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Olzak on Business Continuity

By Tom Olzak

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On surviving the unthinkable and other challenges.

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Workarounds without data?

April 06, 2012 | A big part of business continuity planning is making sure we have manual processes or other workarounds in place. They act as interim bandages to keep business processes moving forward. Many organizations, especially those required to do so by regulation, have documented processes...

Business Continuity != Best Buy * Geek Squad

November 26, 2010 | Never trust the salesperson to provide accurate information about maintenance agreements. Always check with the actual techs to make sure you are covered against four to six week business interruptions.

Does bug-fix speed reflect browser value?

September 04, 2010 | Is it time to move from browsers with bloated code and slow bug-fix reaction times?

White House Blowing Smoke?

April 07, 2010 | The White House Cybersecurity Coordinator wants us to believe that breaches into national infrastructure is simple hactivism.

Data Leakage: Catching Water in a Sieve

April 01, 2010 | Data leaking from secure to user work locations creates a big data loss vulnerability.

Stop Repeating the Same Mistakes

October 17, 2009 | Even if a solution seemed like a good idea a few years ago, that is no reason to perpetuate something which is now known to be a security vulnerability.

Playing Catch-up, Again

September 17, 2009 | Controlling endpoint applications (installation, patching, hardening, etc.) is a difficult but necessary component of safeguarding your data and your network.

Learning from the Attack on the Apache Software Foundation

September 04, 2009 | Even if we don't use Linux, there are lessons to learn from what happened to Apache.

Data validation: Ignore it and you lose

August 24, 2009 | Failing to validate data causes several serious Web application vulnerabilities.

The Cyber-Czar Challenge: Nobody Really Wants Security

August 10, 2009 | Obama's new cyber-car position is still empty, waiting for someone willing to work with no authority and to be a target for all the blame.