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Informed CIO: Remote Control: 9 Steps to Ensuring Access, Safely

George, Randy | 08/05/10
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Well-secured systems are well-managed systems. But as perimeters melt away, security goes beyond encryption, authentication and monitoring. We also need to ensure privileged users aren’t betraying trust. In this report, we’ll cover ways to track who did what to which system, and when—vital to covering yourself in an audit, sure, but also to improving customer service and the support process for remote workers.

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    Executive Summary

    All the Time, Everywhere

    Figure 1: Top 6 Reasons for Increased Vulnerability

    Figure 2: Protecting Information

    Figure 3: Drivers for Monitoring Employee Activity

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Randy George has covered a wide range of network infrastructure and information security topics in his six years as a contributor to InformationWeek and Network Computing. He has 15 years of experience in enterprise IT and has spent the past 10 years working as a senior-level systems analyst and network engineer in the professional sports industry. Randy holds various professional certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Check Point, a BS in computer engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management.

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