security awareness
Polymorphic security warnings more effective than same, static ones
In the last year or so, we have witnessed Google becoming increasingly interested in providing effective warnings that would spur users into making good decisions regarding …
US air traffic control system is riddled with vulnerabilities
A recently released report by the US Government Accountability Office has revealed that despite some improvements, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still needs to …
IT security training is a top priority for CIOs
CIOs are taking a multipronged approach to protecting sensitive company information, and the majority are currently taking or planning to take steps in the next 12 months to …
Browser security warning redesigned with partial success
How to make users understand a browser’s SSL warning, and make them choose the link that will lead them away from a site that has been deemed unsafe for use? A group of …
Do government initiatives increase security awareness?
New research, by SecureData and Vanson Bourne, investigated the impact government security initiatives had on end-user organizations in 2014, with nearly half (47%) reporting …
Software security in a market for lemons
There is little doubt that it’s difficult to develop secure software. First, you need to be aware of the need for security, accepting it as an important element of …
Things that freak out IT security pros
Ghosts and zombies aren’t the only things coming back from the dead this Halloween. Below is a list of the top security threats that organisations should be most aware …
The security threat of unsanctioned file sharing
Organisational leadership is failing to respond to the escalating risk of ungoverned file sharing practices among their employees, and employees routinely breach IT policies …
Most orgs unprepared to handle a cyber incident
In the latest quarter, Solutionary SERT performed a broad analysis of the threat landscape, including information on the Shellshock and Aftershock vulnerabilities present in …
10% of employees unaware if they have an IT department or not
A transatlantic survey of 2000 employees has found that only a fifth of UK workers think their data is more secure at work than at than at home, whereas the majority of US …
Fixing the broken windows of software security
Last month I discussed how we can fix software security issues only by making sure we use libraries and frameworks that don’t allow classes of vulnerability to exist. Of …
Building an Information Security Awareness Program
Are information security awareness programs a good thing or a complete waste of time? The debate around this question has been going on for a while and both sides have had …
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