Configuresoft's IT Infrastructure Insider Podcast Explores Provisioning Best Practices with Configuration Intelligence.CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Dennis Moreau Discusses How Provisioning Paired with Configuration Intelligence Improves Alignment, Security and Efficiency of the IT Infrastructure COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise Configuration Intelligence[TM], today announced the latest installment of its IT Infrastructure Insider podcast series titled "Just Not Getting It Done, Why You Must Transcend Provisioning to Meet the Security Threats of Tomorrow." Chief Technology Officer Dr. Dennis Moreau, shares his insight into how incorporating Configuration Intelligence can improve and better align your provisioning strategy. Existing IT Infrastructure Insider subscribers should receive this installment via their podcast application of choice. New subscribers can register and download this and previous podcasts at www.configuresoft.com/podcasts. Provisioning allows organizations to quickly and accurately deploy desired configurations to support business applications and meet service level agreements. However, when enterprise change collides with operations and security policies, simply redeploying best practices may perpetuate operational issues and threat exposure. Configuration Intelligence addresses these issues by delivering a complete view of the configurations across the enterprise, allowing an awareness of both out-of-band configuration change and drift. This configuration awareness informs the process of defining the next desired state. Applying Configuration Intelligence to provisioning strategies delivers better aligned, more efficient and more secure configurations to the enterprise on an ongoing basis. Configuresoft's IT Infrastructure Insider podcast series warns how new technologies can complicate IT architectures and compromise delivery strategies, and recommends best practices to ensure rapid, smooth adoption. Past topics have included configuration management, building security into service oriented architecture's (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. . The complete series is available at: www.configuresoft.com/podcasts. Look for the next installment, "Why Configuration Management Must Evolve to Configuration Intelligence," soon. About Dennis Moreau, Ph.D. As a Founder and the Chief Technology Officer for Configuresoft, Dennis Moreau specializes in the application of leading edge technologies to the solution of complex problems in the Information Technology management domain. His primary focus is in developing enterprise scale solutions to improve IT efficiency and effectiveness for systems management, security compliance and configuration optimization. He works actively with the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ) and MITRE on the development of security configuration policy compliance standards, serving on MITRE's OVAL Advisory Board. Dr. Moreau holds a doctorate in Computer Science and speaks regularly at IT management and security conferences worldwide. About Configuresoft Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence[TM] to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 12 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA Federal Information System Management Act , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999) GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve , Basel II, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, and DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. , and industry standards such as ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com. |
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