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Key security technologies can help cloud adoption
The majority of companies are delaying deployment of cloud applications due to security and compliance concerns. Among the companies that have started to adopt cloud apps …
How to learn information security
Learning is a skill. A skill that can be, well, learned. I am often approached by young people who ask me what does it take to move into the information security field, what …
Code analysis and app security testing simplified
Quotium announced the release of Seeker Enterprise 3.0, whose innovative technology correlates application behavior with simulated hacker’s attacks to pinpoint …
ISACA launches cybersecurity skills and certification program
One in five IT security professionals say their enterprises have been the target of an advanced persistent threat (APT) yet 62 percent of organizations have not increased …
Six infosec tips I learned from Game of Thrones
In Westeros—the land of dark knights, backstabbing royals, dragons, wildings, wargs, red witches, and White Walkers—even the youngest ones have to learn basic self-defense …
Biggest EU cyber security exercise taking place today
Today European countries kick off the Cyber Europe 2014 (CE2014), a sophisticated cyber exercise, involving more than 600 security actors across Europe. More than 200 …
Week in review: OpenBSD team forks OpenSSL, tech giants to fund open source projects, VPN users endangered by Heartbleed
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, articles and interviews: Supposedly patched router backdoor was simply hidden When …
Infosec problems create stress for IT departments
A new IT Admin Stress Survey from GFI Software revealed that 68% of IT staff are actively considering leaving their current role due to job-related stress, despite apparent …
Working to accomplish compliance and security
Organizations have until January 2015 to meet the new requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard version 3.0. Businesses need to ensure that compliance is cyclical and …
How cybercriminals profit from money laundering through gambling sites
A new report by McAfee sheds light on the underground world of online gambling. It identifies the proliferation of online casinos, an industry set to grow nearly 30% over the …
NetSupport vulnerabilty allows information leakage
NetSupport is an application that allows corporations to remotely manage and connect to PCs and servers from a central location, to provide desktop support. I wrote a script …
Hands on fun at HacKid 2014
Last weekend, families and tech industry leaders descended on The Tech Museum of innovation in San Jose, California, for HacKid 2014. We had a great turnout for the event …