An examination of networks and computer systems by an independent consultant to determine an organization's vulnerability to criminal invasion (crackers, viruses, arson, etc.) and natural disasters (fire, tornados, earthquakes, etc.). See security scan and information security.
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- Jacknife 1.2.5 (Mac)
- Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings. Jacknife Studio is ideal for studios of all kinds, including dance, gymnastics, and karate studios. It...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Jacknife 1.2.2 (Windows)
- Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings. Jacknife Studio is ideal for studios of all kinds, including dance, gymnastics, and karate studios. It includes classes, registrations,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud
- Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'
- Commonsense! Please get rid of MS Office!Please do NOT copy anything MS Office has leavethis lethargic conglomeration of software vendorsMS purchased and created the 2G office suitethat is full of security holes.I hope they go their own route and NO one needsa office suite that cost $400+$700 for a companyseat...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Reduce the Cost to Achieving HIPAA Security Compliance with Lumension® Solutions
- Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the proactive risk management and the required audit readiness to meet many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule.
- White papers 2009-10-12
- L0phtCrack 6.0.7 (Windows)
- L0phtCrack is back. It's time to audit your passwords. L0phtCrack 6 is the award-winning password audit and recovery tool for Windows and Unix passwords. Security experts from industry, government, and academia agree that weak passwords represent one of the ten most critical internet security threats, and are receiving more attention...
- Software downloads 2009-10-05
- IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability
- IBM is going after Google Apps Premier hard and has the pricing to show it's serious. Big Blue is announcing the general availability of LotusLive iNotes, a cloud email, calendar and contact management service, for $36 a year per user. Google Apps Premier runs $50 per user a year. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- DocCare 2.07 (Windows)
- 1. Intelligent Categorization * By physical enterprise structure. * By business entities (e.g. projects) * Automatically collecting valuable emails and manage them as documents. 2. Easy Document Access * Browse by department view. * Browse by business projects or events. * Locate documents by searching keywords. * Recently visited documents....
- Software downloads 2009-09-03
- News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Event Log Manager 2.0.66 (Windows)
- Event log data is a critical source of information for security audit, compliance, and troubleshooting purposes. Major compliance regulations require event log audit data to be archived for up to 7 years. NetWrix Event Log Archiver is a free event log management tool with audit log consolidation and archival features....
- Software downloads 2009-09-01
- Neusoft Group Improves System Security With Unified Identity and Access Management Platform
- Neusoft Group wanted to establish a unified identity and access management platform and enable single sign-on to business systems and integrate access to the company's internal and external systems. The challenge was to implement a solution to verify identities and provide a user-access audit trail to boost system security and...
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- SMS Monitor Lite for S60 3rd/5th editions (Mobile)
- SMS Monitor Lite is an easy in use tool for remote sms-monitoring for less price. The main purpose of this application is parental controls and security audit. Program sends incoming and outgoing sms from mobile phone where it is installed to your number silently. All messages would be sent in...
- Software downloads 2009-08-31
- Remote Password Recovery 1.0.3 (Windows)
- Remote Password Recovery is a remote computers password auditing program and security test tool, it retrieves passwords for software products saved on local or remote network computers. The software recovers Internet Download Manager, FFFTP, FileZilla, WinProxy, FAR ftp, Easy Web Cam, Web Drive, Core FTP, Ipswitch IMail, Ipswitch Messenger, Ipswitch...
- Software downloads 2009-08-30
- SMS Monitor for S60 3rd/5th editions (Mobile)
- SMS Monitor is a powerful tool for remote sms-monitoring. The main purpose of this application is parental controls and security audit. Program sends incoming and outgoing sms from mobile phone where it is installed to your number silently. All messages would be sent in hidden mode (application is not shown...
- Software downloads 2009-08-20
- Jacknife 1.0.7 (Mac)
- Jacknife is versatile enterprise and scheduling software for FileMaker Pro. Key features include: Contacts, merge letters, reminders, passwords, barcodes, time slips, and audit tracking Advanced scheduling with date and time blocks, presets, and conflict checks CMS-1500 HCFA Health Insurance Claims ...
- Software downloads 2009-08-19
- U.K. security firm slashes power consumption with Faronics Power Save
- Utility software company Faronics has published a new corporate case study detailing how U.K. security and alarm company ADT is using its Power Save power management software across 2,700 desktops and notebook computers. Using investment is helping ADT save roughly 36,200 kilowatt hours per month in power, according to Faronics....
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- DomainScan Pro 2.83 (Windows)
- DomainScan Pro is the perfect network monitoring solution for System administrators. It's designed for small businesses, schools and universities. It's easy to use, and will display a lot useful information that will help you, and it can assist you to make informed decisions. DomainScan Pro can monitor all network devices,...
- Software downloads 2009-08-17
- News to know: Culture of cheap; Microsoft, Nokia; eBay; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer Jason Perlow: Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Campaign Monitor hacked, accounts used for spamming
- E-mail marketing software developer Campaign Monitor warned users today of a server compromise that took place during the weekend. The compromise allowed the attackers to gain access to customer accounts, which they abused by importing their own lists of harvested emails in order to launch spam campaigns...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Network Inventory Advisor 3.6.1000 (Windows)
- Network Inventory Advisor audits all network software and hardware simply and efficiently. It automatically discovers all your network assets, scans them and builds ready-to-use reports. It helps you control and reduce your IT costs with automated agent-free network scanning. With Network Inventory Advisor you can easily track all hardware changes,...
- Software downloads 2009-08-11
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