Expert analysis
Document shredding: the why and the how
Tim McBride serves as the Vice President and General Manager of Secure Destruction Services for Recall North America. He is focused on driving improvements in safety, …
Information risks in the enterprise
Ian Whiting is the CEO Titania, a developer of security auditing and testing software. In this interview he discusses managing information-related risks in the enterprise, …
How do you protect your phone and your data?
Given the risks we run in not securing our phones, you’d be forgiven for thinking it must be a task requiring a doctorate in computer science. In reality, however, …
Privacy tips for social networking, apps and geolocation
Many people confuse data privacy and data security. While there are similarities, privacy and security are not the same thing. Data security focuses on the confidentiality, …
CEO hot seat: Dave Hansen
Recently SafeNet announced the appointment of Dave Hansen, an information security and cloud veteran, as the company’s new President and CEO. Help Net Security put him …
Top five hurdles to security and compliance in industrial control systems
For many decades, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have been the operational systems relied upon to safely and reliably deliver the essentials of daily life. Sometimes …
Cyber security needs to be a board level issue
As part of the much talked about Cyber Security Strategy, the UK Government is “committed to helping reduce vulnerability to attack and ensure that the UK is the safest …
How the security threat landscape will evolve this year
Where 2012 was a period of great innovation amongst cybercriminals and hackers – many of whom keenly develop new and hybridized attack vectors that build on a constantly …
The importance of data normalization in IPS
To fully comprehend the importance of data normalization in an Intrusion Prevention System, it is first necessary to understand what data normalization is and what it does, …
Why hire a hacker?
I’m not advocating the hiring of computer criminals. If you are being held to ransom by someone claiming to have control of your infrastructure, and demanding payment to …
What DDoS attacks reveal about your security infrastructure
As we close out 2012, there is no doubt that this year will go down as epic in the history books of information security professionals. Looking back on the year it’s not …
BYOD challenges for large organizations
Alexander Hav?¤ng is the CTO at Procera Networks and in this interview explains enterprise challenges with BYOD. BYOD is one of the biggest buzzwords in recent years. In …