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July 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

July 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on July 12, 2011 in Patch Management

Microsoft has just released their advanced notification for the July 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Microsoft is planning to release 4 security bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 1 bulletin is rated Critical 3 bulletins are rated Important 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege [...]

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June 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

June 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on June 14, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released 16 new bulletins in the June 2011 edition of patch Tuesday.  These 16 bulletins address 34 vulnerabilities.  This is quite a large patch day and, to top it off, Microsoft was late in releasing the bulletins. The first batch of security bulletins that need immediate attention all have web browsing to a [...]

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While I Was Waking Up

While I Was Waking Up

By on June 13, 2011 in Editorial, Information Technology, Security, Social Media, Telecommunication

This post is dedicated in memory of Gil Scott-Heron. Connectivity, seamless integration, multiple digital devices all connected to my habits and likes. The seamless options to integrate my blogs with my social media accounts…all provide wonderful opportunities. They simplify many tasks and interactions I deal with on a day to day basis. At times these [...]

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June 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

June 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on June 10, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their advanced notification for the June 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Welcome back very large Patch Tuesdays!  This month marks a Microsoft “heavy” security bulletin release month.  As expected, we are also seeing Internet Explorer receiving security updates through the bi-monthly update.  It is interesting to note there are two security bulletins [...]

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Organizational Shrapnel

Organizational Shrapnel

By on May 20, 2011 in Business Intelligence, Editorial, Information Technology, IT Decision-making

…as with any end to a international school year there comes moments of reflection and looking back that generate ideas and new perspectives. This year has been a challenging one on many levels due to a host of odd circumstances and situations in my department and school that effected us all in the IT Department, [...]

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May 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

May 2011 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on May 5, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their advanced notification for the May 2011 edition of Patch Tuesday.  This Patch Tuesday marks a “light” Patch Tuesday as expected.  Microsoft’s release cadence for security bulletins are typically heavy months followed by light months.  With this month’s release, administrators can take a big sigh of relief after a record-breaking April Patch [...]

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Protecting Sensitive Data in Networked Applications

By on April 28, 2011 in Community Manager, Security

Bard Karp Head of Networks Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University College London http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/events/event.pl?ID=000606 Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:45 Software vulnerabilities persist, and so exploits continue to cause significant damage, particularly by divulging users’ sensitive data to miscreants. These attacks succeed principally because many networked applications are naively structured: they are monolithic, in that [...]

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The Conversation We Are Not Having Maybe…

The Conversation We Are Not Having Maybe…

By on April 9, 2011 in Business Intelligence, Identity, Information Technology, IT Decision-making

At the airport in Frankfurt on my way to Rome for a days work with Marymount International School and their faculty on 1 to 1 Laptops. Time to reflect in the waiting lounge about the ECIS IT Conference in Frankfurt last week, a wonderful reminder that it is not about IT but learning. The conference [...]

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Spring Has Sprung, and so has the Microsoft Security Bulletin Count

Spring Has Sprung, and so has the Microsoft Security Bulletin Count

By on April 8, 2011 in News, Security

Microsoft just released their Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification for April 2011.  Microsoft plans to release 17 new security bulletins addressing 64 vulnerabilities.  So far this year we have gotten off pretty easy from Microsoft Patch Tuesdays.  However, the upcoming Patch Tuesday will be another day to remember.  This month will tie the record for the [...]

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March 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

March 2011 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on March 9, 2011 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released three new security bulletins that address four vulnerabilities in the March 2011 version of Patch Tuesday.  You may be asking why there are such a small number of bulletins being released this month.  The low number of bulletins being released was expected as this is typically a light security bulletin release month [...]

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