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aabacus | March 26, 2009 01:13 AM | in Technology & Internet

What are the best websites for an IT Manager to check before work every day?

You're an IT Manager of an international organization and every day you want to make sure that there are no significant power outages, network outages, virus outbreaks or other nastiness in the world that could impact your environment. You want to do this every day so the information needs to be either dynamic or reported often.

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | aleghart | March 26, 2009 05:34 AM

http://isc.sans.org/top10.html
Add the top ten attack source IPs to your firewall. Should be updated regularly if you do this manually.

https://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/
View online, or better: subscribe to e-mail newsletter. "Spend five minutes per week to keep up with the high-level perspective of all the latest security news. New issues are delivered free every Tuesday and Friday."

https://www.sans.org/newsletters/risk/
"Delivered every Thursday, @RISK first summarizes the three to eight vulnerabilities that matter most, tells what damage they do and how to protect yourself from them.
"@RISK adds to the critical vulnerability list a complete catalog of all the new security vulnerabilities discovered during the past week. Thus in one bulletin, you get the critical ones plus a complete list of the full spectrum of newly discovered vulnerabilities."

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/
Weekly bulletin of vulnerabilities. Better to subscribe via e-mail.

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Two great answers well worth the $5, but this one hit more of the spirit I was looking for and introduced me to new sites.

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cp24 | March 26, 2009 01:30 AM

Couple of recommended websites which you can visit manually, subscribe to their RSS or e-mail alert. Please note, between sites the news might overlap especially if they get the news from AP (Associated Press)

Google Sci/Tech News Page
Website: http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&topic=t
RSS: http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&topic=t&output=rss

PC World News
Website: http://www.pcworld.com/news.html
RSS: http://feeds.pcworld.com/pcworld/latestnews

CNET News
Website: http://news.cnet.com/?tag=hdr%3bsnav
RSS: http://news.cnet.com/2547-1_3-0-20.xml

Symantec Security Response
Website: http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/index.jsp

McAfee Threat Center
Website: http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/default.asp

Spyware, Adware News
Website: http://www.spywarenews.org/
RSS: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SpywareAlert

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aabacus | March 29, 2009 12:13 PM

Really great list, thanks for the info. I had to a least tip you for the effort.

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mac5150 | March 26, 2009 01:31 AM

I like to go to News.com. Usually check the latest tech news and security news.
I also go to google news as well. Tech section, of course.
Mahalo answers is becoming a more recent addition to my morning reading as well.

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http://google.com/news
news.com
15 years in IT, 5 years as a Network Manager.

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