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- The value of information security certs
- It's hard to believe now, but just a few years ago, only the largest organizations were concerned with the need for network security. Now, of course, even smaller organizations are seeing the importance of security. According to a just-released report from Global Information Security Workforce, there's been a 10%...
- Tags: Information Security, Hiring, Certification, Quality, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- The value of using standards in IT security hiring
- By Kris Madura, MBA, certification program manager CompTIA Security+From the employer’s perspective, the process of filling IT security positions and developing career paths for these employees can be difficult. Organizations are scrambling to put together accurate job descriptions and finding it hard to identify job task needs. Further, IT managers...
- Tags: job, CompTIA, certification, Guest Contributor, hiring, information technology, IT security, security
- Technical articles 2004-02-27
- Hackers: Allies in the network security war?
- See the pros and cons of hiring a hacker to do a security audit of your network.An old cliche says that the enemy of an enemy is your friend. The question is, can the longtime enemies of network security suddenly become allies in the fight to keep our networks secure?...
- Tags: Hacking, NETWORKING, network security, Ray Geroski, security, hacker, network, hiring, Member Jim Huggy
- Technical articles 2002-05-07
- Stay out of Bozeman
- Bozeman, Montana has some disturbing city employment application requirements. The effects of those requirements might be more important than you think. Perhaps part of the problem with governmental violations of privacy in the United States is the public's insatiable thirst for private...
- Tags: Hiring, Password, Privacy, Bozeman, Claude Shannon, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- How do you interview security experts?
- Hiring a security expert is a very different challenge than hiring many other types of employee. Find out some of the concerns particular to choosing the best candidate for a security job. by Chad Perrin
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Security Expert, Question, Candidate, Security, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
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- The hiring test
- The "Paper MCSE" phenomenon has made it harder to hire people based on their certifications. Chris Dinsmore shares his computer competency hiring test.Let’s face it, the hiring market for computer professionals is TOUGH. Often, you find yourself having to make a very quick decision about hiring someone, or a competitor...
- Tags: Quality, Routers & switches, Recruitment & Selection, Network technology, NETWORKING, Chris Dinsmore, certification, hiring, router, CSU/DSU
- Technical articles 2000-02-14
- IT hiring strategies: Finding the right person for the job
- IT hiring strategies: Finding the right person for the jobarticle rootIdeal is not IdealI find too many times that hiring managers put every wish they have for a candidate in their postings, but then want to pay to little for what they are asking. Hiring managers need to be...
- Tags: applicant, information technology, job postings, cbertram, it management, job
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Estimate the true cost of a new security control
- By accurately capturing the cost of a new security control, you can give management the information it needs to help protect the security of your network. In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins takes the mystery out of calculating the real price tag of a new security control. ...
- Tags: Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, security control, security, new security control, Security Solutions Newsletter, Cost, Control, Mike Mullins, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2006-07-13
- Microsoft gleans top 10 basic security errors from thousands of help desk calls
- Microsoft gleans top 10 basic security errors from thousands of help desk callsarticle rootbetter screening for administrators?How do you feel about the idea that many companies pay little or no attention to the background of network administrators other than sometimes to verify that they are actually qualified as far as...
- Tags: help desk, Microsoft Corp., security, Tech Locksmith
- Discussion threads 2005-02-07
- Members discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing
- Outsourcing promises cost savings and administrative efficiencies, but most participants in a Technical Q&A said it's no substitute for having a well-trained staff in-house.TechRepublic member tropicalmask started a Technical Q&A on a topic that’s on the minds of many IT managers: "To outsource or not to outsource?" Tropicalmask asked for...
- Tags: Suzanne Thornberry, outsourcing
- Technical articles 2002-09-10
- Who handles security at your company? Survey says: Network administrator
- More than 200 TechRepublic members responded to a recent survey asking who handles security at their company. See how your company compares.Network and system administrators are the primary security caretakers, according to the 201 TechRepublic members who responded to a recent survey. (See “Survey shows going rates for security experts.”)Member...
- Tags: Marketing research, NETWORKING, Loraine Lawson, security, survey, network
- Technical articles 2001-01-23
- Guidelines for choosing to outsource security management
- By Kelly M. Kavanagh, Mark Nicolett, and John PescatoreWhen your organization decides that it needs active monitoring and management of its security infrastructure, it must then make the build vs. buy decision. This Decision Framework defines the capability and cost aspects necessary for making informed decisions about whether sourcing the...
- Tags: Gartner , managed security services provider, monitoring, outsource, security, security management
- Technical articles 2003-10-31
- In depth: Outsourcing security may fit smaller businesses
- Keeping your Internet and network safe is a real concern and one that your organization may not be able to handle in-house. According to this Auerbach report, outsourcing may be the answer for smaller organizations now entering the high-speed market.Summary prepared by TechRepublic's Dana NortonIf you are staying awake at...
- Tags: Network security, Auerbach Analysis, Joan Wilbanks, Auerbach Publications, security, outsourcing, Internet
- Technical articles 2001-12-25
- Security still top issue for using an ASP
- CIOs often worry about outsourcing critical applications. In particular, many IT executives question the ability of ASPs to protect sensitive data. In this article, Bob Weinstein shows you how to evaluate your ASP?s security standards.Application service providers ASPs have proven themselves and endured the test of time. The industry grew...
- Tags: Application service providers (ASPs), Web hosting, Business services, Firewalls, Bob Weinstein, Microsoft ASP, security, application service provider, service provider, firewall
- Technical articles 2001-06-26
- Craft an effective storage security policy
- Effective storage security involves maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information, and your storage security policy needs to reflect that. Not sure where to begin? In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins offers guidelines for creating an effective storage security policy and tells you three elements you can't...
- Tags: Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, storage, storage security, storage security policy, security, Security Solutions Newsletter, Policy, Mike Mullins, Hardware, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2005-12-08
- Take security precautions when an employee leaves the organization
- Take security precautions when an employee leaves the organizationarticle rootyour experience?Have you ever been involved in a termination as the management level? If so, was there much debate over how to balance the ever-increasing need for security with the desire to be nice to someone who has perhaps given long...
- Tags: exit interview, security
- Discussion threads 2006-01-10
- How to hire and retain the right help desk people
- Every help desk manager has his or her own theories and methods for finding and retaining the best people to work in call centers. Recently, I asked one former and one current help desk manager to share their advice for finding and keeping good people in their help desk operations....
- Tags: help desk, Jeff Davis, telephone, Terry
- Technical articles 2003-03-25
- Are unions looking more attractive to consultants and contractors?
- During the dot-com heydays, unions were seen as part of the antiquated so-called old economy. Now, as consultants, contractors, and other technology workers experience workplace struggles, their minds may be changing on the issue.Tim Heard is a technical recruiter for JC Malone, a career placement service. Tim shares his career...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Benefits, Tim Heard, WashTech, economic downturn, Marcus Courtney
- Technical articles 2002-10-22
- IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the bad
- How well do think the IT profession will weather the economic storm?Original post:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=918RE: IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the badWhy are you so USA-centric? You advertise your site worldwide, then you write articles about job prospects that only mention USA. Surely you have som idea about the...
- Tags: Strategy, Jason Hiner, IT jobs outlook, IT job, information technology, energy usage
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- Applying an Analytical Framework: Organize and Reuse Valuable Techniques, Tools, and Examples
- Modeling complex software and business systems can be a challenging task. Standard design and analysis patterns are helpful but don't usually show how to apply techniques or demonstrate working examples that are similar to the problem at hand. Fortunately, one can use analytical frameworks to collect and organize analysis patterns,...
- Tags: Software, Technique, Analysis, Tool, Modeling, Research & Development, Productivity, Software Development, Business Operations, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-04-17
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