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Today's IT departments need to deal with incredible amounts of machine data. Splunk collects, indexes and harnesses all the fast moving machine data generated by enterprise applications and devices. This is a Big Data challenges that others find intimidating, with terabytes of information in many formats and from many sources. Many large enterprises now generate hundreds of gigabytes daily without an IT staff to match. This can lead to a swamped IT … [Read more...]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory is working on a definition of cloud computing (version 14 of their working draft is on their site and is looking great). Like other NIST efforts they have taken a collaborative/collegial approach in building this definition. You can find the full definition at the NIST Computer Security Resource Center. The also provide a briefing titled "Effectively and … [Read more...]
Have you ever been sucked into the false debate over how much IT spending should be spent on security? I used to all the time. Some folks point to a rule of thumb that goes something like "ten percent of the IT budget should be applied to security." That old school formula may well be part of the reason we got into the mess we are currently in. It contributes to thoughts that lead you to think security can be separated. By my way of thinking, … [Read more...]
I've previously blogged about Triumfant, a company that has mastered the automated detection and resolution of IT problems. I also think of them as the world's greatest compliance monitoring capability. What do I mean by compliance? I mean compliance in the context of the many rules, regulations and configurations that external organizations and the government require, and also compliance with your own policies and guidance. For those who … [Read more...]
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