Resources

The following is a collection if articles and links that we believe are worth reading.

Phishing Aims for Epidemic Status
Spoofing and Phishing is rapidly moving from being a mere annoyance to a dangerous threat on par with virus attacks, especially when many attackers are relying on an increasingly sophisticated array of attack strategies, including existing vulnerabilities, obfuscation, and scripting to cover the real (scamming) web site. This week we bring you several scam techniques to watch for.  Read article >>

Please Turn Off the SPAM
Yankee Group says the commercial costs of spam are increasing with the growth in electronic mail, instant messaging and costly wireless bandwidth. It's time for CSOs to fight back.

Each holiday season brings special tidings to all of us: an increase in the amount of spam delivered to our electronic mailboxes. The Internet is plagued by spam-electronic junk mail that industrious marketers insist on blasting out to unsuspecting e-mail recipients. The commercial costs of spam are increasing with the growth in electronic mail, instant messaging, and costly wireless bandwidth. This month's column drills into spam and makes recommendations for corporate CSOs. Read article >>

Twisters, Hurricanes, Floods (oh my)
CIOs have scrambled to set up terrorism contingency plans in the wake of Sept. 11, but what's far more likely to knock their companies for a loop is that dark, greenish cloud building on the horizon. A record outbreak of tornadoes in May ravaged the Midwest. And flooding hit the Atlantic seaboard even before the start of hurricane season. CIOs might be ready for the next terrorist attack, but if they're not ready for the next nor'easter, with a plan founded on colocation, distribution and backup, then they've left their companies shamefully vulnerable. In this story, companies in Texas and Tennessee share their weather disaster tales of destruction and recovery, along with lessons learned in the process. Read article >>

Five Keys to Ensuring Business Continuity
You get only one chance to respond to a weather catastrophe. According to Al Berman, senior vice president and leader of the national business continuity management practice at Marsh, IT organizations of every size should test their disaster recovery strategies regularly. He offers the following tips.

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Are You Sure You Want to Save That?
Think you have a good electronic records management strategy? Think again. Sure, you back up your data rigorously. You save everything you can, whether it's product specs or sales reports, in case the original files are damaged. But such practices, say electronic records experts, can be dangerous. To manage electronic files right, you need to take into account what's in those files and decide how long to save them. Read article >>