Managing Security Risks in a Virtual Environment
February 4th, 2013
Before virtualization even became an official buzzword, IT industry watchers began pointing to its security risks. Now that virtualization is mainstream, few will come out and say virtual environments are inherently less secure—but there remains a tendency to deploy virtual servers and virtual desktops insecurely. Of course, with that tendency comes the potential for security [...]
Consolidated Data Centers Will Create More Risk in 2013
December 12th, 2012
I began my series of 2013 predictions with the obvious – malware will march on. I also think the rush to cash in on savings promised by moving from physical server realms to virtual environments (by both IT departments and security vendors) created unfortunate shortcuts and therefore it is an area ripe with risk. For [...]
Where Did We Fall on 2012 Predictions?
September 19th, 2012
About this time last year, I wrote out my predictions for the good, bad and ugly of 2012. While pulling together what I think the 2013 IT security landscape will look like (which is the topic of my SecuritySCAPE 2012 presentation and subsequent blog posts here on Optimal Security), it’s always interesting to first look [...]
2012 Endpoint Security Trends
December 5th, 2011
What’s in Store for 2012? A new year brings a new IT security landscape and smart IT pros are planning ahead. To find out more about what 2012 will look like and what IT departments can be doing now to prepare, Lumension asked three experts to make their predictions and offer practical steps on what [...]
What Security Companies Can Expect in 2012
December 5th, 2011
‘Tis the season for predictions….and here’s an obvious one. Security manufacturers definitely have their work cut out for them in 2012. (Also listen to the podcast with Paul Henry and Randy Franklin Smith.) IT has big concerns about what the coming year will bring. In our newly-completed State of the Endpoint survey conducted by the [...]
2012 State of Endpoint Report Is In – Embrace Change to Win on Security
November 17th, 2011
It seems like only yesterday when I was excited to share the results from our 2010 report on the state of the endpoint. This week, we are releasing data from our third annual State of the Endpoint study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and I have to admit, this year’s data is even more intriguing, [...]
7 Trends to Watch for in 2011
December 13th, 2010
In 2011, the threat landscape will continue to evolve. Here are 7 trends that have a high probability of happening. 1. State-sponsored cyber crime will become a regular occurrence It all started with China and the Google hacks (APT) and reared its head again with Stuxnet. It’s no longer your disgruntled employee or even the [...]
By: Chris Andrew - VP of Security Technologies
Reasons to Consider Power Management in Your Enterprise
June 22nd, 2010
Chris Andrew, VP of Security Technologies for Lumension, shares his thoughts on power management considerations. What are some best practices to implementing PC power management in midsize and large enterprises? The average computer is left on all the time in a business environment, and that can waste a tremendous amount of power when you factor [...]
2010 Predictions Redux- 2nd Half Predictions and Looming Threats
June 22nd, 2010
As we ended 2009 and entered 2010, many predicted that 2010 was poised to go down in history as “the year of insider threats”. It was not a risky prediction to make considering our economic peril and our industries continued unwavering albeit misplaced focus on the gateway rather then endpoint security. The Worldwide State of [...]
By: Jeff Hughes - Product Marketing Executive, Mobile and Security Technologies Expert
The Case for Endpoint Operations and Endpoint Security Convergence
May 24th, 2010
Ask any IT administrator where their greatest security risk lies and they will tell you it’s at the endpoint. The endpoint has expanded well beyond a desktop to include mobile devices, which allow greater user flexibility and productivity but also increase security risks to your network. Data that once resided on secure centralized servers (and [...]
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