Mark Lynd (CISSP - ISSAP, ISSMP, PMP, CE|H) is the President of FireScope, Inc., a revolutionary Business Service Management company dedicated to simplifying IT operations for businesses of any size. Mark is the originator of the FireScope solution and began developing it nearly three years ago and continues to architect and drive innovation into the FireScope line with the FireScope operations team.
During Mark's 20+ years in technology, he was named an Ernst & Young’s "Entrepreneur of Year – Southwest Region" Finalist, presented the Doak Walker Award on ESPN and has been covered by numerous publications including Wall Street Journal, Information Week, eWeek, CIO Magazine, CSO Magazine and numerous others. He also served honorably in the United States Army's 3rd Ranger Battalion and the 82d Airborne. Read Mark's full biography.
The Open Linux Router Project is a very interesting offering that emphasizes a simple interface that allows users to configure the router and add new features without excessive technical knowledge about the device. Even though this project is early stage, it is part of a growing interest in using open source offerings to compete with much larger and established companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco.
A must read article on the Bruce Schneier weblog which states "Most C-level executives view security as an operational issue -- kind of like facilities management -- and not as a strategic review. As such, they don't have direct responsibility for security.". Another important point is that cost of business operation is a strong point when attempting to get other business concerns and leaders to concern themselves with security. This article also discusses what Information Security personnel can do to address these visiblity issues.
Security Focus reports on the growing concern by the leaders of technology companies including Microsoft, RSA, SUN and others about the security of private identities. These leaders expressed their concern at the recent RSA Conference held in San Jose earlier this month. One of the key highlights from these leaders comments is the need to more securely authenicate users prior to granting access to sites, data and other critical applications. There have been too many breaches of late and accurately verifying someones identity before granting access is critical for the gowth and stability of the Internet and our economy.
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This week we conclude our Q&A with the vice president and general manager of RSA Conferences, Sandra Toms LaPedis; you’ll hear from our new customer, Hudson Advisors and their Global CTO and VP of Technology about their search for a single sign-on solution with strong authentication; and we highlight this week’s RSA Security News.
