5 things IT resources should be telling you, but aren't

5 Things IT Resources Should be Telling You, but Aren't Despite the challenges, a move to shared resources must be made to work because it is the surest road to improving service while reducing cost. At the same time, IT wants to align with the business and take the role of value partner, rather than cost center or utility. Clearly, new and better tools for capturing resource utilization data are needed so that IT and its business partners can work together to proactively plan for future needs and collaborate on addressing business priorities. What should your IT resources be telling you? The short answer is: "A lot more than they probably are."   Best Practices for Securing App Virtualization Increasing security in any environment requires looking at all exposure to potential threats in the environment. Providing security for an application virtualization (App-V) infrastructure requires using the App-V specific security features and the normal security practices for the underlying infrastructure. Securing the underlying infrastructure for services like IIS, Active Directory, and SQL will improve the overall security for an App-V infrastructure.   10 Reasons Why Hosted E-mail is More Secure E-mail has clearly become the dominant form of business communication. Businesses exchange tens of millions of e-mails each day, many containing intellectual property such as product designs, business models, financial data, pricing strategies, supplier agreements, customer information, or employee HR data. By using a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider for e-mail hosting, companies are able to put the security of their most trusted form of business communication in the hands of experienced providers, who are up to date on current compliance regulations and implications as well as current malware threats.   Governance, Risk and Compliance: 7 Best Practices It should be self-evident that when an organization needs to run a business process of some sort it will need complete, accurate and trusted information at the point in time at which the information is needed. This is known as providing information in "right time". Specifically, right-time information is needed in regard to governance, risk and compliance (GRC ) initiatives. The big issue is how you get all of the data -- from all of the multiple places in which it resides -- to the decision maker (whether automated or human) within a timeframe that best enables that decision maker to do his or her job.   Password Management: The Foundation of Any IAM Solution Increasing global regulatory compliance mandates, combined with budgetary and staffing constraints, continue to drive organizations to look for better ways to cost-effectively manage their IT security infrastructure. Identity and access management (IAM ) products are a key component of a secure compliance platform to deal with these issues. It is well known that passwords are vulnerable to password cracking tools, keystroke monitors, and network sniffing. However, by far the greatest risks for compromising the integrity of a password are generated by the end users themselves.   How to Manage SSL Security on Multiple Servers Protecting the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information transmitted over your organization's network is a crucial step to building customer confidence, securely interacting with business partners, and complying with new privacy regulations. Your company's requirements may include securing information exchange between Web servers and clients, from server to server, and among other networking devices. Managing SSL Certificates ad hoc is appropriate for small organizations in which one person is responsible for deploying and managing only a couple of them. However, deploying numerous SSL Certificates across multiple departments and in multiple geographies is a much more complex challenge. eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide Member Update with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide Member Update, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2008 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy