NetFlash: HIPAA deadline approaches – who’s ready?

Opinion
Apr 4, 20053 mins

* HIPAA deadline approaches - who's ready? * Security mgmt. vendors promise to keep customers in compliance * Linux making its mark in messaging * Q&A: SSL VPN vendor charts new course * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories

We’re just a couple weeks away from a HIPAA deadline – those affected by the federal regulations will then have to ensure they meet the requirements or face fines. We recently talked with some of the IT managers under the gun. HIPAA deadline approaches – who’s ready? http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-hipaa.html?net

We’re just a couple weeks away from a HIPAA deadline – those affected by the federal regulations will then have to ensure they meet the requirements or face fines. We recently talked with some of the IT managers under the gun.

HIPAA deadline approaches – who’s ready?

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-hipaa.html?net

Security mgmt. vendors promise to keep customers in compliance

Need help with compliance? Start-ups have been popping up like mushrooms to help you do just that. Here’s a roundup of some of the most interesting compliance management tools available – some due out this week.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-sec-compliance.html?net

Linux making its mark in messaging

In the past decade, the biggest winner on the e-mail server landscape has not been IBM/Lotus Domino or Microsoft Exchange, but Windows, the operating system that supports the majority of messaging and collaboration platforms in use today.

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Q&A: SSL VPN vendor charts new course

Corporations are looking to let more mobile employees – and non-employees – access their networks, and SSL VPNs are a way to support this shift, says Evan Kaplan, CEO of SSL VPN vendor Aventail. Kaplan says businesses should follow a model similar to that used in e-commerce, where businesses don’t know whether to trust remote users or the network they are using yet manage to connect securely to private resources. In a recent interview with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene, Kaplan explained his approach to security, differentiated it from other architectures and talked about his competition.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-aventail.html?net

Network World Radio: Getting started with ITIL

ITIL – the Information Technology Infrastructure Library – is gaining steam in corporate IT shops in the U.S. An import from the United Kingdom, ITIL is a set of rules for how to deliver IT services more efficiently. What does that all mean for you? We’re joined by Mark Bradley, a network manager for a large financial services firm and one of the authors of “Implementing Service and Support Management Processes: A Practical Guide” from the Help Desk Institute. Listen in now:

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0404radio.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we say ‘Play ball!’:

Vatican leaks news of Pope’s passing via e-mail; students say cell phone cheating is rampant in NYC schools; college junior takes on Microsoft in court; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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