A guide to endpoint security and device management that doesn't erode your values.

• The values your organization stands behind should be well-represented in your security program.
• A positive working relationship between the end-user and the security team is incredibly valuable and worth fostering.
• This relationship is built on a foundation of trust that is demonstrated through informed consent and transparency.
• The security team should anticipate and expect that end-users use their company owned devices for personal activities and design their detection capabilities with this in mind.
• End-users are capable of making rational and informed decisions about security risks when educated and honestly motivated.

An online store that specializes in spare parts for and discount UNIX servers and high-end workstations. They have machines and parts for Sun equipment, Dell, HP, Rackables, and Supermicro. A lot of this gear used to be horribly expensive, so hobbyists and sysadmins on slim budgets often have to search long and hard for replacement components.

SoloWizard is an interactive website which lets you check off the things you do and don't want on a new MacOSX machine, and it'll generate a shell script (which you can and should inspect for veracity) that will install Chef locally, pull down the appropriate cookbooks, and set up the machine. Helps automate workstation construction, minimizes craft error in some important ways. Be sure that the cookbooks it uses are compatible with your release of OSX, though.