It’s A Different IT Security World

Posted on May 7, 2012 by rameshrazdan

TO CATCH A CYBER THIEF: FIGHTING SECURITY THREATS IN REAL TIME

By Ramesh Razdan, Senior Director of EnterpriseServices and EMC Distinguished Engineer, and Steen Christensen, Director, Information Security

Like just about everything else in today’s socially networked universe, enterprise IT security has evolved dramatically in recent years. Security teams are charged with safeguarding vital information in a world connected by a continuous and rapid exchange of an ever-expanding deluge of information. And among those logging on are a growing number of cyber criminals launching continuous and sophisticated threats to organizations worldwide. Investigations have become extremely complex with the need to be able to analyze data with context and speed.

No longer can organizations rely on traditional perimeter security and firewalls to protect their vital information assets. Nor can they effectively combat today’s sophisticated cyber criminals by analyzing threats after the fact. In fact, those that think they can in today’s complex cyber world are just sticking their heads in the sand.

Thankfully, Big Data tools and platforms have evolved to meet these new threats head on, armed with real-time data gathering and high speed security analytics.
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How Will CIO’s Meet Growing Security Threats

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Ajaz Munsiff

BUILDING TRUST WHITE PAPER EXCERPT

When it comes to protecting enterprise data, CIOs and CSOs are at a crossroads. The complexity and prevalence of security threats continue to grow, bolstered by consumer IT and mobility. The open nature of IT has paved the way for far more sophisticated attacks – beyond conventional credit card data theft to multilevel attacks. Information security executives face perhaps the toughest challenge of their careers.

The business requires and expects total freedom and choice in technology, yet risks come from any number of places: users at their desks, users working from many different mobile devices and unsecured networks, and users downloading applications at will from the Web. Corporate integration with social media sites provides a new path for malware to the network – not to mention privacy risks and even identity theft. Hackers still have many more opportunities to grab enterprise data and are getting smarter by the day. Given the pace of change in our Web-based mobile world, who knows what next month will bring?

In this interactive white paper from CIO Magazine and EMC, learn how tightening the relationship between CIOs and CSOs will help create trust, the foundation of business relationships today. Embedded videos feature Art Coviello (RSA Executive Chairman), Sanjay Mirchandani (EMC CIO), and Dave Martin (EMC CSO), and a quick survey provides benchmarking between CIO peers.
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Trust, But Verify

Posted on April 7, 2010 by David Freund

Lately I’ve been in an increasing number of conversations about “multi-tenancy,” and its viability/fitness for use in business IT. Most start out framed as technology discussions. One recent exchange reminded me of a blog post and comment thread back in January on “secure multi-tenancy.” The comments, predictably, devolved into heated debate over who claimed which technologies could do what, who disputed whose claims, and so on.

For my own part, I don’t see technology alone as adequate. What intrigues me, though, is how many IT people that believe technology can—indeed, must—somehow address all this. Continue reading →

Why EMC IT Is Going “All In” On Private Clouds – Part 5

Posted on March 19, 2010 by David Freund

This is the final part of a series of posts outlining how our IT organization started its aggressive journey to private clouds. Previously, I described IT’s strategy shift, the trigger for its urgency, navigating through “cloud fog,” and the unusual path IT decided upon.

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Why EMC IT Is Going “All In” On Private Clouds – Part 4

Posted on March 19, 2010 by David Freund

This is the fourth of a multi-part series exploring why our IT organization is aggressively transforming EMC’s corporate datacenters into Private Clouds. Previously, I described IT’s strategy shift, its newfound sense of urgency, and navigation through some “cloud fog.”

In this post we look at the unusual course EMC IT charted for its Private Cloud journey, and how the team approached selling its plan to our top execs. Continue reading →

Integrating RSA Security in EMC’s Private Cloud

Posted on March 17, 2010 by EMC IT’s Journey to the Private Cloud

Join Nirav Mehta, Senior Manager of Product Management at RSA, as he describes RSA’s view on virtualization security and how EMC’s security division is participating in EMC IT’s Journey to the Private Cloud. It includes some examples, such as ways EMC IT is using RSA technology to secure virtualized desktops.

David Freund also provided some background in this post.

Security: Don’t Leave (Physical) Home Without It

Posted on March 17, 2010 by David Freund

A lot of ink has been spilled recently in the press about cloud security, and even virtualized-server security. Many lead off with alarming headlines like this recent example that declares, “60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says.”

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EMC IT’s Journey to the Private Cloud