Category | Security

DOD Prohibits Removable Storage Devices To Stop Worm

Posted on 03 July 2009

“Lockdown” must be the Department of Defense’s middle name. As a worm seems to be making its way through the military’s computers, the DOD has responded by banning flash drives, CDs, and just about everything else that can store data and be moved from one machine to another.
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Are you ready for the big one?

Posted on 03 July 2009

Confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) are the standard concepts encapsulating security. I often talk about the first two, but rarely the last. This column will be different, and I’ll cover a few topics surrounding fault tolerance and disaster recovery. After all, if the service or server is not available for legitimate use, then you don’t [...]