Opening the Check Point Cybersecurity Symposium, Kellman Meghu, Head of Security Architects at Check Point Software, started the event with a series of warnings from popular DVDs and movies - you know the ones - messages telling you “Piracy is Bad”.
Anthony Caruana | 02 Jun | Read more
HP and FireEye have announced a partnership to make incident response, compromise assessment and threat detection offerings available to HP Enterprise Services’ most strategic clients globally.
Anthony Caruana | 02 Jun | Read more
Fujitsu has launched a Security Services practice in Australia and New Zealand. Fujitsu intends Security Services to be a single-source practice that comprises professional services complemented by managed security services delivered from Fujtisu’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Sydney.
Anthony Caruana | 28 May | Read more
Blue Coat Systems has been acquired by Bain Capital Thoma Bravo, LLC, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$2.4 billion.
Anthony Caruana | 28 May | Read more
Woolworths Australia has appointed former KPMG exec and security consultant Pieter van der Merwe as its first ever chief information security officer. Prior to van der Merwe’s appointment, Peter Cooper was responsible for the company’s cybersecurity protection but he has since moved on to GWA Group according to LinkedIn.
Anthony Caruana | 25 May | Read more
LogRhythm Labs has appointed James Carder as its new chief information security officer (CISO) and vice president. Reporting to Chris Petersen, senior vice president of products, CTO and co-founder at LogRhythm, Carder will set the vision and direct the company’s global information security program.
Anthony Caruana | 22 May | Read more
Now in its 20th year, Symantec has released their annual threat report. We spoke with Piero DePaoli, Senior Director for Global Product Marketing for Information Security at Symantec at the recent RSA Conference.
Anthony Caruana | 05 May | Read more
Now in its 20th year, Symantec has released its annual threat report. We spoke with Piero DePaoli, Senior Director for Global Product Marketing for Information Security at Symantec at the recent RSA Conference.
Anthony Caruana | 04 May | Read more
Security has moved from a back-office, technical discipline into the boardroom. So says Cisco’s senior vice president and chief security and trust officer John Stewart.
Anthony Caruana | 01 May | Read more
The Center for Internet Security, or CIS, is a not-for-profit body based in the US that was established in 2000. They provide benchmarks that are consensus based configuration guides created by experts on different technologies. These are configuration settings that can be used by anyone to assist with hardening their systems.
Anthony Caruana | 01 May | Read more
Since announcing its plan to separate into two publicly traded companies, Symantec has appointed Sanjay Rohatgi as the sales leader for its enterprise security business and support customers and partners in Asia Pacific & Japan.
Anthony Caruana | 29 Apr | Read more
Program Chairman Hugh Thompson closed the RSA Conference with a focus on the human side of information security.
Anthony Caruana | 28 Apr | Read more
We spoke with Richard Moulds, the vice president of product strategy at Thales e-Security, at the recent RSA Conference held in San Francisco about the role of encryption in a number of different security issues.
Anthony Caruana | 28 Apr | Read more
They say you should never perform with children or animals. Juniper Networks’ CSO Chris Hoff found that out the hard way when he was upstaged by nine year old Reuben Paul. Reuben created a fake website, injected it with a Java exploit and executed a social engineering attack on Hoff at the RSA Conference.
Anthony Caruana | 25 Apr | Read more
"Securing the future will be very different to what it’s been like security get past and securing the present,” says Joan Pepin, the CSO of Sumo Logic.
Anthony Caruana | 24 Apr | Read more