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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO Business Intelligence

Physical security of the Ethernet/fiber cabling, along with the switch hardware interconnecting today’s casino floors, has become a much bigger focus of IT security teams as direct physical access can often be the starting point for unauthorized access.

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You can easily virtualize your physical storage

Dataconomy

With server virtualization, you can easily create, move, and delete virtual servers as needed, without the need for expensive hardware upgrades or complex reconfigurations. One of the key benefits of server virtualization is that it allows for more efficient use of hardware resources.

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Continuous Monitoring – Part 2

CTOvision

“Making sense” means a number of things here – understanding and remediating vulnerabilities, detecting and preventing threats, estimating risk to the business or mission, ensuring continuity of operations and disaster recovery, and enforcing compliance to policies and standards. The first thing to do to manage events is to plan!

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Technology Short Take 132

Scott Lowe

” Speaking of Linux networking…Marek Majkowski of Cloudflare digs deep into conntrack , used for stateful firewalling functionality. Servers/Hardware. Duncan Epping walks readers through VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery , which—if I’m reading this correctly—is the evolution of the Datrium product.

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Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys » Data.

Data Center Knowledge

They manage dedicated firewalls for us, but as far as load balancers we use the cloud. When we need highly detailed control over the firewalls, Latisys provided us with dedicated.”. We had the same conversation about firewalls. Cloud based firewalls aren’t the answer.”. Disaster Recovery. Silicon Valley.

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Password Encryption 101: Best Practices Guide for Orgs of All Sizes

SecureWorld News

This encompasses various factors, including the programming language, hardware requirements, and other technical considerations. Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) can also help protect the database from external threats. Finally, implement a database disaster recovery plan.

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Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

The user level elements that are managed within such an IaaS cloud are virtual servers, cloud storage and shared resources such as load balancers and firewalls. Firewall rules. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.