxic data, data associated with legal or compliance mandates, and certain types of intellectual property unprotected and vulnerable. Traditionally, security pros have not stored email addresses in an encrypted format — because they don’t view them as toxic or sensitive data," the report read. "In order to properly protect data, security professionals must put a value on it based on how much the data is worth on the open market ..."
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