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Wildcat for the sky Source: MoD

The Defence Secretary last week unveiled the first of a new fleet of Wildcat helicopters and confirmed a £250M contract to support them.

: The Editorial Team; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 16 July 2012 08:46

Enterprise Log Managers: An Unsexy, But Vital Tool

Ultimately, the goal of Enterprise Log Management (ELM) is to get your most critical events escalated to your operations staff to react and respond with the appropriate actions. In today’s enterprise, you would be culling through millions of events if you were not relying on ELM to correlate that information and point to what is most critical. You may be asking, “Isn’t this Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)?” It’s not. Well, not entirely. ELM and SIEM are interrelated. SIEM is more concerned with the larger view of your overall security landscape, whereas ELM is focused on a specific element of security: “What is happening where?” SIEM correlates data across varying data sources and environments—a more holistic view. Therefore, ELM is a subset and critical component of a SIEM program. Not all companies require a SIEM program. However, most companies would benefit from an ELM solution. For the purposes of this article, we’ll stick to ELM. For more information on SIEM, I encourage you to download ISACA’s free SIEM white paper (www.isaca.org/siem).

: ROBERT ZANELLA, CISA, etal; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 16 July 2012 08:39

HMS Ocean arrives in the river Thames as Olympic air security operations get under way

Members of HMS Ocean's ship's company form Olympic Rings on her deck as she passes the O2 Arena on the Thames at North Greenwich Source: MOD 2012.

Vigilance can report that Armed Forces equipment which will support the security effort for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been deployed during the course of this week – with the operation continuing into the weekend.

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, EDITOR AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 16 July 2012 08:36

Secure remote network management in a cost-cutting world

The principles and practices of out-of-band network management have long been established as an effective way to reduce support costs and increase business continuity – In this article Robert Waldie, VP Business Development (UK & Europe) at Opengear, looks at how recent developments have seen traditional out-of-band management tools transformed into sophisticated devices that help to solve perennial problems in innovative new ways.