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My reflections after visiting RSA Conference 2016
RSA Conference has long been the place where security vendors announce new products and services, and industry trends are made. I was told by Centrify that recent breaches …
BorgBackup: Deduplication with compression and authenticated encryption
BorgBackup is a deduplicating backup program that supports compression and authenticated encryption. The main goal of BorgBackup is to provide an efficient and secure way to …
Week in review: DROWN attack breaks TLS encryption, hijacking police drones, RSA Conference 2016 coverage
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: RSA Conference 2016 coverage Check out our coverage page to see what …
Photo gallery: RSA Conference 2016 Expo
RSA Conference 2016 ends today, and as a wrap up, here are a few more photos from the Expo floor. Featured companies: Niara, SecureAuth, Qualys, Tenable, Auconet, FireEye, Algosec.
How effective are orgs at detecting and investigating cyber threats?
A new threat detection effectiveness survey compiling responses from more than 160 respondents around the world has provided valuable global insight into what technologies …
WinMagic provides encryption of virtual machines running on IaaS platforms
At RSA Conference 2016 WinMagic introduced security software that encrypts virtual machines running on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms. Addressing the growing …
Real-time detection and automatic containment of Active Directory attacks
CyberArk announced at RSA Conference new real-time threat detection and containment capabilities to help organizations secure against cyber attacks targeting Microsoft Active …
Bank password policies are often substandard, study finds
A study of 17 major US banks shows that six of them have weak password handling and that their password procedures are weaker than most social websites. The six banks, 35 …
Cybersecurity still seen as a tech issue, not a business imperative
Cybersecurity is now front and center on organizations’ boardroom agendas, but most chief information security officers (CISOs) have yet to earn a seat at the table. According …
NetRandom generates, delivers true random numbers for crypto operations
At RSA Conference, Whitewood Encryption Systems has launched netRandom, a suite of products that transforms the way high-quality true random numbers are accessed across the …
Most infosec pros consider government-mandated encryption backdoors a bad idea
Apple and the FBI have been engaged in a legal battle over the federal government’s right to require built-in smartphone encryption software that could aid law enforcement …
Cyber operations platform to automate the hunt for cyber adversaries
At RSA Conference Endgame announced the launch of a comprehensive cyber operations platform for organizations to detect, block, and evict advanced threats at the earliest …
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