Yesterday I had the opportunity to present at the Air Force Information Technology Conference 2011 on HSPD-12 and its impact on logical access control. While preparing for this session I realized I needed to re-visit Microsoft’s PKI (Public Key Infrastructure); especially changes in Windows 2008, Vista and Windows 7 strong authentication support. The first thing [...]
While I was in college I worked summers for a glass company. My job was in the engineering drafting department where I drafted furnace parts, conveyor belts and paint bands that hides the goo they use to stick your windshield to your car. During this time American automakers struggling cope with the explosion of Japanese [...]
Managing access to applications and data resources can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. IT administrators are often asked to grant access to sensitive data without knowing the business justification why a user should have it. The result may be inappropriate authorization, access delays, or groups that are bloated, outdated and inaccurate. This lack of [...]
As a follow up to the article in Advanced for Health Information’s artical about Childrens Memorial Hospital, Quest has published a case study with some additional detail about how Childrens went about achiving such valuable results in such a short amount of time. http://www.quest.com/Quest_Site_Assets/SuccessStories/CSW_CMH-ARSPM-US-MJ.pdf
I did forget my password; I admit that. I struggled and struggled trying to remember the password I had used on the Quest.com software download page… I mean you cannot believe how upset I was. I had been running along fat-dumb-and happy for as long as I remember with that little check box that says [...]
