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Security Management: Tips and Techniques Articles

Managing security in any sizable IT organization can sometimes feel like juggling - things keep coming at you and the stuff you've already handled seems to have a way of coming back at you. There are no simple formulas or list of habits that will guarantee your success in this arena but over the last couple of years we have accumulated a number of articles that help to frame and explain some common issues in security management. Here are some of the most relevant:


From The Essentials Series: Messaging and Web Security: Volume I


  • Article 1. Messaging Security: Defense in Depth (and Breadth)

  • Article 2. Email Compliance and Regulations

  • Article 4. Essential Policies for Messaging Security

  • Article 8. Content Filtering Technologies

  • Article 12. IT Audits: What to Expect


From The Essentials Series: Messaging and Web Security: Volume II

  • Article 3: Unified Threat Management
  • Article 4: Issues with Remote Access
  • Article 7: Measuring Security: Application Metrics
  • Article 9: Protecting Remote Access from Unmanaged Devices
  • Article 11: Multiple Layers of Database Security
  • Article 12: Integrating Security Functions: What Makes Sense?
  • Article 16: Elements of Organizational Security
  • Article 17: Payment Card Industry Compliance and Data Loss Prevention
  • ticle 22: 5 Evaluation Criteria for Selecting a Data Loss Prevention Product


From our latest issue of The Essentials Series: Messaging and Web Security: Volume III


  • Article 1: Cost of Data Breaches: TJX Revisited

  • Article 3: End User Security: The Weakest Link

  • Article 4: 5 Steps to Getting Started with Data Loss Prevention

  • Article 6: Where to Spend Your Security Budget - Part 1

  • Article 12: Where to Spend Your Security Budget - Part 2: Evaluating Security Options

  • Article 15: Security Issues to Consider When Using VoIP

  • Article 17: Evaluating Your Security Management Program: What to Look For


Application designers and developers are faced with a similar array of challenges, see yesterday's post with a list of relevant articles for Web developers.

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Dan Sullivan's Bio:

Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net