Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Application Whitelisting: Key Protection Against Targeted Cyber Attacks
August 1st, 2011
The Australian Department of Defence recently updated their Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions guidelines, and I think it warrants a little discussion. The relatively short (only two pages!) document from the Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC) – part of the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) – is based on their experience in operational cyber security, [...]
U.S. Cybersecurity Proposal – A Plan about Plans: We Need More Action and Talent If We’re Serious about Securing Our Nation’s Data
May 18th, 2011
My mother use to always say, actions speak louder than words and in reading the recent cybersecurity proposed plan, I can’t help but think of that age-old phrase. To date, there has been very little meaning behind our nation’s efforts to secure the American people, industry and critical infrastructure from cyber criminals. In fact, according [...]
Sony Playstation Megabreach – Now What?
April 27th, 2011
The original attack against Sony was a massive Distributed Denial of Service Attack that quickly changed vectors and became a penetration of their environment.
Federal Cyber Security Outlook for 2010
May 3rd, 2010
Steve Antone, Vice President of Federal Solutions Group provides insights into the Federal Cyber Security Outlook for 2010 survey.
Matt Mosher - SVP Sales
Why Compliance and Security Need to Play Nice
April 6th, 2010
In this video interview, Matt Mosher, SVP of the Americas, Lumension, takes an in-depth look at how organizations can make compliance a continuous process by correlating compliance with security posture.
Could Reality Bite for U.S. Cyber Security?
April 5th, 2010
We’ve reported on the need for a non-toxic public sector/private sector bridge to help counter cybersecurity threats, and it’s encouraging to see signs we’re finally moving away from all the chatter to actually put a structure in place. The government needs to work with business to come up with effective strategies to keep information safe, [...]
Cybersecurity: Moving Beyond the Chatter and Noise!
March 25th, 2010
As both a guest speaker and attendee at the Security Innovation Network’s fourth annual IT Security Entrepreneur’s Forum, I found the conference provided a great deal of insight on important cybersecurity issues. Two panels I found particularly relevant were: “An Industry and Government Perspective on the Emerging Cyber Threats, Risks and Vulnerabilities” and “Moving Forward [...]
The State of Cybersecurity: Where Does it Stand Today?
March 22nd, 2010
Ryan Naraine, Editor-in-Chief of Threat Post describes his view of the cybersecurity landscape, and immediate actions the cybersecurity czar should consider in regards to public-private partnerships to bridge the gaps and strengthen security.
Now Playing – Cybersecurity: The Broken Record
February 8th, 2010
Recently Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, presented the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and painted a much starker picture of the current state of cybersecurity in the country compared to his testimony last year. According to Blair, the United States confronts a dangerous combination [...]
How Serious is the US Government about Cybersecurity?
November 10th, 2009
October was National Cybersecurity Awareness month. What did this initiative accomplish? Not much, I’m afraid. The fact that a lot of people in the private sector don’t even know it was Cybersecurity Month speaks to the problems we face in ensuring that people take cybersecurity seriously. We still don’t really understand the value of cybersecurity [...]
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