Oct 2011 Quocirca research shows that IT departments are having to make uncontrolled changes prior to IT audits, in order to pass the upcoming audit. Free white paper here http://www.osirium.com/alpha-files/wp ...
2 minutes | 28/11/2011 | VIEW
Reseller opportunity remains within the area of systems administration (sys-admin) for better management of privilege, automation and improve compliance. ...
19/12/2011 | Quo CRN - sys-admin opp - for web.pdf | VIEW
The nature of systems administrators' jobs puts them in a position of power, which can be deliberately or inadvertently subverted ...
14/02/2012 | Sys-admin Sil for Quo.pdf | VIEW
IT departments use Group Admin accounts to access devices - a recent survey carried out by UK analyst firm Quocirca found that over 50% of organisations are unable to stop the use of Group Admin accounts. ...
2 minutes | 14/03/2012 | VIEW
Quocirca research shows that end-of-life infrastructure devices that have not been properly de-commissioned can still retain data that pose a serious risk. Over 40% of organisations were not confident that all data was deleted from end of life infrastructure devices prior to disposal and, shockingly, in the Finance and Retail sectors where data protection should be at the forefront of considerations, 7% of organisations didn't bother deleting device data at all. ...
2 minutes | 15/03/2012 | VIEW
Reducing the number of sys admin errors. The full report is available here http://www.osirium.com/alpha-files/wp ...
1 minutes | 14/04/2012 | VIEW
Enabling sys-admins to do their work efficiently and safely throws up many challenges, not least because they need to operate with higher levels of privilege than normal users; a fact that also attracts the interest of auditors. Tools that enable the automation of sys-admin tasks are the key to maintaining infrastructure compliance, reducing error rates, providing the confidence to delegate and making the whole sys-admin process more efficient. ...
09/05/2012 | Quocirca - Conquering the sys-admin challenge - Nov 2011.pdf | VIEW
Why organisations need to avoid over-privileging IT staff; organisations are unable to provide the adequate resources to correctly manage privileged users. ...
2 minutes | 04/06/2012 | VIEW
