By Zac Smith

Like most things related to the Internet, Web hosting has evolved rapidly as a service and become a part of nearly every major business' budget.  From small, corporate Web sites to rich media social networks, each and every online presence requires Web hosting services. 

 By Aston Fallen

The personal computer has never been more personal. Consider email, and the things people choose to write and the files they choose to attach. People routinely trust email systems with their private correspondence, diary entries, secrets and gossip, addresses, household budget details, holiday snaps, and in some cases even their bank details.

Security is an important element of any Web business. When you are examining your security, you should ask yourself, “What am I protecting? What is my crown jewel?” For a leading soft drink manufacturer, their crown jewel might be the recipe or the proportions of the key ingredients. While they would undoubtedly strive to protect other areas of their business, such as employee records in their HR department, they would spare no expense to protect their recipe since leaking it could destroy their business.

IT Security Journal recently had a chance to sit down with online backup provider, Intronis’, CEO and co-founder, Sam Gutmann.  In the late 1990s, while working as a small business consultant, Gutmann and his two colleagues discovered that many of their clients were not properly backing up their data.  In 2000, the three began researching and developing a backup service that would eliminate the need for tapes, disks, and CDs and instead would offer an offsite, secure, and easy-to-use backup service.  After three years of research, development, software design and testing, they launched their foundational product, eSureIT, in 2003 and Intronis Technologies was founded.  Gutmann is a graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Management Information Systems.

By Mike Majewski, SEH Technology

Confidential print data is often sent through a network as clear text without any appropriate protection. It happens even though current data protection acts require institutions and enterprises to protect personal data from unauthorized access. A careful analysis of existing security risks is the first step towards efficient protection.

Every organization has confidential data and documents that have to be protected from unauthorized access. Digitally created documents are distributed and managed in the respective organization's infrastructure, often within document management (DMS) or enterprise content management (ECM) systems. Compliance is a prevalent business concern here, companies must stay in accordance with established guidelines, specifications, or legislation. Data protection and the obligation to preserve records both fall under this umbrella. Therefore compliance includes the identification and minimization of security risks for such documents.

The beautiful city of Pacifica, located 12 miles south of San Francisco on the Pacific coast, is known for its rolling hills, forested canyons and miles of spectacular surfing beaches.  Incorporated in 1957, Pacifica is one of San Mateo County’s youngest communities, but its Spanish origins make it perhaps the oldest: Pacifica lays claim as the location where the Don Gaspar de Portola party first sighted San Francisco Bay. 

Today, with a population of nearly 40,000, this small, peaceful town maintains a first-class police department to uphold the city’s outstanding quality of life. With 56 personnel including 39 sworn officers, the Pacifica Police Department is committed to serving its citizens with the highest standards of ethics, professionalism and respect.