Expert analysis
SSL governance and implementation across the Internet
Philippe Courtot, founder of the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), and chairman and CEO of Qualys, talks about how the TIM has chosen SSL governance and implementation …
Top three security concerns for CSOs and CIOs
The breakneck speed of technology evolution, the ever changing threat landscape, and the increasing flexibility, ingenuity and persistence of cyber attackers have made …
The creation and evolution of the superuser
When I think about managing identities and privileges within an organisation, one of my favorite analogies for the whole privileged identity lifecycle is biblical. Everything …
Securing mobile apps in the enterprise
The mobile app has become the endpoint. With the advent of consumerization and BYOD, the number of managed devices began shrinking and that of unmanaged devices continues to …
A basic shift in network defense
“In our industry, most of the companies we were working with have spent the the better part of the past ten years securing the perimeter of the network with intrusion …
Global dashboard for monitoring the quality of SSL support
Last week we announced SSL Pulse, a continuously updated dashboard that is designed to show the state of the SSL ecosystem at a glance. While it is possible today to deploy …
Entitlement administration and governance
In the identity and access management (IAM) market, we’ve got the terminology all wrong. With bad labels comes misdirected thinking, which ultimately contributes to …
Securing embedded devices
Like with computers, mobile phones, cars and many other things that man created, thermostats, automatic doors, insulin pumps, control panels for a great many instruments and …
Three BYOD problems that need to be solved
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon has long stopped being just a fad and the option has become a crucial part of keeping employees and contractors happy and …
SSL/TLS deployment best practices
SSL/TLS is a deceptively simple technology. It is easy to deploy, and it just works-¦ except that it does not, really. The first part is true – SSL is easy to deploy …
The sad reality of data security
Hacktivists, criminals, nation states, malicious or careless insiders – all these are fueling the need for data protection and risk management within enterprises. The …
The next step in BYOD security
The explosion in development and adoption of smartphones and tablets for both personal and business use in the past two years is both a blessing and a curse to IT departments …