security awareness
Browser security warning redesigned with partial success
How to make users understand a browser’s SSL warning, and make them choose the link that will lead them away from a site that has been deemed unsafe for use? A group of …
Do government initiatives increase security awareness?
New research, by SecureData and Vanson Bourne, investigated the impact government security initiatives had on end-user organizations in 2014, with nearly half (47%) reporting …
Software security in a market for lemons
There is little doubt that it’s difficult to develop secure software. First, you need to be aware of the need for security, accepting it as an important element of …
Things that freak out IT security pros
Ghosts and zombies aren’t the only things coming back from the dead this Halloween. Below is a list of the top security threats that organisations should be most aware …
The security threat of unsanctioned file sharing
Organisational leadership is failing to respond to the escalating risk of ungoverned file sharing practices among their employees, and employees routinely breach IT policies …
Most orgs unprepared to handle a cyber incident
In the latest quarter, Solutionary SERT performed a broad analysis of the threat landscape, including information on the Shellshock and Aftershock vulnerabilities present in …
10% of employees unaware if they have an IT department or not
A transatlantic survey of 2000 employees has found that only a fifth of UK workers think their data is more secure at work than at than at home, whereas the majority of US …
Fixing the broken windows of software security
Last month I discussed how we can fix software security issues only by making sure we use libraries and frameworks that don’t allow classes of vulnerability to exist. Of …
Building an Information Security Awareness Program
Are information security awareness programs a good thing or a complete waste of time? The debate around this question has been going on for a while and both sides have had …
Education is the key to increasing mobile security
The swathes of high-profile security breaches in recent months have only served to highlight the need to educate the public on the inadequacies of the security systems …
FBI warns of malicious insider threats increase
The FBI and DHS have issued a warning to businesses about the increase in security incidents involving malicious insiders (current or former employees, contractors, or other …
Mounting evidence points towards Home Depot breach
Still officially unconfirmed, a Home Depot hack looks increasingly likely to have happened. As Nicole Perlroth noted, the source of stolen card information can be discovered …