Chinese hacks, Cell info. Nerdy musical (and stalled SOA bandwagon)

Protecting against Malicious

Protecting against Malicious Attacks on a Content Management System
Contrary to the issue of security in relation to the users of a Content Management System, McAfee Inc [Secure Content Management Solutions] highlighted the effect that malicious attacks can have on the contents held on a Content Management Systems. According to McAfee, “not only are virus incidents increasing, but the severity of the incidents and their associated recovery costs are also on the rise” McAfee Internet Inc [Secure Content Management Solution, pg 3], therefore it is imperative that organisations have a robust plan for threat detection and response, when deploying a Content Management System, also McAfee internet security group noted that most of the viruses that will spread into an enterprise Content Management Systems system will originate from an email, therefore it is the responsibility of an organisation to educate their staff on how to use the corporate network safely in order to prevent an avalanche of viruses.

In the same vein, BlueCoat [Analyzing Web AV for Enterprise Deployment article, pg 3, 2004] highlighted the necessity to deploy a web anti virus system to protect a Content Management System. BlueCoat went further by suggesting that any web antivirus deployed for the sole purpose of protecting a Content Management System must be capable of easily scanning 100-200 Mbps of data, so as to enable organisations deliver web antivirus scans without impacting adversely on the business, as well as minimising the latency in relation to content delivery. However, for a web antivirus to be acceptable, it has to integrate easily with the existing infrastructure BlueCoat [Analyzing Web AV for Enterprise Deployment article, pg 3, 2004], and “an enterprise solution must also integrate easily into existing management capabilities — e.g., threat (virus, worm, trojan, hack) detection and response, vulnerability research and management” BlueCoat [Analyzing Web AV for Enterprise Deployment article, pg 3, 2004].

BlueCoat also highlighted the importance of deploying a behavior oriented firewall along with the aforementioned detection and response mechanism, so as to prevent intrusion into a Content Management System. Essentially, this will also block virus threats in case a web antivirus has not obtained virus signatures, thereby making the Content Management System a virtually safe frontier residing on a two tier protection cluster.

Well, thanks for the link

Well, thanks for the link but not for the snark. I'm writing primarily for a non-tech audience that doesn't live in China. They don't know how bad Chinese computers and comouter labs can be so it doesn't hurt to explain it to them.