Month: January 2014

Is the Data of Your Company Secure?

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Hipaa network security requirements

Are you worried that you company’s data might not be secure? Here are a few facts you need to know about investing in the best intrusion detection systems, enterprise firewalls, and intrusion prevention systems before you decide which option is best for you.

An intrusion detection system, or IDS, is a device or software application that monitors network or system activities for malicious activities or policy violations and produces reports to a management station. Some systems may attempt to stop an intrusion attempt but this is neither required nor expected of a monitoring system. Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) are primarily focuse Read More

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Top Facts You Need to Know Before Investing in REIT

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Why invest in reits

A real estate investment trust is a company that owns, and in most cases, operates income-producing real estate. REITs own many types of commercial real estate, ranging from office and apartment buildings to warehouses, hospitals, shopping centers, hotels and even timberlands. Some REITs also engage in financing real estate. The REIT structure was designed to provide a real estate investment structure similar to the structure mutual funds provide for investment in stocks.

REITs were created in the United States when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the REIT Act title contained in the Cigar Excise Tax Extension of 1960. REITs were created by Congress in order to give all investors the opportunity to invest in large scale, diversified portfolios of income, producing real estate in the same wa Read More

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