NetFlash: How to respond to a security breach

Say you find out that someone has potentially cut through your IT defenses and put your customers’ data at risk. What do you do? There’s a right way and a wrong way to respond, and this week’s feature looks at both, with real-world examples. How to respond to a security breach http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/102405-security-breach.html?net&story=102405-security-breach

Say you find out that someone has potentially cut through your IT defenses and put your customers’ data at risk. What do you do? There’s a right way and a wrong way to respond, and this week’s feature looks at both, with real-world examples.

How to respond to a security breach

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/102405-security-breach.html?net&story=102405-security-breach

Net access control on tap from Juniper

Juniper Networks this week plans to unveil a policy management appliance, a key piece of a secure network access scheme designed to rival those of Cisco and Microsoft.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102405-juniper-management.html?net&story=102405-juniper-management

CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina

Hurricane Katrina destroyed nine BellSouth central offices in the Gulf Coast region, BellSouth’s CTO said this week.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102505-bellsouth-cto.html?net&story=102505-bellsouth-cto

Novell: No comment on layoff rumors

Troubled software vendor Novell wouldn’t comment on a growing number of reports and rumors circulating Monday that the company is about to lay off as much as 20% of its workforce as a way of cutting costs.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102405-novell-layoffs.html?net&story=102405-novell-layoffs

Blog: Reconsidering the Shifting Past

As Network World’s Web component turns 10, blogger Ken Fasimpaur reflects on what a decade in IT looks like.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3380

Today on Layer 8, currently battening down hatches:

The technological drawbacks of prison; file sharers moving off BitTorrent; how spammers are getting past your anti-spam software; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8