The Compliance & Security ConnectionA look at the complexities of securing privileged information in today's evolving IT environment and the impact growing compliance mandates have on daily IT operations. Technorati ProfileWhat is the media's responsibility for wardriving- August 22, 2008 I've spent the better part of this week discussing wardriving, warchalking, and the various other methods that are being used to try to tap into a wireless access point to either do something as simple as gain free DSL access, or something more malicious, as in the data breaches at TJX and a number of other retailers. Even before I'd started writing these posts, I recalled a story I'd seen on one of the network news magazines doing a story on war driving. In fact, many of those storhttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/security-complia... What Risk Does Wardriving Pose for Home Computing- August 21, 2008 Over the past two days, I've been writing about the TJX data breach indictments and, specifically, the use of wardriving and why accessing wireless access points provided such a seemingly easy way for them to get into large corporate environments and download valuable customer data. As I've been thinking about this case, it's brought to mind all of those random wireless networks you can detect if you have a desktop or laptop configured to locate and access wireless networks. If I cahttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/security-complia... In Cases Like TJX, Why Is Wardriving So Successful- August 20, 2008 Yesterday, I shared some initial thoughts on the indictments handed down two weeks ago as part of the TJX data breach. The indictment makes it clear that the suspects used a tactic called "wardriving" to penetrate wireless access points at a variety of establishments. According to Wikipedia, "wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer orhttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/security-complia... TJX Indictments Reveal the Olympics aren't the only International Competition- August 19, 2008 Yesterday, we talked quite a bit about the Olympics and all of the data that must be stored in servers throughout Beijing related to the personal information on the athletes, workers and spectators, not only related directly to the Olympics, but the hotels, restaurants and other tourist sites within the country. This is not only top of mind for me just because of the number of people connected to the Olympics, but also the release two weeks ago of the indicatments related to the TJXhttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/security-complia... An Olympic-sized IT Project- August 18, 2008 It's hard to believe, but the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing are more than half over. Based on the viewership numbers that are being recorded, a large majority of us have been spending some really late nights in front of the television. In fact, a href="http:entertainmentnow.wordpress.com2http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/security-complia... |