Craig Stinson is a contributing editor of PC Magazine. Stinson writes about decision-support, personal productivity, reference, and educational software. He is the author or coauthor of more than fifteen books on Windows and Excel, including The Windows 2000 Expert Companion and Excel Version 2002 Inside Out (both from Microsoft Press).
Protecting networks from outside attack is far too important to just run “by the numbers.” Although a lot of discussion about firewall and VPN appliances involves performance numbers—and these are critical—IT managers should be even more concerned with how quickly firewall rules and alerts can be managed. Furthermore, IT managers should turn their backs on […]