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Archives for April, 2009


ITSecurity Gone Wrong: Becoming the Threat

by Greg Young  |  April 16, 2009  |  1 Comment

Car analogies are one of my favorites in discussing ITSec.  In Ottawa they put a layer of ashphalt at a notorious intersection.  This microsurfacing improved traction and reduced rear-end collisions 39%.  No safety downside, but it costs money. In Virginia, a study on red light cameras determined that they increased accidents.  But they made money.  [...]

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2009 Network IPS Magic Quadrant Published

by Greg Young  |  April 15, 2009  |  3 Comments

After many months of effort, the 2009 Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Magic Quadrant (MQ) is published and available here to our customers on Gartner.com.  Thanks also go out to my co-author, John Pescatore. MQs are a big task, with about 300-400 hours of work involved for this one between establishing inclusion/exclusion criteria, data gathering, [...]

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Video Webcast: Application Inspection In Next-Gen Firewalls

by Greg Young  |  April 5, 2009  |  2 Comments

I recently completed a video webcast on application inspection and the related threat environment here (note: this link is not a Gartner, Inc website) . The Gartner materials are used with Gartner’s permission and in no way does the use or publication of Gartner research indicate Gartner’s endorsement of any vendor products and/or strategies. Yes, I [...]

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