http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/events-and-webinars/80211n-plan-deploy-secure-capitalize.html
Webinar: 802.11n ­ Plan, Deploy, Secure, Capitalize
AirTight Networks, August 7, 2008

Lisa Phifer joins Sri Sundaralingham for this AirTight webinar that explores key issues many enterprises face when considering an 802.11n infrastructure deployment, from security challenges like increased RF exposure and 802.11n rogues, to deployment challenges like spectrum planning and legacy coexistence.

http://events.techtarget.com/networksecurity/
TechTarget Seminar: Integrated Network Security
October 28 (Dallas) and 30 (Seattle), 2008

In this complimentary 1-day seminar, CoreCom's Lisa Phifer and Diana Kelley discuss how to create a comprehensive and successful strategy for integrating security into enterprise networks. Topics include outside the box techniques to defeat phishing attacks, the baked-in security features found in today's networking devices, deploying secure wireless LANs, and adding NAC to your network.

http://download.nominet.org.uk/dnssec-cpe/DNSSEC-CPE-Report.pdf
Test Report: DNSSEC Impact on Broadband Routers and Firewalls
Nominet and Core Competence, September 2008

Lisa Phifer worked with Nominet's Ray Bellis to assess the potential impact of DNSSEC on broadband consumers by testing two dozen residential Internet routers and SOHO firewalls commonly used with broadband services. Their findings, potential impact on DNSSEC use by broadband consumers, and implications for manufacturers, are presented in this test report.

http://learn.gotomypc.com/forms/G2C-WbrArc-RethinkRA-102208
Webcast: Remote Access - Why one size does not fit all
PC Magazine, October 22, 2008

In this Citrix Online webcast, Lisa discusses how to satisfy diverse remote users with different needs more effectively by supporting multiple access methods, including methods that can encapsulate each individual's own work environment as a "portable personality."

searchNetworking

http://searchnetworking.stage.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci1331529,00.html
Measure wireless network performance using testing tool iPerf
searchNetworking, September 25, 2008

Getting a handle on your WLAN's performance is important to ensure sufficient capacity and coverage. Here, Lisa describes how to quantify network performance using iPerf, a simple, readily- available tool that measures TCP/UDP throughput, loss, and delay.

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid7_gci1337031,00.html
Mastering 802.11n: Implementation tips and FAQs
searchNetworking, October 28, 2008

This compendium of 802.11n advice, developed by Lisa Phifer for searchNetworking, includes her podcast on avoiding common 802.11n deployment barriers.

searchMobileComputing

http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid40_gci1334910,00.html
Securing your Windows Mobile devices
searchMobileComputing, October 16, 2008

Until recently, Windows Mobile simply did not have BlackBerry's "protected-out-of-the-box" appeal. In Lisa's latest searchMobileComputing tip, learn how Microsoft moved to fill this gap for Windows Mobile 6.1 devices using System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM).

http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid40_gci1330519,00.html
Mobile malware: In-the-cloud defenses
searchMobileComputing, September 16, 2008

Mobile antivirus programs apply laptop best practices to PDAs and smartphones, but there are many other ways to protect corporate assets from mobile malware. Here, Lisa recommends complementary "in the cloud" defenses, including enterprise sync servers, network gateways and wireless services that incorporate mobile malware filtering.

http://go.techtarget.com/r/4554861/4690087/2
eGuide: Cost Effective Mobile Device Management
searchMobileComputing, 17 September, 2008

In this TechTarget E-Guide, Lisa Phifer arms those responsible for managing smart phones and PDAs with mobile device management strategies that can and should be applied now to reduce risk, contain cost, and increase productivity.

VoIP and Wi-Fi Planet

http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3775186
http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3775451
Testing SIP Security on a Budget, Parts 1 & 2
VoIP Planet, October 1-2, 2008

To help VoIP-Planet readers find and fix security holes that can impact SIP-based VoIP installations, Lisa Phifer provides a guided tour of freely-available SIP and RTP vulnerability assessment test tools and techniques.

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3774851
Aruba Mobility Controller Upgrade Tames Unruly Wi-Fi Clients
Wi-Fi Planet, September 20, 2008

In dense or over-subscribed WLANs, selfish clients can hog bandwidth, overload APs, and drag down total throughput. In this news coverage, Lisa describes Aruba's Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) 2.0, a controller update that tames unruly clients for the common good.

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3774266
802.11: Better, Stronger, Faster -- and Greener
Wi-Fi Planet, September 26, 2008

At Interop NYC 2008, experts gathered to discuss how far we've come and where we're headed next with the final 802.11n standard, 802.11s mesh networks, and 802.11v wireless network management.

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/reviews/article.php/3773481
Review: Motorola Mobility Services Platform
Wi-Fi Planet, September 24, 2008

Lisa Phifer reviews Motorola's enterprise WLAN management platform, intended to provide single-point "care and feeding" for tens, hundreds, or even thousands of Motorola switches, access points, and clients.

Security Skeptic: Dave's Blog

http://www.securityskeptic.com/arc20081001.htm#BlogID706
Disk fragmentation and the Mac OS X
Security Skeptic, October 8, 2008

Few circumstances warrant defragmenting Mac OS X. In this blog post, Dave Piscitello discusses recommendations for and against applying this common Windows practice to Mac OS.

http://www.securityskeptic.com/arc20080801.htm#BlogID700
Trust and the Future of the Internet
Security Skeptic, August 25, 2008

To be trusted, the Internet must provide channels for secure, reliable, private communication between entities, which can be clearly authenticated in a mutually understood manner. Dave discusses the Internet Society's recent report on the issue of Trust and the Future of the Internet.

http://www.securityskeptic.com/arc20080801.htm#BlogID701
Making Identity Management work in your organization
Security Skeptic, August 30, 2008

Dave comments on Eugene Schultz's August 2008 ISSA Journal article on Identity Management, which gets to the heart of the hard realities of deploying identity management.

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