January 20th, 2012 
Mourad Ben Lakhoua Keeping your system updated is very important to avoid new malwares and to fix vulnerabilities that allow a malicious user have a full control on your system, well I used to enable the automatic update on all Microsoft based systems as we have monthly the patch Tuesday tradition. Now this seems to be not enough [...]
November 4th, 2011 Mourad Ben Lakhoua Networks are huge. It is mind blowing how many different elements make up a network. You have at a high level the software and hardware. You get many different flavors of operating systems which might also differ in patch level and service packs installed on each. Hardware is even more diverse; apart from the different [...]
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Tags: GFI, GFI Languard, Guest blog, Vulnerabilities Assessment, Vulnerability management 
No Comments » August 30th, 2011 Mourad Ben Lakhoua Any security professional have his own way and tools to conduct vulnerability assessment , the problem that we have when using different security assessment tools that utilities produce several reports with different results. This is not the only problem another important point is that these tools are expensive to purchase and depending on situation you [...]
March 26th, 2010 Mourad Ben Lakhoua Secunia Danish computer security service provider announced the final version of the Secunia Corporate Software Inspector 4.0 (CSI 4.0). This tool may identify vulnerabilities for about 13 000 applications from 2300 developers. CSI 4.0 has a free trial version which can be downloaded from the official website. And brings CSI 4.0 with Microsoft server operating [...]
October 25th, 2009 Mourad Ben Lakhoua TippingPoint and Qualys Network security companies are about to develop and deliver a Network security software, to provide their customers a full package for corporate Network security. Both companies are looking to build a business partnership to enhance their customer protection from the current threats and to be able to identify the New Network Vulnerabilities. [...]
September 2nd, 2009 Mourad Ben Lakhoua Updating software packages, configuring firewall properly and implementing an antivirus solution can help to guarantee good security for a home user. But when it comes for corporate information system that provides services for public network and have an outside access, security should be considered more seriously. Different vulnerabilities and interconnected system creates a new type [...]
May 14th, 2009 Mourad Ben Lakhoua The cleanup cost for fixing a bug in a homegrown Web application ranges anywhere from $400 to $4,000 to repair, depending on the vulnerability and the way it’s fixed. Security experts traditionally have been hesitant to calculate the actual cost associated with bug fixes because there are so many variables, including the severity of the [...]
