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DATANYWHERE IS NOW FREE FOR UP TO 5 USERS

DATANYWHERE IS NOW FREE FOR UP TO 5 USERS

Last week, we announced that DatAnywhere is now completely free for up to 5 users.

DatAnywhere turns an organization’s file shares into a secure private cloud, providing employees, business partners and clients with secure mobile access and file synchronization to files stored on the organization’s internal file shares and NAS devices.

Last week, Rob wrote about the challenges IT admins had in…

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WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

In the unregulated world of social media, the FTC has become the de facto enforcer of privacy. Snapchat is the photo sharing service that promised customers their photos and videos would automatically self-destruct.  On Thursday, they admitted to the FTC that photos don’t actually disappear forever.  As part of the FTC settlement, Snapchat agreed to be monitored by an independent auditor for the…

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INSIGHTS FROM THE SANS SURVEY ON EVENT LOGGING

INSIGHTS FROM THE SANS SURVEY ON EVENT LOGGING

SANS Critical Security Controls (CSC) have been getting more attention over the last few years. As security experts come around to focusing on the actual techniques used by hackers, the SANS “offense informs defense” approach is resonating. And now with the2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), it has received a new and important endorsement. The DBIR has for years acknowledged…

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Corporate Espionage: Hacking A Company Through A Chinese Restaurant Takeout Menu

Corporate Espionage: Hacking A Company Through A Chinese Restaurant Takeout Menu

Corporate espionage (industrial espionage) is a favorite topic of mine. I have written and presented on the subject quite a bit and, while I am never sure how my readers react when I write about this, I do carefully watch the look on my audience members’ faces when I first mention the issue. The story their eyes tell is interesting.

The story of “why should I care about this?”

At first…

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Tips From the Pros: Sharing 250 Million Folders With 100,000 Users

Tips From the Pros: Sharing 250 Million Folders With 100,000 Users

Q: How many users and how much data are you managing?

We have in excess of 100,000 actual people, 1.5 million accounts in AD, and 250,000,000 data folders.

Q: Can you describe your overall strategy for designing shared folders?

For us, everything is based on Active Directory group membership. Every “share,” or “root folder,” has AD groups for read-only access, read-write access, and full control.…

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Varonis DatAdvantage Delivers Vital Intelligence to Keep ING DIRECT Secure

Varonis DatAdvantage Delivers Vital Intelligence to Keep ING DIRECT Secure

Responsible for over 1.4 million customers, ING DIRECT chose Varonis to ensure its systems are secure and that customers’ interests are protected at all times.

With Varonis DatAdvantage, the bank is now able to monitor who is accessing and changing records to guarantee that all actions are authorized. It also allows ING DIRECT to visualize and manage permissions, which helps to meet regulatory…

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On Authentication

The basis of any modern security system is authentication—ensuring someone is who they say they are. 

By far, the most prevalent means of authentication in use today was invented in the 1960s: the username and password. In the ensuing five decades, so much has changed: computers aren’t kept in glassed off rooms, hard drives aren’t the size of a Frigidaire, and nobody refers to anything in…

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TIPS FROM THE PROS: ORGANIZING ACCESS FOR 15TB OF FILE DATA

More from our Tips interviews with working IT professionals.  

Tell me about your environment—how many users, how much data, etc.?

 A: We have over 600 users and 15TB of shared CIFS data. We have a single domain that contains over 1000 security groups.

Th…

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