Why you shouldn’t ignore change auditing
Rupesh Kumar is the Director of Lepide Software. In this interview, he discusses the benefits of change auditing. What are the benefits of using change auditing? What security …
Polymorphic security warnings more effective than same, static ones
In the last year or so, we have witnessed Google becoming increasingly interested in providing effective warnings that would spur users into making good decisions regarding …
Signature antivirus’ dirty little secret
If you rely only on traditional, signature-based antivirus, you are going to get infected—and probably a lot! Antivirus was, and still is, a valuable addition to your layered …
Why senior managers need to be involved in data security
The networking environment has changed radically in recent times. In today’s world of increasing wireless use, widespread BYOD, more home working, more remote access, …
The evolution of vendor risk management in financial institutions
The Financial Services industry has long been recognized as a leader in establishing many of the security and fraud detection practices that have influenced best practices in …
Information security innovation and research
Sin-Yaw Wang is the Vice President of Engineering at WatchGuard Technologies. In this interview he talks about the the main challenges for delivering innovative information …
Preventing fraud through enterprise password management
The past few years the world has seen various incidents where students have fraudulently modified their school grades, progress reports and attendance records. Recently, there …
Defending against PoS RAM scrapers
Stealing payment card data has become an everyday crime that yields quick monetary gains. Attackers aim to steal the data stored in the magnetic stripe of payment cards, …
Listen to your employees or deal with shadow IT
Data leakage, compliance breaches, business inefficiency and hidden costs are just some of the risks organizations are leaving themselves open to by not meeting the IT demands …
When it comes to patient data privacy, compliance and security differ
If a name perfectly underscored a growing issue of concern, it’s Anthem. In February, the health insurance plan provider disclosed cyber attackers had breached its IT …
Protecting healthcare records from cyber attacks is a game of cat and mouse
The never-ending battle between healthcare organisations and cyber attackers has always been like a game of cat and mouse. The hacker plays the role of the mouse, constantly …
Smartwatches and corporate data
I was super excited when my wife got me a smartwatch. In addition to the geeky coolness factor of a smartwatch, being a long-time security professional I was also interested …