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Kate Brew

  1. Security in Cloud Computing

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 2 Comments

     I interviewed Kurt Roemer for this topic.  Kurt is Chief Security Strategist for Citrix Systems and a member of the CTO Office. He's a seasoned information security veteran with more than 20 years experience in networking, applications, and the evolving Web services infrastructure markets. He has designed, implemented, and assessed solutions and policies for Fortune 1000, mid-size, and government organizations worldwide.  Roemer is a CISSP ...

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  2. Provisioning in CPM

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 1 Comment

    I interviewed Glenn MacDonald  for this topic.  Glenn is a Senior Software Engineer at Citrix. He has been with Citrix since 2003 and has worked on every release of Password Manger.  He has a Masters degree in Computing Science from Simon Fraser University and over fifteen years of software development experience.  The interview did not actually take place on the yacht, below.Q: When did ...

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  3. Don’t Get Phished!

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 3 Comments

    Avoiding being Phished I interviewed Brandon Olekas for this topic.  Brandon is a Lead Security Engineer at Citrix. He has been working in XenApp security for about four years, has been involved with many security features and improvements in the XenApp product, and helped co-author  Citrix Access Security for IT Administrators. He has a Computer Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and is an Associate of ...

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  4. Web Interface and Strong Authentication

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 3 Comments

    I interviewed Chris Mayers for this topic.  Chris has been with Citrix since 1998, and in his role as principal security architect at Citrix, Chris has both internal and external responsibilities for promoting security, developing security strategies and advocating the secure enterprise.  Based in Cambourne, Cambridge, Chris's job takes him all over Europe and to the USA, where he can be found advising CIOs and ...

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  5. Reducing Your Attack Surface

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    I interviewed Ola Nordstrom for this topic - way interesting!  Ola is a Senior Security Engineer at Citrix. He has been securing XenApp for the last five years. He's been involved with a number of product features and has driven numerous security improvements. He has a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and is a Certified Information Systems Security ...

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  6. Securing Web Interface

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 1 Comment

    This is an interview with Andrew Innes.  Andrew is the Platform Architect for user interaction components of XenApp and XenDesktop, notably Web Interface and the desktop integration clients.  His job entails finding creative ways to improve the usability and security of these products, and helping strike the right balance between them.Here is Andrew: Q: Andrew, what are the security issues Citrix Admins should be aware ...

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  7. Domain Name System (DNS) Vulnerabilities

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 3 Comments

     I don't know about you, but I've always been frustrated when reading articles about DNS Server Attacks and they never explain exactly how they work.  It's obvious that such a thing would be a point of extreme interest to an attacker, but how do they do it???  I interviewed Ben Tucker, XenApp Developer on the Guardian Security Team, to finally understand this thing.  Ben worked previously in ...

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  8. People and Corporate Security

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 1 Comment

    I conferred with some of the security experts at Citrix on the topic of people and security.  Their advice came in several key areas:  Physical access to IT assets: Gaining physical access to machines greatly increases the damage and theft of data a malicious user can do.   For this reason, admins should restrict physical access to sensitive resources - for example, restricting access to the ...

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  9. Demo of CPM Localization SDK

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    Robert O'Keefe has created a demo of how to use the Citrix Password Manager Localization SDK, which can be used to localize the CPM plugin to languages beyond those natively supported.video:src=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxBOsIGzc8

  10. Prevalence of Snooping in IT

    By Kate Brew · Published on 3 years ago · 2 Comments

    I read several articles about research on the behavior of IT professionals recently.  The research was sponsored by security vendor Cyber-Ark.  Amazing stuff!  A third of all IT professionals surveyed could still access the company's network after they left the job.  A third admit to snooping and peeking at  information like people's personal emails, salary info and other juicy tidbits.  Most shocking: 50% of all IT professionals ...

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