• AppliedTrust Goes Drupal!

    30Jun
    Author: ned Categories: Infrastructure Comments: 0

    This month, AppliedTrust re-launched our web site on the CMS called Drupal. Although the “look and feel” of the site hasn’t changed much, this upgrade has been a breakthrough in terms of both performance and manageability. I would give our previous CMS, Joomla, a grade of a B- in comparison to Drupal’s solid A. Here are six reasons why Drupal is a great fit for www.appliedtrust.com:

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  • Information Security and Running, Long Lost Brothers?

    24Jun
    Author: terry Categories: IT Management, Ramblings, Security Comments: 0

    Saturday morning I was up and out the door early for a long run before the heat set in too much. As I was running I was thinking to myself, “Gosh, having a good exercise routine is kind of like having a good information security program.” I had lots of time to ponder this particular issue, as my iPod was unfortunately not charged and I had no one to talk to. Here are a few things I thought of that make exercise and security so alike.

    1) Set goals: Both in exercise and in information security, it is good to set goals. For example, before I can write up a training plan for myself, I need to know what race I’m training for, and what my target pace is. Similarly, before I can write up my information security plan, I need to know what information I need to protect and how much protection I need (is this credit card data, or is it records of what color paint my store sold last year?)

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  • An IT lesson from the BP disaster

    04Jun
    Author: ned Categories: IT Management, Ramblings Comments: 1

    Sadly disasters happen, and when they do there are often valuable lessons to be learned. Unfortunately, poor IT infrastructure will limit the lessons the oil industry can learn from this incident.

    The Deepwater Horizon rig was equipped with a vessel management system (VMS), which records dozens of different metrics about the conditions on the rig and in the well. These VMS logs would contain valuable details about the blowout, much like an airplane “black box” is essential in understanding a plane crash.

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