Mikala Vidal

ISO 27001 is a set of standards for information security management systems (ISMS). Created by the International Organization for Standardization, an independent, non-governmental organization, ISO 27001 is a part of the broader ISO/IEC 27000 family, a set of standards designed to “[help] organizations keep information assets secure.” As we’ll discuss below, the 27001 specification is incredibly important for businesses.

With the shifting IT landscape, IT admins are evaluating new ways of doing things. One of the key areas is identity and access management (IAM) and whether a cloud IAM solution is viable. There are many aspects to this market, but one question is as follows: is Google IdP a cloud directory? Before we dig into this question, we need to step back in time to the 1990’s. The modern era of identity management really kicked off in 1993 with the creation of the LDAP protocol.

If Sean Gallagher’s screed detailing an ICS/SCADA hardware flaw, at our go-to site of popular intelligence – Ars Technica) wasn’t brimmed-up full of schadenfreude, I’d be crying in outrage (specifically, at the vendor stupidity illuminated by the bright and shiny light of Mr. Gallagher’s magical prose) instead of howling happily on a similarly bright, yet cloudy Sunday morn… Anyhow, to the point; into SCADA / ICS security foible’s?