UEFI and Secure Boot No Free Boots
Jun 20, 2012The imminent Windows 8 implementation of UEFI with Secure Boot adds an extra layer of complexity for some Linux users. We look at the problem and two solutions from Fedora and Canonical.
more »SUSE Updates SUSE Linux Server for SAP Applications
Jun 19, 2012SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 offers major improvements in performance, security, and hardware support.
more »SEAndroid SEAndroid brings better security to Android devices
May 29, 2012The still experimental but promising SEAndroid framework offers SELinux-like mandatory access control for the Android universe.
more »Security Lessons: Hacking Hardware Don’t forget your hardware
May 29, 2012Now that your networks are secure and you’ve convinced your users to secure their passwords and software, it’s time to turn your attention to your hardware to keep it from being attacked.
more »Unified Event Monitoring with Splunk
May 22, 2012Secure your enterprise, monitor system performance, and more by harnessing the power of Splunk to search, monitor, report, and analyze events and data from any source.
more »Intrusion Detection with fail2ban
May 22, 2012For its size, fail2ban, a utility that scans logfiles and bans suspicious IP addresses, punches well above its weight.
more »Protect your Documents with GPG GPG
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more »Security Lessons: Cloud Security Tools for auditing and securing cloud systems
Mar 29, 2012Tools like OpenSCAP and Aqueduct can make life much easier when implementing cloud security standards.
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