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WILL TRANSPARENCY CAN THE CHAOS?

THE IT MANAGER'S DILEMMA: TRANSPARENCY VS. CHAOS
Transparency is the latest management buzzword. Although exercising
complete openness with your team seems like the right thing to do, Bob 
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TURNING OFF THE INTERNET TAP
Security concerns are forcing many CIOs to restrict in-house Internet
access and devise new e-mail strategies. Tim Landgrave predicts that
enterprises will trade today's Internet for a homegrown Net based on 
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SET UP A STRONG LINUX FIREWALL WITH IPTABLES
One of the most popular uses of Linux is for building a firewall. While
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FIVE WAYS TO SECURE YOUR ORGANIZATION'S INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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TODAY AT TECHREPUBLIC

TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST INTEGRATED PDA/CELL PHONE DEVICES
The next generation of handheld devices integrates the functionality of
pagers, cell phones, and PDAs. They can reduce the number of devices 
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DOES YOUR SECURITY PLAN NEGLECT SOCIAL ENGINEERING THREATS?
You've implemented a firewall and locked down your systems, but are 
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PERSISTENCE IS OFTEN NEEDED WHEN COLLECTING METRICS
You and your team may think you did a great job on your last project,
but it's sometimes difficult to get a feel for how the clients view 
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