Jon Oltsik

• briefs
  Sep 26, 2006

  Vericept Emerging as Leader in Classifying and Protecting Confidential Data

  Why are there so many data breaches? Confidential data is everywhere and in many cases it goes unprotected. The reason? Large organizations simply don't have the right tools to help them monitor and enforce security policies across data centers and desktops. What's needed is an enterprise approach to confidential data security that includes risk assessment, data classification, policy monitoring and enforcement and wide coverage. Vericept is one of the few companies who offer an adequate solution today.
• briefs
  Sep 25, 2006

  Imprivata: Bridging Physical and Logical Identity

  Business requirements are driving the need for Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions but many companies remain leery of IAM projects because of their reputations of custom integration, high cost and frequent failure. Thankfully, new solutions may make IAM a lot easier. Imprivata already offers a spiffy identity appliance for authentication and Single Sign-On. The company recently increased its value by integrating physical and logical security information. This can help bolster security, ease user provisioning/de-provisioning and streamline the compliance audit process.
• briefs
  Sep 21, 2006

  Mazu Profiler 7.0: Network Behavior Analysis Grows Up

  Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems started to gain attention in response to the destructive worm storms of 2003, but this is old news today. What do NBAs do for an encore? They expand their coverage and functionality deeper into security, networking and applications to meet the demanding requirements of enterprise customers. This is exactly what Mazu Profiler 7.0 is designed to do.
• News
  Aug 28, 2006

  IBM Adds Security To Its IT Services Menu With ISS Buy Information Week

  Given the growing complexity of the threats, there's a good chance the market will turn in that direction, says Jon Oltsik, an analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "Companies are looking to outsource security, and it's just the tip of the iceberg," he says.
• briefs
  Aug 18, 2006

  The ESG Open 802.1x Supplicant Initiative

  ESG believes that the 802.1x open standard may soon become a proprietary graveyard. Why? Recent acquisitions mean that 802.1x supplicant code is controlled by Cisco, Juniper and Microsoft, who have their own financial and technical agendas. In the spirit of openness and innovation, this just can't happen. In response, ESG is proposing the open 802.1x supplicant initiative and encouraging the support of technology vendors, industry luminaries and enterprise organizations.
• briefs
  Aug 10, 2006

  Key Management 101

  All of a sudden, key management has become a hot topic amongst the storage elite. This begs the question, "What the heck is key management?" This brief is intended to provide a brief primer for storage professionals on this increasingly important topic.
• Blogs
  Jul 5, 2006

  Do CISOs Add Value?

  Why did EMC buy RSA Security? Because the security market has few true enterprise knowledgeable vendors and EMC sees security as a critical component of ILM. Expect EMC to trumpet its messages and innovate like crazy while security and storage vendors race to catch up.
• briefs
  Jun 30, 2006

  The Secure ILM Era Begins: EMC Buys RSA Security

  Why did EMC buy RSA Security? Because the security market has few true enterprise knowledgeable vendors and EMC sees security as a critical component of ILM. Expect EMC to trumpet its messages and innovate like crazy while security and storage vendors race to catch up.
• News
  Jun 28, 2006

  Companies Start Holding Employees Responsible for Security Of Portable Devices They Use for Work The Wall Street Journal

  Employees are the weakest link in securing data, says Jon Oltsik, senior analyst for information security at Enterprise Strategy Group, an information-technology industry analysis firm.
• Blogs
  Jun 14, 2006

  The New Network Security Architecture

  The promise of network based storage intelligence has been talked about for years now - but where's the beef? It might have taken a too long, but get ready to eat.
• briefs
  Jun 12, 2006

  D-Link SecureSpot: Strong Security without the Hassle Factor

  Pity the poor home PC user. In today's world of broadband connectivity, most users realize that they need Internet security tools but don't have the skills to deal with the ever-changing threats or exceedingly nerdy security software. Finally, there is an alternative to PC-based security software -- D-Link recently started shipping its SecureSpot consumer security appliance. This device provides home users with near "set it and forget it" security service support.
• briefs
  May 19, 2006

  Quantum Security Framework Delivers Defense-In-Depth

  Regulatory compliance mandates and embarrassing publicly-disclosed data breaches are finally prompting storage professionals to address an IT Achilles heel - off-site storage security. There are lots of solutions available, but many encryption-only point tools don't go far enough or provide adequate protection. Quantum is an exception here as its security framework makes encryption an individual security layer in a more comprehensive defense-in-depth storage security architecture. In this way, Quantum demonstrates a high storage security IQ and has the opportunity to define itself as a storage security leader.
• briefs
  Mar 30, 2006

  Brainshare 2006: Could This Be Novell's Year?

  Novell may not get much respect in the industry, but the company has some strong product assets and the market is turning its way. If Novell can get the word out, leverage its reference base, and execute in the field, it may finally receive its due as a technology leader again.
• briefs
  Mar 15, 2006

  BMC Identity Management for .NET. Extending Microsoft Infrastructure into an Identity Services Architecture

  Building an enterprise Identity and Access Management services can require layers of new and redundant infrastructure but BMC may have a way to lighten the IAM load. Its Identity Management for .NET uses Microsoft infrastructure like Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) and the .NET development platform to ease IAM integration while adding BMC's own special sauce for additional IAM application functionality and connections into to non-Microsoft environments.
• Blogs
  Mar 10, 2006

  Tape Loss and Data Theft Myth and Reality

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