Cameron Sturdevant

Password management systems including single-sign-on tools such as RSA Sign-On Manager 4.5 can drastically reduce a number of IT costs, not the least of which are those associated with regulatory compliance. When single-sign-on tools are combined with two-factor authentication systems such as RSAs SecurID for Windows, compliance becomes almost a piece of cake. /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here […]

With RSA Sign-On Manager 4.5, security giant RSA Security Inc. has re-entered the enterprise single-sign-on arena after a short hiatus. Click here to read the full review of RSA Sign-On Manager 4.5. 2 With RSA Sign-On Manager 4.5, security giant RSA Security Inc. has re-entered the enterprise single-sign-on arena after a short hiatus. Although two-factor-token […]

One way to remedy Microsoft Corp. Windows insecure handling of WMF graphics files is to go machine-by-machine and unregister the regsvr32 DLL that is at the root of the problem. However, until an effective patch is released or anti-virus vendors release signature files that catch the growing number of malicious files resulting from this vulnerability, […]

Forces external to enterprises combined to renew focus on identity management this year. These included an increase in phishing e-mail scams and government regulation, combined with maturing identity management products and refinement of industry technology standards. Many companies—including RSA, VeriSign, Oracle, Microsoft, Sun and Hewlett-Packard—either released new identity products or acquired identity technologies to bolster […]

Information about the Burton Groups June conference will become available in January, and IT managers who are serious about cutting user provisioning costs should put the San Francisco conference on their June calendars. Digital identity management, already a hot topic in 2005 because of regulatory requirements contained in SOX, HIPAA and GLB legislation, will only […]

All vulnerability assessment tools initially create large numbers of false positives. Making the situation worse, its nearly impossible to correctly detect patch levels and operating system and application versions when no standard exists for the uniform reporting of this information. So its no surprise that, according to every vulnerability assessment tool weve ever seen in […]

Latis Networks Inc. has added vastly improved reporting capabilities to its StillSecure VAM 5.3, beefing up an already-capable network-based vulnerability assessment and management tool. Click here to read the full review of StillSecure VAM 5.3. 2 Latis Networks Inc. has added vastly improved reporting capabilities to its StillSecure VAM 5.3, beefing up an already-capable network-based […]

In the spring of 2003, the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics faced a dilemma: A new hospital with 250 computers was coming online, but the image deployment system could handle only three to four clients at a time without failing. After looking at several solutions, UUHC, a full-service hospital and research center in Salt […]

Altiris Inc.s Deployment Solution 6.5 creates disk images, distributes applications, provides remote control and executes scripted jobs on a variety of operating system platforms for servers and client systems alike. Click here to read the full review of Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5. 2 Altiris Inc.s Deployment Solution 6.5 creates disk images, distributes applications, provides remote […]

eWEEK was recently contacted by a reader who, by trying to do a good turn for PayPal (an eBay company), ended up spending several minutes of his time trying to figure out how to report a phishing e-mail message. To the reader, the task of reporting the problem took far too long and was much […]