George Grachis's Blog – October 2010 Archive (4)

Moving to the Cloud? Learn the Risk, then move!

It's no secret that the world is quickly loving to the cloud, There are many benefits to moving to cloud based services like Google Apps and Microsoft's Live.Edu!

Download Top Threats to Cloud Computing from CSA, The Cloud Security…

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Added by George Grachis on October 28, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments

2010 Verizon Business Data Breach Report

This yearly report is becoming the Gold standard in the information Security field.

It can be used to Identify real threats to any organizations data and data systems.

For example, one recent finding concerns Malware Customization: "We are not so happy to say that the increase in customized malware we reported last year appears not to be a fluke limited to 2008. 2009 revealed a similar proportion of breaches (54% of those involving malware) and an incredible 97% of the…

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Added by George Grachis on October 21, 2010 at 6:47am — No Comments

Your Online Reputation Matters!

I just saw this on ABC News. Its so important for all professionals, not just teachers to know just how easy it is to share too much with too many while online, then its posted forever! Now there is hope, some companies are coming to the rescue (for a price) to help make things better. This story does a good job of addressing this important issue for everyone including teens!…

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Added by George Grachis on October 7, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

K-12 needs Internet Filter Flexibility.

While most US corporations turn on Web filtering to control content and reduce their liability exposure, K-12 has different needs. We are now planning a RBAC, (Role based Access Controls) project for our web filter. This will allow us to remain CIPA compliant for all students, (Child Internet Protection Act) yet still offer the much needed access to our… Continue

Added by George Grachis on October 4, 2010 at 11:19am — 1 Comment