Simple Principles for Effective IT Management
50-30-20 Principle
- IT is about 50% people, 30% process and 20% product (technology)
- Success of any IT department depends upon the people within the department and the people it supports. There has to be buy-in to IT initiatives and that the department offers value to its customer base
- Processes (Procedures, Guidelines, Standards and Policies) should be aligned with overall business objectives to ensure that IT is not simply a cost center for the organization but also a value-add and integral part of overall revenue stream of the company. A key factor to ensure that there is alignment between IT and Business and that these processes support the objectives is buy-in from all the stakeholders within the organization Read more
A series of funny things happened on the way to San Francisco – Part 1
It has been a crazy 5 months or so that I could not even remember when my last true entry was for this blog. In any case, I could not think of any better title to give this series of entries other than: “A series of funny things happened on the way to San Francisco”.
To start off, I have technically been out of a permanent job since the company I was working for closed its doors on September 2009. The owner of the firm had an e-commerce project that I designed and managed for him on a consulting level that allowed me to have some financial resource while I looked for a job in this tough market. Read more
Journal of Global Information Technology Management [Magazine Subscription]
Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) is a multidisciplinary journal. JGITM publishs articles and reports related to all aspects of the application of information technology for international business. The Journal is international in all aspects.
Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) is a multidisciplinary journal. JGITM publishs articles and reports related to all aspects of the application of information tec (more…)
PMP Review Notes (Chapter 2) – Project Integration Management Knowledge Areas
The Project Integration Management Knowledge Area
- Comprise of six processes
- Concerned with coordinating all aspects of the project plan and is highly interactive
- Involves identifying and defining the work of the project and combining, unifying and integrating the appropriate processes
- Also takes into account satisfactorily meeting the requirements of the customer and stakeholder and managing their expectations Read more
CISSP Exam Note (Telecommunications and Networking Security Domain) – LAN/WAN Devices, Types and Speeds of Leased Lines, etc.
LAN Devices
Repeaters (Layer 1) – amplify signal, no added intelligence, no filtering
Hubs (Layer 1) – used to connect multiple LAN devices, no added intelligence
Bridges (Layer 2)
- Amplifies signal and adds some intelligence
- Forwards the data to all network segments if the Media Access Control (MAC) or hardware address of the destination computer is not on the local network segment
- Automatically forwards all broadcast traffic
Yeah Boy! I passed the PMP Exam… (Part 2)
Continued from Yeah Boy! I passed the PMP Exam… (Part 1)
Another area that concerned me the most is the fact that I can’t seem memorize the various formulas presented in the study material. I eventually developed a way to remember these formulas by trying to read them like words (sounding like a Klingon). I will explain this in another post if I get around to it. There were also the different theories in motivation and leadership. Again on top of everything else that I have been trying to jam into my noggin’ this was another bang-my-head-on-the-desk item. For this, I also developed a simple system to allow me to remember them better. Read more
Yeah Boy! I passed the PMP Exam… (Part 1)
Four months of being a near-recluse, self-studying and sometimes overly stressing finally paid off. I passed the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam yesterday. For folks who are not familiar with the certification, Project Management Professional (PMP) is a credential offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Click here to learn more about the PMI and its credentialing programs. As of 30 June 2009 (2009 -06-30), there were 359,973 PMP certified individuals distributed globally. Read more
Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy (Hardcover)
Thoroughly Updated Sixth Edition! Social networks are transforming how people communicate, work, and play. This comprehensive new edition highlights this new technology and scores of others that are changing how organizations operate and compete in the current global environment. The cover depicts two examples of social network. The larger image is a visualization of the trust relationships in a web-based social network. The smaller figures are default avatars from Second (more…)
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback)
The PMBOK9(r) Guide – Fourth Edition continues the tradition of excellence in project management with a standard that is even easier to understand and implement, with improved consistency and greater clarification. Standard language has been incorporated throughout the document to aid reader understanding. New data flow diagrams clarify inputs and outputs for each process. Greater attention has been placed on how Knowledge Areas integrate in the context of Initiating, Pla (more…)
Information Technology for Management: Improving Performance in the Digital Economy (Hardcover)
Information technology has changed how businesses operate and succeed in today’s global economy. Organizations can now use IT to transform themselves and achieve a tremendous competitive advantage. Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy, Seventh Edition highlights how this new technology is changing the current business environment and what effect it has on today’s students. The text addresses the major principles of MIS in (more…)
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- From the National Vulnerability Database
- CVE-2012-1090 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The cifs_lookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-2123 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The cap_bprm_set_creds function in security/commoncap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.3 does not properly handle the use of file system capabilities (aka fcaps) for implementing a privileged executable file, which allows local users to bypass intended personality restrictions via a crafted application, as demonstrated by an attack that uses a parent process […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-0044 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012Integer overflow in the drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted ioctl call. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-2121 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.4 does not properly manage the relationships between memory slots and the iommu, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS to conduct hotunplug and hotplug operations on devices. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-0207 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-1601 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4621 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that executes code in a loop. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-1179 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS, related to the pmd_none_or_clear_bad function and page faults for huge pages. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-0879 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-1146 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012The mem_cgroup_usage_unregister_event function in mm/memcontrol.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle multiple events that are attached to the same eventfd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by registering memory threshold events. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2012-1090 (linux_kernel) May 16, 2012