7 Reasons Web sites Are No Longer Safe
Many of the sites you visit regularly and think are secure are laden with data-stealing malware. Here are seven reasons why, and advice on how to protect your systems
Bill Brenner | 10 Sep | Read more
Many of the sites you visit regularly and think are secure are laden with data-stealing malware. Here are seven reasons why, and advice on how to protect your systems
Bill Brenner | 10 Sep | Read more
Chris Hoff, one of the most respected voices on the topic of virtualization and cloud security, once told me in an interview that people should shut up about securing the cloud because, in his opinion, there's no such thing as cloud security.
Bill Brenner | 01 Sep | Read more
Joshua Corman would seem an unlikely critic of IT security vendors. After all, he works for one. Yet Corman, principal security strategist for IBM's Internet Security Systems division, is speaking out about what he sees as eight trends undermining the ability of IT security practitioners to mount an effective defense against online outlaws.
Bill Brenner | 18 Aug | Read more
For Heartland Payment Systems Inc. CEO Robert Carr, the year did not start off well, to say the least.
Bill Brenner | 13 Aug | Read more
At companies in the North America, Europe and northern Asia, swine flu may be the last thing on the minds of those in charge of security, pandemic planning and disaster preparedness. After all, it's summer and flu season is still months away.
Bill Brenner | 23 Jul | Read more
It's no easy task implementing a data loss prevention (DLP) program when there's so much disagreement in the security community over what DLP entails. But those who've been through it have good news: It can be done
Bill Brenner | 16 Jul | Read more
The timing and targets in a recent wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has some security experts pointing the finger at North Korea. After all, the attacks coincided with the rogue state's firing of missiles during the July 4 Independence Day Weekend and the U.S. and South Korea were the countries in the cyber crosshairs.
Bill Brenner | 09 Jul | Read more
A common misconception is that a shiny new computer is more or less secure because it hasn't yet been exposed to the Internet's sinister underbelly. But the truth is, these machines come out of the box needing scores of patches, some basic security software downloads and the disabling or replacing of items security pros don't typically trust.
Bill Brenner | 30 Jun | Read more
The heads of seven business organizations sent PCI Security Standards Council General Manager Bob Russo a cry for help earlier this month, saying the recession is making it "increasingly difficult" for merchants to meet the requirements of the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Bill Brenner | 25 Jun | Read more
Admit it: You are currently addicted to social networking. Your drug of choice might be Facebook or Twitter, or maybe Myspace or LinkedIn. Some of you are using all of the above, and using them hard, even IT security practitioners who know better.
Bill Brenner | 01 Jul | Read more
To the average IT security practitioner, the idea of disabling antivirus on new machines might seem blasphemous. After all, <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/342820">weren't we all told in IT Security 101 that everyone needs AV</a> to keep the malware and data thieves at bay?
Bill Brenner | 25 Jun | Read more
When I first started writing about information security five years ago, all a writer had to do was mention Microsoft in the same headline space as "security vulnerability" to strike page-view gold. In 2004 Microsoft was a couple years into its Trustworthy Computing Initiative but it remained the software company IT security practitioners hated with glee.
Bill Brenner | 10 Jun | Read more
In one of the more famous episodes of the original "Star Trek" series - "The Trouble With Tribbles" - Capt. Kirk confines Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott to his personal quarters for getting into a bar fight.
Bill Brenner | 10 Jun | Read more
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is all the rage in this era of data security breaches and increasingly clever malware attacks. Naturally, every vendor in the security market wants a piece of the action.
Bill Brenner | 04 Jun | Read more
The world went into panic mode over Swine Flu when it began spreading like wildfire early last month, first in Mexico, then the United States and beyond. Then it became evident that most cases were mild -- no worse than garden-variety seasonal flu. People moved on in search of something else to worry about.
Bill Brenner | 04 Jun | Read more