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Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
12/10/2007 - One of the greatest dangers to a computer network is the presence of desktop PCs and servers that have not been patched for the latest vulnerabilities and can be exploited by malicious attacks such as worms. Blame goes to software developers for creating insecure programs as well as to network administrators who don't get patches installed before an attack happens.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
12/10/2007 - The National Geographic building discovers window film, and an electric meter supplier gets a reading on patch management software.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
12/03/2007 - A holding company for utilities finds a solution to digging through network log entries.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/29/2007 - Atherton, California, which has fewer than 10,000 residents, doesn't worry a lot about crime. From 2002-2003, there were fewer than 50 reports of vandalism--the highest category of crime in the city. Although the crime rate is low by most standards, police officers in Atherton face many of the same logistical challenges that confront departments twice their size. Securing the evidence room is one such challenge.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/29/2007 - Cherry-picking a badge system for harvesters, and keeping a thumb on evidence.
Case Study: Terrorism
11/28/2007 - The University of Iowa strengthens its ability to identify symptoms of bioterrorism.
Case Study: Hiring \ Employment Issues
11/27/2007 - Before contract employees can enter the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters, they must be fingerprinted and pass a rigorous screening process.
Case Study: Access Control
11/16/2007 - How one facility in New York City managed to stop its laptops from walking away by updating its access control system.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/14/2007 - Stickers that say, "Hello my name is..." may be fine for modern mingling. They are not, however, a firm framework for access control. But for the guards at the Passaic Valley Water Commission, in Northeast, New Jersey, such stickers had become a quick and easy option for registering the more than 50 visitors and temporary contractors entering the treatment facility on a daily basis.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/14/2007 - When Journey Security Services security guards witnessed a car accident while on patrol, they didn't have time to verify their coordinates and call 911. Instead the guards made a phone call to their supervisor, who tracked their precise location in seconds using the GPS tracking device in one guard's cell phone. The supervisor was able to call for an ambulance while the guards focused on helping the victims.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/13/2007 - A Long Island school system updates access control lock, stock, and barrel.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/08/2007 - A casino in upstate New York bets on digital video.
Case Study: Best Practices \ Case Studies
11/07/2007 - Westex Group, Inc., a trading and export management group in Washington, D.C., does not have a large staff. So Joju Sebastian, a technology consultant with the company, wondered why the company’s T-1 connection was being “bogged down big time” by persistent Internet use. He decided that it was time to track how the company’s 13 employees were using—and perhaps abusing—the Web. Sebastian brought the issue to the attention of the CEO, who agreed that the situation should be monitored.
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