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Title:	The Problem of Thermal Management
Synopsis:	If you’re not having trouble with the thermal management of your data center yet, you soon will - It’s virtually inevitable.
Date Posted:	11-02-2004
Title:	Data Centers Get a Makeover
Synopsis:	Perhaps the greatest challenge in data centers today is how to keep those rooms—and the components within them—cool. Facility designers used to apply a simple rule of thumb ...
Date Posted:	11-01-2004
Title:	Taking the Leap: A Resource to Homeland Security
Synopsis:	America's entrepreneurs represent a rich resource for Homeland Security - one thast DHS is making an effort to mine.
Date Posted:	10-06-2004
Title:	How To: Preparing For A Network Audit [Online Article]
Synopsis:	Are you ready for a network audit? The first step toward due diligence for major data-privacy regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is to conduct regular, internal audits.
Date Posted:	08-12-2004
Title:	Changing Cooling Requirements leave many Data Centers at risk [Online Article]
Synopsis:	As uptime expectations continue to grow and new computer technology replaces mainframe chilled water with air-side cooling, the performance demand on data center HVAC systems is rapidly increasing.
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	We Have Met the Enemy of Site Uptime and He Is Us! [Online Article]
Synopsis:	At the recent fall meeting, I presented data showing that 54% of all reported site infrastructure failures were coincident with human activity. It would seem obvious then, we are our own worst enemy!
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	Convergence of Physical and IT Security [Online PDF 1MB]
Synopsis:	Security convergence encompasses the integration of the physical security world with that of the IT domain. The ability to install physical security systems on a single computer network has been available for years, but the industry has been missing the capability to link those functions with IT
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	The Convergence of Physical Security and IT: Responsibilities [Online Article]
Synopsis:	This is the first of a series of articles that explores the convergence of physical security technology and information technology, and its impact on Security departments and IT departments. The convergence at the technology level is a natural fit, and has resulted in many security technology breakthroughs and an impressive increase in the capabilities of today’s physical security systems
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	Shift toward unified security emerges [Online Article]
Synopsis:	When Delaware State University took a hard look at its campuswide security systems in the late 1990s, it didn’t like what it saw. The school’s 1,800 students used multiple passwords for various campus IT systems. They carried a mish-mash of identity and access cards for the library, residence halls, bookstore, and cafeteria. According to CIO and Assistant Provost Dr. Charles D. Fletcher Jr., “We were experiencing difficulty with keys and significant theft.”
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	Environmental Monitoring - A Server Room Essential? [Online Article]
Synopsis:	Environmental monitoring is essential in your server & comms rooms. Environmental conditions have a huge impact on how reliable and long lived your servers, switches and routers will be. Bad environmental conditions can reduce the life of components, decrease reliability, and cause you untold problems and expense.
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	COBIT Regulations [PDF - 1.03MB]
Synopsis:	COBIT provides good practices for the management of IT processes in a manageable and logical structure, meeting the multiple needs of enterprise management by bridging the gaps between business risks, technical issues, control needs and performance measurement requirements. If you believe as we do, that COBIT enables the development of clear policy and good practices for IT control throughout your organisation, we invite you to support ongoing COBIT research and development.
Date Posted:	20-07-2004
Title:	Info Security Forum Standard Good Practices.pdf [PDF - 6.47MB]
Synopsis:	The Standard addresses information security from a business perspective, providing a practical basis for assessing an organisation’s information security arrangements. It focuses on the arrangements that should be made by leading organisations to keep the business risks associated with critical information systems under control in today’s dynamic and competitive environment.
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	Information Security Management: Understanding ISO 17799 [PDF - 123KB]
Synopsis:	ISO 17799 is an internationally recognized Information Security Management Standard, first published by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO (www.iso.ch), in December 2000. ISO 17799 is high level, broad in scope, and conceptual in nature. This approach allows it to be applied across multiple types of enterprises and applications. It has also made the standard controversial among those who believe standards should be more precise. In spite of this controversy, ISO 17799 is the only “standard” devoted to Information Security Management in a field generally governed by “Guidelines” and “Best Practices.”
Date Posted:	07-20-2004
Title:	GAISP [PDF - 519KB]
Synopsis:	GAISP – the Generally Accepted Information Security Principles project – has been formed to address the fact that the practice of Information Security – IS is now at a crossroads. While IS professionals have made strides towards staying a step ahead of rapidly evolving threats, in moving from reactive to proactive practices the professional community has grown in a fragmented manner with little cohesive organization. This is hardly surprising, given that security has historically been an afterthought in product development, creating a perpetual catch-up mentality that has stunted the growth of a solid organizational foundation and framework for guidance. Still much in its infancy stage, the information security industry is now searching for cohesion, organization, and for acceptance of the need to be an integral part of technology management.
Date Posted:	07-20-2004