Outsourcing
eWeek, 1/17/03: Outsourcing: Readers voice their opinions and concern
By David Berlind
When ZDNet editor-in-chief Dan Farber and I interviewed Intel Chairman and CEO Craig Barrett, he expressed great concern about what many armchair analysts of American competitiveness refer to as brain drain. It's the shift in the global balance of education and talent that has traditionally favored United States to a situation where the U.S. will find itself at a severe disadvantage.
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Remote Access
Computerworld, 1/16/03: What to look for when buying a VPN
By David Aylesworth
Virtual private networking is becoming an integral part of today's data networks. Virtual private network (VPN) drivers range from securing corporate communications to reducing costs by replacing leased lines. But for those who have not yet deployed a VPN, the options can be daunting. There are several approaches and dozens of products and services from which to choose, each with its own pros and cons.
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Security
Computerworld, 1/16/03: Network Security: Best Practices
By Marcia J. Wilson
Believe it or not, best practices in network security begin with a top-down policy. Policy begins with understanding what it is you need to protect and what it is you need to protect against. The levels of responsibility need to be understood, and that implies that security is everyone's job, as each employee understands how he or she contributes to the organization. Best practices in network security are more about the what and why of securing the organization's information assets than about the how.
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Computerworld, 1/16/03: CERT warns of DHCP vulnerabilities
By Joris Evers, IDG News Service
Several potentially serious security flaws exist in the Internet Software Consortium's (ISC) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) software, which is shipped as part of several operating systems, the CERT Coordination Center warned in an advisory today.
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