Multi-year study of real-world software security initiatives
The third major release of the “Building Security In Maturity Model” (BSIMM) study continues to add real-world data defining benchmarks for successfully developing …
New Ovum Technology report: Secunia VIM
How do companies operating diverse and wide-ranging systems solve their vulnerability management challenges? Not by using ad hoc tools, according to the new Ovum Technology …
65% of security pros say SIEM is dead
Two-thirds (65 percent) of senior security professionals at Global 5000 and federal organizations say traditional Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products no …
Desktop virtualization approaching tipping point
Cost reduction, security, manageability and simplifying the migration to Windows 7 are driving organizations to adopt an aggressive deployment approach when it comes to …
Online communities least trusted with personal information
Symantec announced the findings of its inaugural UK Trust Index, which investigates the extent to which the public trust different industries with their personal information. …
Malicious infections enter 99% of enterprise networks
There is a significant gap in today’s enterprise IT defenses, as advanced malware and targeted attacks are easily evading traditional defenses, such as firewalls, …
Most security pros don’t think a breach will happen to them
New findings from a Tenable Network Security study have uncovered an “It Won’t Happen to Me” mentality amongst security professionals. According to the …
2011: Year of the hack
In a year that IT security experts have labeled the “Year of the Hack,” Bit9’s endpoint survey of 765 IT executives revealed that Advanced Persistent Threat …
Security risks with 10Gb/s networks
A new survey shows that senior networking, operations and security professionals in telecommunications, online services, retail, manufacturing and healthcare have serious …
Many parents unaware if cyberbullying is an issue
While 89 percent of parents said they talk to their children about proper Internet safety, 40 percent do not know if cyberbullying is an issue at their child’s school, …
Tips for promoting good online behavior
The explosion of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers has raised a new concern for parents as they pack their children off to school for the New Year: …
Half of organizations lost information on USB drives
Inexpensive consumer USB Flash drives are ubiquitous in all manner of enterprise and government environments – typically with very little oversight or controls, even in …