What do you mean by storage encryption?
In my year-long research project, the F5 Labs’ 2018 Application Protection Report, I asked if security professionals used storage encryption for data and applications. About …
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Who owns application security?
In July 2018, F5 released its first annual Application Protection Report. As part of the report, F5 commissioned Ponemon to survey of 3,135 IT security practitioners across …
New infosec products of the week: August 17, 2018
Alkemist: Harden vulnerable embedded systems and devices RunSafe Security announced the availability of Alkemist, a proprietary self-service technology built to reduce …
F5 simplifies network functions virtualization for service providers
F5 Networks introduced a network functions virtualization (NFV) offering for services that are deployed, scaled, managed, and decommissioned as service needs evolve. F5’s new …
Security’s bane: The false positive
Nothing makes security look worse than the false negative – when we miss an attack and damage is suffered. As security professionals, it’s something we all obsess a lot …
F5 Networks appoints Michel Combes to board of directors
F5 Networks announced the appointment of Michel Combes, CEO of Sprint, to its board of directors. Combes joins F5’s board as a leader with 30 years of experience in the …
F5 welcomes Mary Gardner as CISO
F5 Networks announced that Mary Gardner has joined the company’s leadership team as its chief information security officer (CISO). In this role, she is responsible for F5’s …
The ethical and legal dilemmas of threat researchers
Threat intelligence is mainstreaming into a de-facto everyday tool of cyber-defense. But all that intelligence must be collected, analyzed, and prepared by someone. Enter …
The eternal struggle: Security versus users
There’s an old joke that a job in security is a safe place to be grumpy. From what I’ve seen over my career, that is often true. Security people seem to cherish their …
Discover hidden cybersecurity talent to solve your hiring crisis
Not having access to technical talent is a common complaint in the cybersecurity world. Folks with security experience on their resumes are in such high demand, CISOs need to …
