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Stories by: Sandra Gittlen

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    Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures) 28/05/2008 08:03:59

    It takes a lot to shock Chris Goggans; he's been a pen (penetration) tester since 1991, getting paid to break into a wide variety of networks. But he says nothing was as egregious as security lapses in both infrastructure design and patch management at a civilian government agency -- holes that let him hack his way through to a major FBI crime database within a mere six hours.
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    Five steps to successful and cost-effective penetration testing 28/05/2008 08:57:20

    Whether you hire outside consultants or do the testing yourself, here are some tips for making sure your time and money are well spent.
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    NAC helps with wireless LAN security at college 27/11/2007 09:03:31

    For Scott McCollum, IT services director at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, network security can't mean one thing for the wired LAN and another for wireless connections.
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    Want to manage your wired/wireless LANS together? Too bad 15/11/2007 08:15:15

    For the past few years, organizations have gone full-force in deploying a combination of wired and wireless enterprise networks. But now, as wireless technology matures, they are left asking: Where are the tools to unify management of these disparate networks?
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