Network Security Policy: Best Practices White Paper
Without a security policy, the availability of your network can be compromised. The policy begins with assessing the risk to the network and building a team to respond. Continuation of the policy requires implementing a security change management practice and monitoring the network for security violations. This document is divided into three areas: preparation, prevention, and response.
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IT Leadership Maturity Checkup
Forrester has taken its IT leadership maturity model and tested it against the experience of 84 senior IT executives. This checkup looks at three sets of IT practices: linking technology to business strategy, running IT operations as a business, and relating IT with its business stakeholders. We found that IT gets the operations side of things pretty well, but challenges exist for linking with business strategy and relating to the business. And IT is still weak in terms of metrics for representing its business impact.
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The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step
It's April and you are four months into your organization's fiscal year. You know that within six months you'll need to have your operating plan for the upcoming year in fairly solid shape. You also know that creating an operating plan without a longer-range strategic view is like driving a car looking only at the stripes in the road immediately in front of you. But developing or updating your IT strategic plan, avoiding thrashing, and creating a plan that drives action requires that you have a roadmap and a schedule.
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10 Dying IT Skills
There are some things in life, like good manners, which never go out of style, and there are other things, like clothing styles that fall in and out of fashion, but when an IT skill falls out of favor it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to update your skill set.
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"WiMAX" the Future of Wireless Communication
The new era of communication, currently employed in some parts of the world, is Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX). It is the latest technology which is approved by IEEE 802.16 group, which is a standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking. Wimax vision is to deliver "Last mile" broadband connectivity to home or business locations, also its data rates are comparable with Cable and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) rates. It has the capability which connects to the ISP (Internet Service Provider) even when one is roaming outside home or office. The Wimax technology is becoming the way to avert the impending crisis of rural connectivity i.e. it will be accessible till the last mile.
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