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- Automated Reporting Gives Microsoft IT Security Team Critical Data in Minutes
- The IT Information Security InfoSec team at Microsoft is responsible for defending the software company's workstations from a variety of threats. In August 2006, the InfoSec team began deploying Microsoft Forefront Client Security on the company's workstations, protecting 10,000 Microsoft workstations by the end of March 2007. With Forefront Client...
- Tags: Security, Team, Microsoft Corp., Workstations, Team Management, Management
- Case studies
- Use hacker strategies to build a successful information security career
- This chapter from InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul offers advice on determining the type of information security job that's right for you, how to dig for the details about companies you're pursuing, best ways to make contact with employers and key personnel, and how to get...
- Tags: Information Security, Strategy, Job, Career, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Book chapters 2006-02-10
- Use hacker strategies to build a successful information security career
- The information security field may be heating up, but that doesn't mean it's easy to break into it. The Syngress book InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul offers a hacker's-eye view of best strategies for reconnoitering the infosec job market and preparing yourself to excel in the...
- Tags: job, hacker, job market, information security, InfoSec Career Hacking, Soul, Syngress, strategy, Skillz, career
- Download resources 2006-02-10
- Understand Assessment Strategies
- Assessing students has been a part of the teacher's job since the opening of the very first schoolhouse. However, assessment today is very different from the assessment that happened in one-room schools on the prairie. Today, most educators would agree that assessment is, for better or worse, not only how...
- Tags: Assessment, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Achieving Quality and Scale in Online Education Through Transformative Assessment: A Case Study
- This study demonstrates how current theories of transformative assessment, coupled with research on online education, may be used to create a framework for transformative assessment of online programs; the potential of transformative assessment for contributing to the development of scalability and quality of online education programs; and how the powerful...
- Tags: Education, Assessment
- Case studies
- Designing Assessment Tools in a Service Oriented Architecture
- Assessment is an important component of formal learning, and Computer Assisted Assessment CAA is a well established component of most online learning. However, technical issues such as interoperability and security, and pedagogic reservations as to its effectiveness still remain barriers to the uptake of CAA. This paper examines a number...
- Tags: Assessment, SOA, Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Productivity, Web Services, E-learning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-06-06
- Integrating Risk Assessment into the Enterprise Information Management Strategy
- The two main influences on the validity of risk assessment results lie in the quality of the data that are input into the system, and the quality and execution of the risk model that is used to generate the results. Supporting the risk assessment process through implementation of the information...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, Enterprise Information Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management
- White papers
- Towards a Service Based Architecture for Assessment
- In this paper, the authors propose the outline of a service based architecture for bringing assessment techniques to open e-learning environments. The authors first describe a use case scenario for a generic assessment framework offering personalized assessment generation and then present its basic architecture as part of the Personal Reader...
- Tags: Use Case, Architecture
- White papers 2005-08-30
- Prioritize security concerns with a simple risk assessment
- Even a simplified risk assessment process can protect your organization from disaster. Find out why risk assessments are important, and how to perform a simple risk assessment yourself. by Chad Perrin
- Tags: Risk Assessment, Risk, Assessment, Organization, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Use these risk-assessment methodologies to protect your IT infrastructure
- No matter what methodology or approach is used, it is important that the organization address how asset management and proper inventorying of the organizations IT assets are to be handled.This sample chapter, taken from Inside Network Security Assessment: Guarding Your IT Infrastructure, discusses different methodologies and approaches for conducting a...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Sams Publishing, Information Technology, Strategy, Asset Management, Networking, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Book chapters 2006-01-26
- Credit Risk Assessment Using XBRL
- Credit risk assessment plays an important role in the day to day operation of a business. Credit risk assessment is performed when a Buyer asks a Seller to ship merchandise without prior payment. (It is also used in other areas of a business including marketing. For example, a business may...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, XBRL, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management
- White papers 2003-11-21
- IBM Energy Efficiency Self-Assessment Tool
- How energy-efficient is your data center? This self-assessment tool is designed to identify areas where you can improve the operational effectiveness of your systems. Take the Energy Efficiency Self-Assessment now.
- Tags: Tool, IBM Corp., Productivity, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Resource centers
- INFOSEC JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
- Looking for some good Job Interview Questions for an INFOSEC position. I have a few but figure someone out there always has something better. Appreciate any input.Perhaps have this oneWhat are the 7 management errors that lead to attacks?Number Seven:Pretend the problem will go away if they ignore...
- Tags: career, Fail, INFOSEC JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, john-flood@..., security
- Discussion threads 2004-10-05
- Using AJAX to Build an On-Line QTI Based Assessment System
- Assessment plays an important role in the distance-learning research. Generally, the process of instruction completed with the assessment that be used to evaluate learners' learning efficiency, skill and knowledge. With the evaluation of assessment results, instructor can judge learners' learning efficiency and ability; students also can find out whether they...
- Tags: Assessment, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0
- White papers 2007-01-19
- Infosec Europe
- Well, I went to this yesterday. Was quite a good show, quite informative etc.The birdage was good as well! ;-)Was really disappointed with Cisco's stand though. Highly unimaginative, and dull. Did anyone else find the same thing?
- Tags: mcollins1@...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Assessment Tool (msi)
- The Visual Basic 6.0 Upgrade Assessment Tool measures application upgrade effort. Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Assessment Tool is a tool that analyzes the application components and the relationships between them from an upgrade perspective, considering elements, constructs, and features that consume resources during an upgrade. Visual...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic, Tool, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Productivity, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-09-04
- Smart Video Surveillance Technology Assessment
- In March 2004, Northrop Grumman Information Technology IT TASC was one of three participants invited to take part in an operational assessment of smart video surveillance systems SVSS based on a competitive procurement down select. The assessment was hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy DOE and conducted by the...
- Tags: Video Surveillance, Assessment, Northrop Grumman Corp., Video, National Assessment Group, Purchasing & Procurement, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Marketing
- White papers 2005-01-28
- IT Manager Webcast: Application Platform: Getting Started With an Assessment (Level 200)
- Surfacing best practices and identifying areas for improvement lays the foundation for an Application Lifecycle Management ALM strategy. This webcast explains what to expect from an ALM assessment, steps to ensure success when bringing in outside consultants, and how to use an assessment to build a business case for ALM...
- Tags: Webcast, Application Lifecycle Management
- Webcasts 2007-12-06
- Guidelines for Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework
- The OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework is designed to help each agency assess the capability of its EA program; it complements the General Accounting Office GAO EA Management Maturity Framework, which assesses EA program capacity. This assessment is intended to help agencies see the current state of their EAs and...
- Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Enterprise Architecture, OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2004-04-01
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