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Most of us use wireless routers at office and home. While the office routers are generally secured (hopefully), most home routers are provided by broadband operators wih default configurations and passwords. In a worst case it may happen that these are set as unsecured. There is increasing risk of an intruder using an unsecured network or hacking into a home wireless network and sending out malicious mails. Read more »
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) did a study on the benefits and risks of moving federal information technology into the cloud and released a report titled ‘Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing’ summarizing it’s findings.
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You can connect to your work computer from your home computer and have access to all of your programs, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your computer at work. You can leave programs running at work and when you get home, you will see your work computer’s desktop displayed on your home computer, with the same programs running. You will need “Remote Desktop Connection” (RDC). Read more »
Security risks involved in VoIP implementation include denial of service (DoS), service theft, unauthorized call monitoring, call routing manipulation, identity theft and impersonation, among others. Read more »
As soon as the word ‘MPLS’ (Multi Layered Protocol Switching) is mentioned the term ‘MPLS VPN’ comes to everybody’s mind. This is soon followed by the thought of corporate offices spread across different cities being connected through an ‘MPLS VPN’. Your subconscious mind has also associated ‘confidentiality of my data probably using encryption’ to this whole concept as it is a VPN and VPNs are supposed to provide confidentiality and integrity of my data. Why else should they say ‘private’ in Virtual Private Networks?
Asymmetric encryption rules seem to confuse people as to when to use a private or a public key and for what purpose. Given below is a table which gives in lucid form of what key to use, when to use and for what purpose.
Network Printers are so commonly used that they are no longer considered computing accessories but more as office appliances. At first thought, applying security to network printers may seem superfluous and unnecessary. But Printers today are complex network devices that require careful consideration regarding security. Read more »
As per a recent statistic, about a million mobile handsets are getting lost every year. While mobile phones carry valuable data such as business contacts, emails, documents, pictures, videos, etc. and senior management executives are increasingly using their smart phones compared to laptops, securing mobile phones is not given top priority in the IT security agenda of many business organizations. It is highly recommended that every organization includes a ‘Mobile Phone Security Policy’ in their IT Security Policy and Procedures. The policy may include a security checklist similar to the one given below. Read more »
In recent months, there is a lot of buzz about Endpoint Security. So what is Endpoint Security … and why the fuss?
End point security is an IT security concept that makes each device (end point) responsible for its own security. Endpoint security is a strategy in which security software is distributed to end-user devices but centrally managed.
When talking about telecommunication, we hear a lot about leased lines, ISDN and MPLS.
This article makes a comparative analysis among MPLS, MLLN and VPN. The following table captures the differences.