Archive for February, 2008

CIA = Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I've often thought that IT Monitoring was closely related to computer security, this security blog makes a compelling case that IT monitoring provides the "availability" component of a fully secure implementation: http://devilsadvocatesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/02/nagios-opensource-availability-tool.html I like his idea of the CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability - with Nagios providing the Availability component.

Roger Rustad’s Nagios Wiki

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I met Roger Rustad at SCALE 2008 over the weekend, he's trying to organize IT monitoring enthusiasts in the greater LA area. He's got a wiki where he's collecting useful information on Nagios, see it here: http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page