August 31st, 2011 
Mourad Ben Lakhoua As security professionals we often know what needs to be done, however convincing Management to invest in certain software can be hard. Monitoring Internet usage can be a controversial action, one that Management might be reluctant to agree to unless the security professional can clearly explain the reasons behind the required controls and have it [...]
Posted in Software Security 
Tags: GFI, Internet monitoring, Network Monitoring, System Monitoring 
2 Comments » May 30th, 2011 Mourad Ben Lakhoua Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government’s top information technology provider has suspended the email remote access to corporate application after discovering a network intrusion that is related to a major RSA attack. “As a result of the swift and deliberate actions taken to protect the network and increase IT security, our systems remain secure,” Jennifer [...]
December 11th, 2009 Mourad Ben Lakhoua Hewlett-Packard Company has released several patches for a bunch of vulnerability on OpenView Software products. HP advises administrators to install the patches immediately to mitigate the risk. OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) is affected by 12 critical bugs that attackers could use to execute remote arbitrary code and gain control over the system. The [...]
