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David Laceys IT Security Blog

Information security expert David Lacey discussed the latest ideas, best practices, and business issues associated with managing security.

January 2014

Let's get real about cyber security
David Lacey 23 Jan 2014

This week I was speaking at FIC 2014, a leading French International Conference attended by 3,000 people, including Ministers, privacy experts and leading CSOs. It was refreshing, prompted by a ...

Farewell Sir Christopher Chataway
David Lacey 19 Jan 2014

Sir Christopher Chataway who died today was a great athlete and a famous sports commentator. Not many security professionals will recognise the valuable contribution he made to cyber security as ...

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Texas power outage flags need to revisit business continuity

Freezing conditions that caused Texas power outages affected businesses well beyond the state's borders, prompting a need for ...

4 ways to measure digital experience to drive tech optimization

As organizations adopt more technologies to strengthen business processes, it's important they factor in the ways they can ...

Calculating cloud migration costs: What CIOs need to consider

As CIOs make the move to the cloud, they first must ensure they have the budget to do so. Here, we're diving into the ...

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6 ways to prevent cybersecurity burnout

Consider investing in training for new employees, offering mentoring and setting goals, automating where possible and more to ...

Risk & Repeat: Inside the SolarWinds Senate hearing

This week's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on SolarWinds tackled the attribution case against Russian state-sponsored ...

Vastaamo breach, bankruptcy indicate troubling trend

The blackmailing of patients directly, as well as the resulting bankruptcy of Vastaamo Psychotherapy Centre, could single a shift...

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5 steps to conduct network penetration testing

Enterprises that want to ensure competent network security strategies should look at how they can implement penetration testing, ...

5 benefits of Wi-Fi 6 for enterprise networks

In a perfect world, Wi-Fi 6 could introduce several benefits to business networks. But real-world conditions could curb the ...

Get started with network penetration testing for beginners

Authentication, patching and configuration are among the most common vulnerabilities found through network penetration testing. ...

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CRAC design upgrades simplify HVAC maintenance

CRAC/CRAH hardware updates make data center cooling more efficient. And these new systems are easier for admins to maintain and ...

IBM leans on Red Hat to adapt Power servers for hybrid cloud

New Red Hat tools and integrated system offerings allow IBM Power users to run workloads across multiple cloud environments.

Private cloud certificates to build up your tech skills

Private cloud deployments require a variety of skills to run smoothly on any infrastructure. Expand your technical knowledge with...

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Open source database migration guide: How to transition

Open source database transitions have been on the rise as they prove to be worthy competitors to commercial database options, but...

DataStax Astra serverless DBaaS optimizes deployments

DataStax is changing how its DBaaS works, providing a way for users to more easily scale both up and own and only pay for the ...

AWS Data Exchange and the third-party cloud data marketplace

The general manager of the AWS Data Exchange data feed service details what the cloud data marketplace is all about and where ...