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What’s the state of your software?

Cybercrime is felt by businesses up and down the country, with the Information Security Breaches Survey (ISBS) reporting that 81 per cent of large and 60 per cent of small …

User behavior analytics for security operations efficiency

So, you’ve been informed by the FBI, a business partner, or security consultant that they have spotted a bunch of your company’s employee records on the paste bin website. …

Sun Tzu 2.0: Is cyberwar the new warfare?

For better or worse, the multitude of networks that help keep our world interconnected is a much different place today than it was in the past. Paradoxically, the networks …

Automated threat management: No signature required

The industry approach to detecting threats is inherently reactive, ceding the first-mover advantage to the cyber criminals. Defenses – based on signatures, reputation lists …

Internet of Things: Bracing for the data flood

There’s a real opportunity now to incorporate the scaling and management (including security management) needs for the IoT in the way we plan our enterprise and consumer …

Three steps to a successful cloud migration

People are hoarders by nature. Year after year, we accumulate new things – some that we need, and some that we will never touch again after one use. This stockpile adds up, …

A data security guy’s musings on the OPM data breach train wreck

Despite all the media attention to breaches, there is still way too much apathy when it comes to data-centric security. Given the sensitive data the OPM was tasked with …

Why cloud business continuity is critical for your organization

Business continuity, the ability of a company to continue or quickly restart operations following a systems outage, tends to be a topic overlooked by business leaders. Many …

The challenges of implementing tokenization in a medium-sized enterprise

We have seen a concerning pattern in the recent data breaches, including the breach at the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) and other US government agencies in that the primary …

Passwords are not treated as critical to security

Considering the cyber world we live in, it’s time to ask whether passwords can still be considered a reliable security component – and if so, how should they be used? Look no …

How to apply threat intelligence feeds to remediate threats

IT organizations are recognizing the value of threat intelligence feeds, and that’s good. Threat intelligence is a must-have for identifying malware and other threats that …

Reflections on virtualization security and the VENOM vulnerability

Virtualization is undoubtedly a great IT tool that enables organizations to quickly run new instances of servers and workstations, helps isolate environments, and allows for a …

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