June 2010
Securing a SCADA network - Part II
by Balaji V, CISSP
In the first part of this article series, we discussed some of the significant security concerns in a SCADA network. In this second part, we will look at some of the key vulnerabilities affecting the SCADA systems and applications, the risk posed by these vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them.… more →
Security Review of PeopleSoft Custom Code
by Prashant Verma
PeopleSoft developed a Human Resource Management System (HRMS) software on Cobol platform, which is now being marketed by Oracle. Peoplesoft’s HRMS software has various modules, including HCM and FMS. Human Capital Management (HCM) and Financial Management Solution (FMS) serves the Human Resources and Financial needs of an organization. These HR and Finance modules contain various components that are delivered with the software. Some of the key components in both include:… more →
Browser Plugin Security
by Arvind Doraiswamy
Everyone who’s reading this article knows what a browser is. Every day we use a browser to surf the Internet and read content we’re interested in from various websites. A large number of these pages are plain text or simple HTML and the browser inherently understands those and displays the same to you, the user. However many a time, you find yourself looking at files whose formats are other than HTML, i.e PDF, DOC, SWF, WMV to name a few. Now all of these formats are not understandable by the browser by default.… more →