Resources for IT Managers
April 2008 marks Symantec’s release of their latest Global Internet Security Report covering trends for July 2007 to December 2007. It includes analysis of network-based attacks, a review of known vulnerabilities, and highlights of malicious code. It also assesses trends in phishing and spam activity.
A project managers toolbox should include all of the tools needed to plan, execute and deliver a project. Here are five key skills a good project manager should have and continuously work to improve on.
Meredith Belbin a British researcher and management theorist conducted a group study over nine years. They studied the behavior of managers and teams from around the world. The result of the study is known as The 9 Belbin Team Roles. Belbin’s model of nine team roles can be used to build a diverse team. You [...]
If your company is looking at implementing the ITIL v3 best practices framework, Training Camp is now offering an accelerated 3 day boot camp. The course features the latest v3 edition of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Training Camp’s ITIL v3 Foundation Accelerated Certification Program is the most effective, efficient way to learn a [...]
This is the first in a series of articles about setting up and running an IT Asset Management System. This article will focus on a Catalog of Assets. The catalog serves as a framework for other areas of your system as well as a quick reference for all of the assets you need to track. [...]
Is your IT career not moving as quickly as you would like? Do you feel like you have been passed over for promotion? If so examine where you are now and where you want to be. Take control of your career by preparing yourself to succeed. Consider these options for improving your chances of promotion.
IT security and information risk management historically look for threats beyond the firewall. However increasingly threats to IT are coming from the inside. A white paper produced by the Carnegie Mellon University CyLab examines patterns and trends of malicious insider activity and the best practices for the prevention and detection of insider threats. Read the [...]
Any small business faces challenges when it comes to incorporating IT into their business. They lack the large budgets of corporations and often the training and know-how on how to use IT to improve their business. Microsoft Live Small Business is sponsoring five events nationwide aimed at women entrepreneurs. Called Vision To Venture the one [...]
Intel announced today at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai an upcoming technology that will help address the issue of laptop theft. This is a major concern for companies with a mobile workforce. By nature the portability of laptops make them ideal targets for theft. News headlines of laptops containing sensitive information such as Social [...]
Today Microsoft gave advanced notification of eight security updates to be released on 4/8/08. Five are rated as critical and 3 as important. Critical patches include Windows, Microsoft Project, Internet Explorer and VBScript programming software. Two of the updates rated as important are for Windows and the third is for Microsoft Visio software. The 4/8/08 [...]