Bob Tarzey on IT-Director.com

Policing the virtual perimeter

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0100

The network edge that once defined the IT activities of any given business has all but disappeared. How can you make sure you organisation's use of IT is safe? [Read More...]

Kaspersky Lab - Russia's IT security jewel

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Kaspersky Labs has been an important player in the IT security industry for many years and with its continuing innovation it seems set to remain so. [Read More...]

Out-running the leopard - targeted attacks in cyber-space

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0100

It's time to rethink your security options as internet attackers become smarter and more focused in who they attack - and how. [Read More...]

The age of bring-your-own-identity (BYOID)

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +0100

Why bother issuing consumers with identities for accessing on-line service when they already have their own? [Read More...]

Matching skills to services aspirations

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0100

The skills mismatch in end-user organisations may be solved as VARs become true services providers [Read More...]

The trouble heading for your business in 2013

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0100

In the past, businesses that invested in effective IT security could reasonably expect that random attacks would pass them by and leave their mark on less well-defended organisations. However, this is no longer the case. [Read More...]

What the next evolution of enterprise IT means for your job

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Businesses use of technology is changing and that has a knock on effect on career prospects for IT workers. [Read More...]

The wastage of human capital in IT operations

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Businesses are aware they are under-using the skills of their IT staff and are not doing enough to fix the problem. More automation could be the answer. [Read More...]

Symantec versus CA

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:00:00 +0100

Two similar looking, ageing software giants are more different than they are alike [Read More...]

Who are you? The identity perimeter

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:00:00 +0100

With use all over the place and applications being sourced on-demand, it is a long time since firewalls have marked the absolute perimeter of a given organisations IT usage. New approaches to identity management may be the answer. [Read More...]

Absorbing DDoS; Akamai's Kona security service

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0100

If DDoS attacks can be stopped in the cloud, before they get anywhere near web and application servers, all the better. The content distribution vendor Akamai has a way of doing this. [Read More...]

Get smarter about log data

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:00:00 +0100

SIEM (security information and event management) tools are evolving from collecting retrospective audit data to advanced real time security protection. An opportunity for resellers. [Read More...]

Cleaning out the data pipes

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:00:00 +0100

Data will always expand to fill next works unless control are put in place [Read More...]

The identity bridge - the extended value of single sign on

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:00:00 +0100

Single sign on (SSO) has been around for many year, however changing trends in IT deployments and usage have extended that ways in which SSO is being used [Read More...]

The integrator-MSP and the mid-market

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:00:00 +0100

Many mid-market organisations need help to right-source the infrastructure that runs their business critical applications. Help is as hand. [Read More...]

The long term future of "the cloud"

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:10:00 +0100

The long term future of the cloud is assured, because it will prove to be the best way to provision the IT requirements of more and more organisations [Read More...]

Data controllers and compliance in the cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:00:00 +0100

Wherever data is stored, compliance is down to the data's owner. The cloud throws up some challenges. [Read More...]

The highly secure cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:00:00 +0100

For many organisations, using cloud infrastructure is as, if not more, secure than internally deployed IT systems [Read More...]

Deploying advanced cyber-security intelligence

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:00:00 +0100

More is need than traditional point security product to protect against today's cyber-security threats [Read More...]

The future is all about SaaS

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:00:00 +0100

Even those who say they do not use cloud service probably do. [Read More...]

IT security: How do you deal with the unknown-unknowns?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:00:00 +0100

Security firms have become accomplished at spotting the known threats over the years, but stopping zero-day attacks takes something more. [Read More...]

Four top use cases for public cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:00:00 +0100

With all the talk about infrastructure and platform as a service, sometimes the reasons for using such platforms in the first place are not highlighted strongly enough [Read More...]

Solving the problem of software security

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:00:00 +0100

The rapid increase in the number of applications used in any given organisation and the fact that more and more are being web-enabled makes ensuring the security of software code a top priority for many businesses. [Read More...]

All hail the private cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:00:00 +0100

Increasing use of private cloud is good news for providers of public cloud services. [Read More...]

What matters in the cloud? It's the application, stupid�.

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:00:00 +0100

Never lose sight of the fact that the cloud is only ever a means to end, a better way of running applications [Read More...]

Discovering an old Flame

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Could the Flame malware have been spotted in advance? Yes, one vendor did see and others could have. [Read More...]

Businesses are over granting privilege and failing to limit sys-admin access

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:00:00 +0100

Too much access to IT systems for system administrators is unnecessary and a threat to security and compliance [Read More...]

Beyond point security: advance IT security intelligence

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:00:00 +0100

Point security products such as firewalls, host-based anti-virus and email filtering need supplementing with advanced correlation tools to improve IT security and counter today's threats. [Read More...]