A Data Center View

When an enterprise is small in size the IT infrastructure consists of a server room with couple of low end servers, some networking devices and client PCs. But as the organization grows the IT infrastructure too grows in size. Medium to large scale enterprises have data centers of their own or outsource the data center (DC) operations to service providers who specialize in DC operations. In this article, let us have a peek into a typical data center and look at what components are deployed.

 

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Business Model for Information Security – What is it all about?

The role of information security has not been clearly defined in many organizations and these organizations face challenges such as lack of senior management’s commitment to information security initiatives, poor security planning, integration issues between business goals and information security, issues relating to accountability for implementing, monitoring and reporting on information security and so on. Continue reading “Business Model for Information Security – What is it all about?”

Firewall Types

A firewall is a set of related programs located at a network gateway server that protects the resources of a private network from users on other networks. There are several types of firewalls used in the past and being used today based on their performance, technology, requirement, and level of security. Below here are most commonly used types of firewalls in the industry:

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