Doug Dineley
Executive Editor

Test Center Tracker: Green tops Gartner’s list, security best practices gone wrong

analysis
Oct 12, 20071 min

Green is number one! At least according to Gartner, whose list of ten strategic technologies for 2008 caught the eye of greenalyst Ted Samson. See yesterday's Sustainable IT for Ted's take, and his swift run down the rest of Gartner's list. Hand it to Gartner: It's a fascinating list, a buzz-stirring blend of the real, the improbable, the silly, and the absurd, served with the signature deadpan delivery. Terrifi

Green is number one! At least according to Gartner, whose list of ten strategic technologies for 2008 caught the eye of greenalyst Ted Samson. See yesterday’s Sustainable IT for Ted’s take, and his swift run down the rest of Gartner’s list. Hand it to Gartner: It’s a fascinating list, a buzz-stirring blend of the real, the improbable, the silly, and the absurd, served with the signature deadpan delivery. Terrific reading. Go Web 2.0!

Guidelines and gridlines: Roger Grimes has spotted a disturbing trend in these times of compliance and governance, wherein best practices guidelines evolve into mandates, and the mandates begin reaching down into systems settings, trapping sensible security managers in a corner. See yesterday’s Security Advisor for Roger’s tales of good security guidelines gone wrong.