Network Trends and Tricks is a new weekly feature on Network Observations outlining useful blog postings and resources that I have used over the last week.
State by State Guide to Security Breach Disclosure (PDF) – What does each state consider personal information? What constitutes a security breach? How does my company appropriately notify our customers if their private information (PI) has been compromised? All of these are questions companies face after a data leak and with states quickly passing data protection and disclosure regulations, it’s something every organization needs to be aware of. Perkins Coie, a leading international law firm, published a PDF guide detailing recent legislation on a state-by-state basis and how it impacts the way companies handle security breach disclosures.
Protecting Private Outbound Content – With all of the major cases reported of intellectual property leaks, there are hundreds of smaller breaches and leaks that go unnoticed. Mike Rothman, an analyst with Security Incite, covers the policies, processes, and products organizations should have in place to detect and manage the risk of data leaks.
WAN Optimization and the Weak Dollar – Brian Boyko of Network Performance Daily looks at how the decline of the dollar impacts international companies with regards to IT spending and WAN equipment. While certain costs rise, like how much the company pays its overseas IT staff, other costs may decrease, like the amount a European company would pay for an American IT solution.
VoIP Bandwidth Fundamentals – A very eclectic blog, Information Portal and Tech News, had a two-part series on understanding the bandwidth demands of VoIP (Part I) and being able to calculate the bandwidth necessary for a VoIP call (Part II). The articles are technical but very straight forward and explain very well why a company needs to have a QoS solution in place before implementing VoIP on their network.
