Friday, August 26, 2016

Netiquette IQ Blog Of 8/26/2016 - Global IT Security Spending Will Top $81 Billion In 2016



 
From informationweek.com 
Gartner predicts worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $81.6 billion in 2016 -- an increase of 7.9% from last year.

Global spending on information security products and services will reach $81.6 billion in 2016, according to a new report from Gartner. This prediction marks an increase of 7.9% from last year.
The largest areas of information security spending are consulting and IT outsourcing, Gartner stated. Security testing, IT outsourcing, and data loss prevention (DLP) will be the biggest opportunities for growth through the end of 2020.
Another crucial area of industry growth is preventive security. Many IT pros tend to opt for preventive measures when planning their security strategies, a trend poised to continue in years to come.
[Read: 'QuadRooter' security flaw leaves 900M Android devices vulnerable.]
However, preventive measures have proven weak in blocking cyberattacks. As a result, more organizations have adopted the detection-and-response approach to strengthen their security.
Security technologies, such as security information and event management (SIEM) and secure web gateways (SWG) are expected to evolve to support this trend. In particular, SWG tech will maintain a 5% to 10% growth through 2020.
"Organizations are increasingly focusing on detection and response, because taking a preventive approach has not been successful in blocking malicious attacks," said Gartner senior research analyst Elizabeth Kim in a statement. "We strongly advise businesses to balance their spending to include both."
Kim said she anticipates security spending will evolve to become more service-driven as businesses continue to struggle with an overall lack of cyber-security talent in the industry.
Managed detection and response (MDR) is growing as organizations are challenged to use both technology and human expertise to pinpoint risks and maintain a safe cyber environment. This is especially relevant in addressing insider threats and targeted advanced threats.
In its report, Gartner dives into a few specific areas of security where businesses are predicted to spend their security budgets this year.
For example, the average price of firewalls will increase by a minimum of 2% to 3% year-over-year through the end of 2018. As organizations demand greater bandwidth and more devices, se
By 2019, half of midsize and large businesses will implement larger and more advanced inspection features to their network firewalls. In addition to larger bandwidth and better performance, businesses will also need their firewalls to group together other features such as intrusion prevention and web filtering.
Ninety percent of businesses are forecast to adopt at least one form of DLP by 2018; currently, only half of them do. Many organizations launch DLP for regulatory compliance and IP protection, but new technologies will also provide machine learning, data-matching, image analysis, and user entity and behavior analytics.
Some areas of information security are lagging behind. Consumer security software, endpoint protection platforms, and secure email gateways are exhibiting slower growth as a result of commoditization, Gartner noted.
While the purchase and implementation of new security technologies is key to protecting businesses, so is the development of cyber-security skills in employees. The shortage of skilled security professionals is both dangerous and expensive. It leaves businesses vulnerable to attacks resulting in reputational damage and data loss.
The most highly technical skills are the ones in greatest demand. Businesses are seeking pros with expertise in software development, attack mitigation, intrusion detection, network monitoring, and other areas of cyber-security.
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I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book.

Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology marketplace.Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Netiquette IQ Security Bulletin Vai US-CERT - Apple Releases Security Update - 8/25/2016








National Cyber Awareness System:

08/25/2016 03:53 PM EDT

Original release date: August 25, 2016
Apple has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilites in iOS. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. The update is for iPhone 4s and later, iPad 2 and later, and iPod touch (5th generation) and later.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security page for iOS 9.3.5 and apply the necessary update.
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Another Special Announcement - Tune in to my radio interview,  on Rider University's station, www.1077thebronc.com I discuss my recent book, above on "Your Career Is Calling", hosted by Wanda Ellett.   

In addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!” has just been published and will be followed by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:

 www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki

In addition to this blog, I maintain a radio show on BlogtalkRadio  and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and  Yahoo I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ and  PSG of Mercer County, NJ.


I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book.

Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology marketplace.Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Netiquette IQ Blog Of 8/24/2016 - What Is Edge Computing?












Edge computing from whatis.com
Edge computing is a distributed information technology (IT) architecture in which client data is processed at the periphery of the network, as close to the originating source as possible. The move toward edge computing is driven by mobile computing, the decreasing cost of computer components and the sheer number of networked devices in the internet of things (IoT). Depending on the implementation, time-sensitive data in an edge computing architecture may be processed at the point of origin by an intelligent device or sent to an intermediary server located in close geographical proximity to the client. Data that is less time sensitive is sent to the cloud for historical analysis, big data analytics and long-term storage.
Transmitting massive amounts of raw data over a network puts tremendous load on network resources. In some cases, it is much more efficient to process data near its source and send only the data that has value over the network to a remote data center. Instead of continually broadcasting data about the oil level in a car's engine, for example, an automotive sensor might simply send summary data to a remote server on a periodic basis. Or a smart thermostat might only transmit data if the temperature rises or falls outside acceptable limits. Or an intelligent Wi-Fi security camera aimed at an elevator door might use edge analytics and only transmit data when a certain percentage of pixels significantly change between two consecutive images, indicating motion.
Edge computing can also benefit remote office/branch office (ROBO) environments and organizations that have a geographically dispersed user base. In such a scenario, intermediary micro data centers or high-performance servers can be installed at remote locations to replicate cloud services locally, improving performance and the ability for a device to act upon perishable data in fractions of a second. Depending upon the vendor and technical implementation, the intermediary may be referred to by one of several names including edge gateway, base station, hub, cloudlet or aggregator.
A major benefit of edge computing is that it improves time to action and reduces response time down to milliseconds, while also conserving network resources. The concept of edge computing is not expected to replace cloud computing, however. Despite its ability to reduce latency and network bottlenecks, edge computing can pose significant security, licensing and configuration challenges.
Security challenges: Edge computing's distributed architecture increases the number of attack vectors. The more intelligence an edge client has, the more vulnerable it becomes to malware infections and security exploits.

Licensing challenges: Smart clients can have hidden licensing costs. While the base version of an edge client might initially have a low ticket price, additional functionalities may be licensed separately and drive the price up.

Configuration challenges: Unless device management is centralized and robust, administrators may inadvertently create security holes by failing to change the default password on each edge device or neglecting to update firmware in a consistent manner, causing configuration drift.
The name "edge" in edge computing is derived from network diagrams; typically, the edge in a network diagram signifies the point at which traffic enters or exits the network. The edge is also the point at which the underlying protocol for transporting data may change. For example, a smart sensor might use a low-latency protocol like MQTT to transmit data to a message broker located on the network edge, and the broker would use the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to transmit valuable data from the sensor to a remote server over the Internet.
The OpenFog consortium uses the term fog computing to describe edge computing. The word "fog" is meant to convey the idea that the advantages of cloud computing should be brought closer to the data source. (In meteorology, fog is simply a cloud that is close to the ground.) Consortium members include Cisco, ARM, Microsoft, Dell, Intel and Princeton University.
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Another Special Announcement - Tune in to my radio interview,  on Rider University's station, www.1077thebronc.com I discuss my recent book, above on "Your Career Is Calling", hosted by Wanda Ellett.   

In addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!” has just been published and will be followed by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:

 www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki

In addition to this blog, I maintain a radio show on BlogtalkRadio  and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and  Yahoo I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ and  PSG of Mercer County, NJ.


I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book.

Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology marketplace.Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com.
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