The ascendancy of techno-savvy users is driving massive change in how college networks are used and secured. With the Internet as their commons, institutions are facing challenges to deliver superior user experiences while securing data assets and information systems.

Rapid7 Nexpose and Firemon Risk Analyzer have been integrated to enable organizations to identify and visualize critical security holes and map them against known threats. Users can then see the impact of these actions on network risk reduction.

In case you missed it, a recent issue of the New York Times contained an article describing the results of research HD Moore conducted over a three month period. In short, a large portion of video conferencing equipment is connected to the Internet without a firewall and is configured to automatically answer incoming video calls. This allows a remote intruder to monitor both audio and video information, often with little or no indication to the target.