By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
BYOD or BYOT (Bring Your Own Threat)…The Case for Mobile Devices as Endpoints
May 7th, 2013
Lumension recently conducted a survey of more than 1,600 IT professionals on Linkedin regarding their thoughts on BYOD and mobile security. You can check it out here. There is a lot of interesting information in this survey, with one of the main takeaways was for these respondents’ organizations, BYOD is really all about end-user satisfaction [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Global 2013 Trends in Data Protection Maturity
March 25th, 2013
Protecting sensitive information has become increasingly difficult the last few years – if you haven’t recognized this fact and modified your security approach recently, you’ve got issues. One reason for this is the explosion of mobile devices on our networks. While convenient for our users and a significant productivity booster for our business, this new [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Adobe Hack Translation
October 2nd, 2012
Late last week, we received notice hackers, presumably a well-equipped group using an advanced campaign, somehow made their way laterally onto an Adobe build server where company developers package up a final executable for consumers. With access to the build server, attackers were able to sign their own hacking tools with legitimate Adobe certificates. In [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Use the Yahoo Breach to Educate Your Users
July 13th, 2012
Evidently, this is what the hackers wanted – an opportunity to educate. While the fact that Yahoo did not encrypt customer passwords is yet another instance of embarrassingly low security priorities on behalf of corporate entities, the fact is that Yahoo’s customers who were breached are at fault too. The firm that uncovered the breach [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Closing the Antivirus Protection Gap
May 16th, 2012
With 50% of IT endpoint operating costs now attributable to malware, is reliance on antivirus as the keystone endpoint security measure the best approach? Instinct tells us no but to be sure, Lumension recently did a comparative analysis on the effectiveness of standalone AV and O/S resident patching solution versus newer technologies, including application whitelisting, [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Security vs. Operations
April 18th, 2012
Time and again, we’ve heard IT teams lament over how security continues to challenge the operational aspects of an organization. And these issues will not likely resolve themselves. While there isn’t a silver bullet that will “fix” this situation, there are best practices that will definitely improve security and increase operational efficiency. For some tips, we [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Security and Operations: Back to the Basics
April 12th, 2012
We’re back with part II in our podcast series on security versus operations with Mike Rothman, president and analyst with Securosis. In this post, Mike and I will discuss getting back to the basics of endpoint security, as small and mid-size organizations should not even consider employing in-depth cyber security measures until they have the [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Security and Operations: Guidelines to Striking a Balance
April 4th, 2012
Time and again, we’ve heard IT teams lament over how security continues to challenge the operational aspects of an organization. And these issues will not likely resolve themselves. While there isn’t a silver bullet that will “fix” this situation, there are best practices that will definitely improve security and increase operational efficiency. Download the podcast. This [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
Life After an Attack
September 9th, 2011
Hackers never sleep–as Citigroup can certainly attest to, having their consumer information twice hacked in a span of only three months. While we are counting sheep, the bad guys are of course looking for a way in, lurking and waiting for a vulnerable minute to strike. And all too often, this happens to organizations that [...]
By: Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
How to Remove MAC Defender
June 2nd, 2011
MacDefender is fake security program that has been targeting Mac OS users. Through a combination of SEO optimization and a socially engineered website, Mac users are tricked into installing the Mac Defender malware. In this video, two members of the Lumension team, Russ Ernst, product management and Chris Merritt, solution marketing have prepared a step-by-step [...]
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