Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Networking Articles and Tips

Networking Articles and Tips


Disaster Recovery Planning & Business Impact Analysis

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:38 AM PST

Disaster Recovery Planning & Business Impact Analysis Increased dependency by the business over recent years on computerized information systems  Increased recognition of the impact that a serious incident could have on the business   Need to establish a formal process to be followed when a disaster occurs  An intention to lower costs or losses arising from serious incidents   Need to develop [...]


What is Disaster Recovery Plan ?

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST

Disaster Recovery Plan  or DRP is  often referred to synonymously as a business continuity plan (BCP) — is a comprehensive set of measures and procedures put into place within an organization to ensure that essential, mission critical resources and infrastructures are maintained or backed up by alternatives during various stages of a disaster.   Disaster Recovery Plan [...]


What is Disaster Recovery ?

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:13 AM PST

Disaster Recovery is process for resuming business after a disruptive event which can include something as catastrophic as a earthquake or as relatively small as a computer virus. Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. [...]


Friday, December 24, 2010

Networking Articles and Tips

Networking Articles and Tips


Denial of Service Attacks

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:49 AM PST

Denial of service attacks are not new. However, the recent increase of their power and their use by organized criminal organizations make necessary to consider them as one of the major issues IT infrastructures will have to face in the next few years. Trying to defeat those attacks without understanding their technical aspects is illusory. [...]


How To Test Intrusion Prevention System

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:33 AM PST

Intrusion Prevention System or IPS are new technology-based products that intend to detect and block attacks before they reach the target network. As they are to be deployed inline into the internal network they must be tested. However the lack of standard methodology often lower the accuracy of tests, and several issues may be raised [...]