Intellitactics Partners Will Cash in on Services for the SIEM Channel
"The latest partners to join Intellitactics are CompuCom, Reboot Twice and Vigilant."
"CompuCom: Andy Reese, Principal Consultant and IT Security Services Team Leader at CompuCom, talks about the new relationship: “Integrating Intellitactics’ SIEM solutions into our portfolio allow CompuCom to enhance our holistic approach to security. Intellitactics’ extensible architecture enables our customers to achieve sustainable ROI on existing IT security investments while lowering the cost of security operations.” CompuCom is a full service provider headquartered in Dallas, TX, offering services across the US."
Security Dangers Take Notice, DynTek’s Virtual CxO Service Helps Companies Lessen Risks.
"Reese says that about 95% of the organizations that he works with didn't have security policies when he first walked through the door. Although it didn't surprise him, it certainly didn't make him happy, either.
He says, "People need to have policies that are based on industry standards and best practices; they have to implement end-user training and bring the company into compliance with current laws. That's what we guide them to do."
"Other security consultants show them how to fix vulnerabilities on their machines," Reese says. "But nobody else is going in there and becoming a partner, guiding them through the whole process. Nobody else is giving them the ability to leverage the knowledge of their own people."
Observations From the Field: Integrating Health Risk-Group or Worker's Compensation - Into the Corporate Risk Profile - Andrew's The Time Has Come Part I and Andrew's The Time Has Come Part II.
"The Virtual CxO service allows any combination of organizations to obtain highly skilled and experienced resources. The costs are spread across the participating organizations."
Andrew's years of experience in the emerging discipline of Information Technology Security enabled the Virtual CxO team to produce a state-of-the-art Security Offering that featured at its core, full knowledge transfer and security team building.
Andrew Completes HIPAA Compliance and System Security Audit for Case-Manager.net.
“As a result, Case-Manager.net not only met federally-mandated compliance regulations, but improved their overall security posture, ensuring that the adequate policies, procedures, security and controls are implemented within the organization that supports the protection of health sensitive data, as well as the authentication, authorization and accountability controls within the central system itself.”
Symantec and DynTek Establish Security Team for Medical Technology Group.
Andrew Reese, national director of security consulting at DynTek, and his Virtual CxO service team worked closely with MTG to establish a framework to provide assurance that information security strategies were aligned with business objectives and HIPAA compliance.
"The Virtual CxO service was developed primarily for small- to medium-sized business or government organizations, much like MTG," said Andrew Reese, designer of the DynTek Virtual CxO model. "With our Virtual CxO service team, MTG is able to draw on the years of experience and security expertise we offer and quickly implement a balanced security program in a cost-effective manner."
Newest Mobile Devices Are Latest Threat To Network Security.
"One of the most serious threats to enterprise security is that companies don’t have enough protection against unauthorized wireless access points," said Andy Reese, a principal consultant with Dallas-based solution provider Compucom. “If an employee connects something beyond the firewall, it can create major problems,” he said.
Reese said that the powerful features and functionality of next-generation handhelds makes them difficult to secure. Responsibility for mitigating the threat of mobile viruses lies with the carriers, he added. “I believe that security should become part of the telcos’ service offering,” Reese said. “For example, they have the ability to scan e-mail for viruses and block them before they even reach the device.”
Page 4 - Technical Track 11:30 am - Security Best Practices Applied in Firewalls.
In this session you will learn about the following approaches to Security Management: How to keep information security simple, security through bit-masking, the importance of naming conventions, maintaining your security logic and adding audit controls to firewalls.
Andrew Reese BSCS, CISM, CISSP, SCSP, SCSEx4, STAx4, SPSx9, CCSI, CCSE, CCSA, CME, CNE, MCP, Director of National Security Services, DynTek, Inc.
What's The Deal - Vendor Deal-Registration Programs.
"It is beyond huge," said Andrew Reese, national director of security consulting at Dyntek, a Symantec enterprise security partner in Irvine, Calif.
"By me registering the product, I get additional margin that allows me to be competitive against [a corporate department]. It allows me to go in there and beat their price because I'm the one who sold it, I'm the one who has the knowledge and I'm the one who can make it work."
Overall Winner: Symantec.
“The one thing about Symantec is that they listen to their partners,” said Andy Reese, national director of security consulting at Dyntek, Irvine, Calif. “Any time I make recommendations, it’s great to see that they actually do the things I recommend."
An Ounce Of Prevention, Security crises show increased need for customer awareness.
"Security is money," says Andrew Reese, national director of security consulting for DynTek, a security and management solutions provider in Irvine, Calif. "You can tell people what tools they need, but they might not have the budget for them. You have to show them the risks, but a lot of times people don't understand how to implement the technology or how to explain the need for it to their executive leadership."
Andrew is the author of the Enterprise Column, Take steps to avoid 'blended threat' attacks.
"Blended threats represent the worst risk to computer security since the inception of computer viruses more than 20 years ago. Like the recent Blaster and Slammer worms, blended threats combine the most harmful characteristics of worms, viruses, Trojan horses and malicious code to exploit existing computer and Internet vulnerabilities.
These threats use multiple methods of propagation that can quickly defeat computer systems and networks that employ just one form of Internet security. When blended threats hit, they can spread rapidly and cause widespread damage. Many blended threats require no human interaction to spread, which accounts for their almost unbelievable infection rate. In addition, blended threats are typically very malicious once they infiltrate and infect a computer. Slammer, for example, created a denial of service that caused servers to become inaccessible.
Blended threats are successful because many businesses implement only one form of computer security, such as a standalone antivirus product or a firewall. When blended threats encounter a single roadblock, they simply avoid it by using a different method to compromise the system.
Businesses must use a layered approach to computer security, referred to as security in-depth. From the client to the servers to the Internet gateway, security products should be implemented at all levels of the network. But too many companies have already learned the hard way that security technology alone cannot completely secure a network. In addition, workers should be trained regularly on how to identify and avoid today's sophisticated Internet threats."
AimNet Solutions acquires Andrew's Reese Web, Inc. ( a Florida-based network security and professional services business ) with $50 million in financial backing.
"Andy Reese named VP and Network Security Practice Leader ( founded Reese Web, Inc. )."
Intrusion Detection Takes Center Stage At N+I.
"In other news, Telemate.net Software Inc., based here, will show the 4.33 release of its Web and network-usage reporting package, which now analyzes data coming from Cisco Systems Inc.'s NetRanger intrusion-detection software as well as proxy servers, firewalls and other network citizens.
"It has the latest rev of Microsoft SQL Server, and it has a nicer GUI," said Andy Reese, president of integrator Reese Web, Clearwater, Fla. "But they need to be looking at integrating with other security vendors' [intrusion-detection], not just Cisco's."
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