The Spiceworks Review: How to survive IT ‘growing pains’
The popular network admin online community is talking about the “won’t happen to me” security syndrome, women in IT and more
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This may be the IT risk reality check Canadian firms need
Research from Cisco and IDC suggests that firms here shouldn’t be complacent about their ability to protect data
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New Brunswick’s CISO outlines the essentials of IT security leadership
What kind of chief information security officer would suggest that a key portion of his role includes “making friends?” Jamie Rees, that’s who
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The somewhat magical mathematics of IT risk
Bad mental habits can inhibit innovation. How thinking like Houdini can help CIOs find a way out of constraints
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The safety-first approach to using Hadoop for big data
Unstructured information needs to be protected, but the most-hyped tool that manages it has some pros and cons. Consider these five critical steps
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5 Things You Need to Know about Big Data
Big data is on everyone’s radar and that was no different at day one of the Dx3 conference in Toronto. Marketers, agencies and IT departments unite with their big needs to make sense of all this data.
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How to Spot Security Threats Before Your Network Is Compromised
[White Paper] Protect Your Business – 10 Steps to Early Incident Detection
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Transitioning to IPv6 Isn’t as Difficult as It Appears
Many businesses are talking about moving to the new addressing system, but no one wants to deal with downtime as a result. Check out a resource that can help offer some business continuity advice
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Network forensics: The no-brainers
A CTO explains why most organizations are only managing to catch the lower-level hackers, and why more advanced skills will become an obvious need in 2013.
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The three things IDC Canada predicts will matter in 2013
The market research firm makes its annual forecast of what will be the biggest technologies and trends for the coming 12 months, including a trio of familiar topics
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The ‘It won’t happen to us’ DDoS fallacy debunked
An Arbor Networks security researcher talks about how ‘hacktivists’ are showing IT departments they’re systems are not as iron-clad as they may think
Read post The motivation that drives hacktivists to DDoS
VIDEO: First of a seven-part multimedia conversation about distributed denial of service and what IT departments can do
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Global Security Spending up 8.4% from 2011
Here’s a roundup of today’s IP news:
The 2012 Gartner CIO survey revealed that global spending on security will reach $60 billion this year, representing an 8.4% increase from last year. By 2016, global security spending will increase to $86 billion. According to the study, the...
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Making Your Service Provider a Trusted Ally
Post #3: The Conversation About Customer Service
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The Top 10 Security Topics Every Executive Should Know
[McAfee White Paper] Security Connected: Optimize Your Business
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News / Virtualization /
New Report Addresses Network Virtualization Security Challenges
Although virtualization can pose a number of security challenges—such as increasing network complexity and developing new avenues of attack—it can also create opportunities for improved security. InformationWeek’s Next-Generation VM Security report states that “virtual software appliances...
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How to Prepare Your Network for BYOD
[White Paper] Conquering Today’s BYOD Challenges Aruba Networks
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How IPS Devices Can Protect Your Virtualized Environment
When it comes to securing virtual and cloud environments, many security technologies require new platforms to support virtualization. One technology that has received a makeover to support virtualization and cloud is intrusion prevention (IPS).
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[Study] Security Remains One of the Greatest Cloud Concerns
An Intel survey confirmed the important role that security plays when it comes to choosing both public and private cloud services. Security either formed the foundation of respondent’s decisions or played a strong role in their selection of a cloud deployment model. Here’s what the...
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Internet Security Report: Malicious Attacks Increase by 81%
A report released by Symantec revealed that the Internet security company blocked 5.5 billion malicious attacks in 2011, an increase of 81% from the previous year. The latest annual Internet Security Threat Report stated that the increase in attacks was due in part to the increased use of advanced...
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The Pros and Cons of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
VDI can keep your employees happy by allowing them to use their favourite devices. However, it also poses a number of challenges.
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News / Managed Services / Security /
Allstream Wins 2012 SC Congress Award for Best Managed Security Service
On May 8, 2012, Allstream’s Secure Connect service won SC Magazine's award for the Best Managed Security Service in Canada.
Secure Connect provides secured Internet connectivity on private data networks and protects organizations from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that can...
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Bloggers / SIP Trunking /
Infographic: SIP Trunking and its Business Benefits Explained
This easy-to-follow diagram illustrates how SIP trunking transforms your network while delivering business and IT gains across your organization.
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How to Implement Endpoint Security in a Virtual Environment
More businesses are looking at virtualization as a way to build internal cloud infrastructures. However, server consolidation security risks prevent many from implementing virtualization – partly because the security controls developed for physical environments don’t translate directly to...
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The 2 Biggest BYOD Security Threats
A growing number of businesses are allowing employees to use their personal mobile devices to access the corporate network. This means they must put security measures in place to protect their networks from the two biggest threats.
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