Many organizations understand they need cost-visibility or a more formal chargeback process in order to further expand their virtual data centers. The challenge is where to begin and how to implement an automated solution. 

IT organizations with high VM deployment rates often experience performance and capacity utilization problems. Without visibility into capacity usage, VMware admins can not manage vm deployments to optimized CPU, memory and storage utilization. 

This collection of slides from the PCI DSS 1.2 Roundtable Dinner Reception, prepared by Mathieu Gorge, CEO of VigiTrust, presents an overview of PCI DSS regulations, how they’re changing, and what your organization can do to stay compliant. 

This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference gives an overview of the changes in security compliance regulations and the resulting changes in security technologies. Download the slides and learn about changes in regulations, the evolution of technology, keeping virtualization and cloud computing compliant, and more. 

This EMC webcast series will show how you can deliver these benefits by digitizing, securing, and automating operational processes to create a Connected Government. Download this webcast series to discover technologies that can transform your agency's operations. 

In this episode of The Malware Report, Randy Abrams talks about a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader that can lead to potentially serious malware infections. Listen in to find out more about this vulnerability and how to ensure that your system isn’t compromised by just opening the wrong PDF file at the wrong time. 

Interested in ITIL v3 but not sure how to start? ITIL v3 best practices define how IT can better organize itself to understand and meet business needs, from strategy to operations and ongoing improvement. 

This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference presents a practical 5 step plan toward achieving greater standards of database security and compliance. These steps consist of discovering, securing, monitoring, protecting and managing your databases. Download the slides to learn more. 

There are many products that can be used to send files from one location to another. These products range from free FTP solutions, all the way up to highly sophisticated (and very expensive) industry specific solutions for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Download this whitepaper to learn more about what you should look for in an FTP solution. 

Data breaches run rampant and there is very little information about how to build a practical, effective data security program. We'll detail the steps to take and the technologies available to keep your organization's most valuable information assets safe. Read on to learn more about protecting the database without threatening the budget. 

Read the "Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)" chapter from "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, 2009) and learn how to leverage DAM to prevent SQL injection attacks, monitor privileged users and track access to sensitive data. 

Successful execution of an SOA strategy, combined with the release of the business value contained in legacy systems, can bring five proven benefits to the enterprise. Functioning as both a software development environment and a delivery framework, SOA provides a mechanism for defining business services and operating models. 

This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference provides some insight into some of the new regulations and recent changes in existing regulations. The slides focus on Red Flag Rules, the MA ID theft law, and the NV Data Protection law. Read on to learn how to stay compliant with these new laws and others like them.