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Supporting the IT edge is expensive, full of potential security risks
Organizations are facing multiple challenges when managing the IT edge – at remote and branch offices. A Riverbed survey asked IT professionals about the various challenges …

Malware families attacking business networks continue to grow
The number of active global malware families increased by 15 percent in May 2016, according to Check Point. They detected 2,300 unique and active malware families attacking …

The hunting approach to defeating cyber attacks
Security used to be all about building walls around our organizations and trying to immediately stop all attacks. But today’s adversaries are sophisticated, persistent, and …

Healthcare needs a data centric security approach
With increasing attacks on PHI data, coupled with more stringent data security requirements and regular audits, organizations should act now – before it’s too late. A recent …

Red Hat launches Ansible-native container workflow project
Red Hat launched Ansible Container under the Ansible project, which provides a simple, powerful, and agentless open source IT automation framework. Available now as a …

How to assess your stakeholder matrix as part of a cloud security strategy
Running your organization in the cloud has many benefits: cost savings, efficiency gains, and the flexibility to scale, to name a few, along with some security drawbacks. This …

Rethink network security outside the box
Preventing bad guys from compromising an organization has historically been executed based on a basic concept: establish a perimeter, and control who and what goes in and out. …

Hyperconverged infrastructure adoption is accelerating
The hyperconverged infrastructure is increasingly being adopted by enterprise and midmarket companies to reduce data center costs and improve operational efficiency, according …

Week in review: Smart TV ransomware, DNC hack, and DAO under attack
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Ransomware targets Android smart TVs If you own a Sharp and Philips smart TV running …

50% of ads on free livestreaming websites are malicious
Millions of people use free livestreaming websites to watch sports and other live events online, but this comes with a considerable security risk. Researchers from KU …

How do you win the web security game when the rules keep changing?
Successfully protecting against web-based attacks is like trying to win a game that keeps changing its rules, only nobody tells you what the new rules are. With a rapidly …

Top 10 technologies for information security and their implications
Gartner highlighted the top 10 technologies for information security and their implications for security organizations in 2016. “Information security teams and …
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