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U.S. Market Update: Smart ID Cards And Readers Deliver Network Security And Physical Access Control In Single Credential
White Papers The Smart Card Alliance, an industry organization, estimates that there are now about five million smart cards issued in the United States for logical or physical access control. With that many cards deployed, the necessary readers, middleware and...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Physical And Tech Security Should Merge
News Greg Ryan -- from the network and integration services division of IBM Global Services in Australia -- believes that greater communication between the IT department and the business about physical security is important.
[April 10, 2003, 12:04]
Integrating Physical Surveillance With Your IT Security System
News Video surveillance has been a mainstay of companies' physical security systems for a long time, but today those systems can integrate into your network to allow you to monitor what's going on at the office from anywhere in the world, over the...
[March 1, 2006, 12:40]
NetBotz Monitor Senses Datacentre Security
News Network-connected physical security maker NetBotz has launched a Linux-based appliance with built-in video camera, motion detector and environmental sensors that allow IT managers to monitor activity, humidity and temperature within their...
[May 20, 2003, 7:00]
Free Space Optical Transmission Security
White Papers Such network security concerns involve the lowest network layer, typically referred to as the physical layer (layer one), as well as higher software layers of the networking protocols. Intrusion of the physical layer itself can be another concern...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Online And Offline Security Merging
News The link between physical security systems and network security is another ripple emanating from the events of 11 September, 2001. US government projects to integrate physical and network security, such as the Transportation Worker's Identity Card...
[January 13, 2005, 13:35]
Optical Wireless Systems And Network Security
White Papers Such network security concerns involve the lowest network layer, typically referred to as the physical layer (layer one), as well as higher software layers of the networking protocols. This white paper discusses security aspects involving the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Physical And IT Security 'will Converge'
News Speaking at a press briefing at the CA World conference in Las Vegas, Moritz -- the former CTO of Symantec -- told reporters many companies haven't thought about the ramifications of integrating physical security systems, such as card-access...
[July 14, 2003, 10:06]
NetMotion: Security
White Papers In modern network topologies, physical boundaries between public and private networks no longer exist. First, whether a user has the necessary permissions to access a system can no longer be assumed based on physical location, as with a wired LAN...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Notebook Security: Protecting Your Property, Data, And Network
White Papers This paper explains that when looking at security, it is important to see physical, data, and network security as different parts of the same problem. The physical loss of a computer can lead quickly to data and network breaches.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
How To Effectively Set Up File And Printer Shares
News Start with physical security NTFS permissions: NTFS permissions limit which physical files and folders are accessible on the server after the user has obtained access through the share. For administrators setting up a new network or undertaking a...
[June 27, 2003, 13:42]
Physical Security Becoming An IT Problem
News The link between physical security systems and network security is another ripple emanating from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The proliferation of technologies such as identity management mean more IT managers are having to take...
[March 18, 2005, 12:35]
HIPAA Security For Wireless Networks
White Papers Security risks exist and connectivity is a concern while roaming through buildings that contain elevators, radiology room shielding, or other physical structures that break wireless network sessions.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Managing Your Network For Corporate Growth
News Some businesses focus their planning on how to grow the company, without planning for how essential components the people, the physical facilities, the network will handle that growth. Realise, though, that all of these elements are tied...
[October 5, 2005, 11:35]
Real Approaches To Virtual Security
Articles Static security policies basically pre-defined rules of how to secure a fixed network might be de rigueur for networks composed of physical devices with fixed software, but they are practically no use when it comes to virtualised systems.
[June 9, 2008, 15:47]
Master These Network Documentation Fundamentals
News In addition to creating a physical network diagram (using a tool such as Microsoft Visio) that pinpoints the location of clients, servers, routers, firewalls, and other devices, you should create a logical network diagram.
[February 28, 2003, 13:31]
US Report: Security Bug Found In NT
News A Microsoft official emphasised the hole can only be exploited by a user with an account on, and physical access to, a local network run on Windows NT. You have to have a valid user account, and if you have [that].you have to have local rights and...
[July 28, 1998, 9:43]
Active Directory: Growing With Your Business
News It's important to note that you can apply group policy objects based on either logical or physical structure. The logical and physical structures don't necessarily correspond. Physical structure That is, you can apply a policy to a logical unit...
[March 13, 2006, 12:00]
US Government Unveils Cybersecurity Plan
News The "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace" uses the definition of "critical infrastructure" contained in the USA Patriot Act, which describes these as "systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the...
[September 20, 2002, 7:40]
2003 Forecast: Linux Will Eat Unix
News The event could take the form of a denial-of-service attack, a network intrusion or even a physical attack on key network assets, said John Gantz, chief research officer of IDC. But security experts and other have said that -- so far -- the threat...
[December 13, 2002, 7:32]
