3 Executive Strategies to Prioritize Your IT Risk
May 22nd, 2013
Every company wants to know the best way to protect their company, but it can be difficult when faced with the evolving security challenges of today. I recently sat down with Richard Mason, VP & CSO at Honeywell, Roger Grimes, security columnist and author, to get their thoughts on risk management best practices. I hope [...]
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: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
ZIP Codes Are … PII?!
April 15th, 2013
Mr. ZIP (or Zippy to his friends) was born back in July 1963 and the soon-to-be 50-year-old is finally getting some privacy … in Massachusetts at least. The Massachusetts Supreme Court recently determined that under Mass. Gen. Laws, ch. 93, § 105(a), “personal identification information” includes a consumer’s ZIP code and decided that collecting such [...]
Anatomy of Reflective Memory Attacks
April 10th, 2013
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is a parasitical fungus that, beginning with a microscopic spore, infects a certain species of ant using a series of attacks, one building on the other until it controls the ant’s brain for its own bidding. The fungus can’t just land on the ant, consume it and reproduce. It needs to get inside the ant [...]
Embedded Chinese Malware – Theoretical Threat or Practical Issue?
April 4th, 2013
Before we begin discussing the issue of the theoretical or practical reality in the potential threat of the Chinese embedding malware in the computer equipment they manufacture, consider this: Just a few years ago who would have thought that any government (never mind our own) would have created malware to attack another government’s computer systems [...]
Are Journalists Sitting Ducks?
March 26th, 2013
Remember Mat Honan – a Wired reporter that covers consumer electronics? He had his entire digital life erased last summer. His Google account was deleted, his Twitter taken over, his iPhone, iPad and MacBook erased. How about the New York Times hack? Chinese hackers allegedly broke into the paper’s systems, stole passwords and watched reporters, [...]
Everything Matters
August 2nd, 2012
You just can’t cut corners today. In fact you need to be very careful about even “optimizing” your security efforts because it’s so easy to misjudge what needs to be secured and what doesn’t; what deserves your attention and what doesn’t. In fact, in a recent discussion with a colleague, we concluded that basically, “today, [...]
June 2010 Patch Tuesday Security Briefing
June 9th, 2010
On Tuesday June 8, 2010, Microsoft warned users that they have released ten security bulletins — three of which are critical, seven are rated important and all of which include an explicit or possible restart warning. The impact will be felt enterprise-wide, as the bulletins cover a large portion of Microsoft’s range of operating systems, [...]
Patch Tuesday: The Looming Dangers of Digital Media
June 9th, 2010
It might be the start of summer, but there was little sunshine from Microsoft on Tuesday, as the company warned users that they have released ten security bulletins — three of which are critical, seven are rated important and all of which include an explicit or possible restart warning. The impact will be felt enterprise-wide, [...]
Innovation, Competition and Venture Capitalism
June 8th, 2010
Over the last several months, I’ve been wrestling over a few issues that I think are converging to create an inhospitable business environment. Issues such as our company’s heritage as a venture-backed company, where we sit as a nation from a data security perspective; and my own view, that US intellectual property is at an [...]
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