Security

Survey on Cybercrime and Security

by Marlon Duminy 28 June 2012 Anouncements

The University of Cape Town`s Information Systems (IS) department is conducting SA`s third Survey on Cybercrime and Security. The aim of the research is to evaluate SA`s current cybercrime landscape in comparison with the results of the first survey that was conducted in 2008 and the latest CSI survey conducted in the US. Furthermore, the [...]

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Tagged as: Cybercrime, Security, Survey

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ITPROAFRICA July Security Event

by Nicolas Blank 20 June 2012 Anouncements

ITPROAFRICA is pleased to invite you to another free event in Cape Town on the 5’th of July. This time our focus will be on Security and its relevance in the modern Data Centre or IT focused Business. Registration is required for catering and parking purposes. Please register using the following link: itprosecurity.eventbrite.com This day [...]

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Tagged as: events, itpro, Security

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CA’s hacked

by Robby Pedrica 7 September 2011 Security

Wow, it really has been a bad week for Certificate Authorities. First DigiNotar gets cracked by a seemingly insistent CA cracker called ComodoHacker; now GlobalSign has stopped processing certificate requests due to possible compromise by the same cracker. It all started in March this year with the Comodo CA breach. Next was StartCom the Israeli [...]

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Tagged as: internet, Security

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The Cloud, Security and IT skills

by Robby Pedrica 6 September 2011 Applications

Seeing as everyone is writing about Cloud Computing lately, I thought I’d rehash some of my concerns about this ‘new’  technology. New in parenthesis because the idea is actually quite old, coming from the time-sharing Unix systems of the 60′s and 70′s. Cloud obviously takes this to a new level ( supposedly with non-stop availability [...]

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Tagged as: Cloud, Security, virtualization

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My list of Exchange 2010 Migration Considerations and Prerequisites

by Nina Nortje 17 January 2011 Active Directory

There are many considerations and prerequisites to keep in mind for a successful implementation, and many customers do not want a “Big Bang” approach to moving to Exchange 2010. So, I thought somewhat apprehensively – for my very first ever blog in my 16 years of working as an IT professional – I would put a little list [...]

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Tagged as: Active Directory, CAS, Certificates, download, Exchange, Exchange 2010, Hyper-V, IIS, internet, Microsoft, Security, SP1, UC, UM

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Win 7 SP1 out soon

by Robby Pedrica 13 January 2011 Security

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 should be available soon and won’t have much new functionality, but will have the usual hot fixes and patches. 3 items that will make an appearance are: Advanced Vector Extensions ( AVX ) which will be available in forthcoming processors RemoteFX – an extension to RDP Dynamic Memory – intelligent [...]

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Security Policies in the organisation

by Robby Pedrica 12 January 2011 Documentation

Most organisations of a reasonable size, will today have at least some policies which integrate with HR to govern Internet and computer use within the company. However, the ability of these limited documents ( and sometimes procedures ) to protect the company is often minimal. With the extent to which malicious vectors are able to [...]

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Tagged as: internet, Security

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CS14 – New Features

by Uwin Young 26 July 2010 CS14

  People feel overwhelmed with the communications experience and challenges of dealing with distributed teams, partners, and customers, as well as the lack of integration and high cost of communications. People want tools that allow them to easily manage all their communication streams. Microsoft Communication Server “14” will focus on connecting people in new ways, [...]

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Tagged as: Active Directory, Conference, Desktop, internet, Linux, Microsoft, Security, Sharepoint, UC, UM, Windows 7

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New Microsoft Windows LNK exploit the most dangerous of all

by Robby Pedrica 21 July 2010 Security

A new malicious attack has been spreading through the internet in the last few weeks, initially using USB memory sticks to propagate. Called, the LNK vulnerability, the attack uses specially crafted shortcut (.lnk) files, which trick Windows into running code of an attacker’s choosing. Any Windows application that tries to display the shortcut’s icon—including Explorer—will [...]

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Tagged as: Microsoft, Security, virus

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Security, the employee and business

by Robby Pedrica 8 July 2010 Security

Anyone who runs a business ( from small SMEs to large corporates ) these days, with computing facilities for their employees, faces a tough battle with network and computer security. The list of external malicious vectors are endless, including phishing attacks, spyware, viruses, DoS attacks and many others. The Mariposa virus, shut down in March [...]

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Tagged as: internet, Security

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