NetFlash: Is security ripe for outsourcing?

If you outsource just one part of your IT support, it would probably be security. Security is a top concern and a top drain on resources, to the point where it often makes sense to bring in specialists who can secure your network around the clock. However, some users insist it’s better to do security themselves. Here’s why. Is security ripe for outsourcing? http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304outsecure.html?net

If you outsource just one part of your IT support, it would probably be security. Security is a top concern and a top drain on resources, to the point where it often makes sense to bring in specialists who can secure your network around the clock. However, some users insist it’s better to do security themselves. Here’s why.

Is security ripe for outsourcing?

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304outsecure.html?net

IOS changes could alter face of Cisco routers

Cisco recently completely overhauled IOS, the operating system software that runs its routers and switches. See what the new software looks like, how it’s different than the IOS of the past, and why a hardware upgrade may be in your future.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304cisco.html?net

Broadband over power lines gaining steam

While 2004 didn’t turn into quite the rush to embrace BPL services that industry observers predicted last year, there continues to be momentum around the technology. Providers say BPL throughput can range from 300K to 2M bit/sec, about the same as cable and DSL, but that they can provide the service at a less-expensive rate.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304specialfocus.html?net

Microsoft’s NAP partners eye first steps

While there is much ballyhoo about the Microsoft initiative to protect networks from infected machines, customers looking to take advantage of the company’s Network Access Protection architecture will have to wait for its partners to step up before it becomes a broad security tool.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304nappy.html?net

Today on Layer 8, here a patch, there a patch:

More in-flight secure Web access on the way; the anti-IE movement picks up steam; e-mail can’t tell jokes well; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net