User activity monitoring crucial to minimizing security risks
In this ever evolving threat landscape, willing or unwitting insiders often play a key role in security compromises of organizations. It used to be that an …
How to do BYOD the right way
The massive proliferation of mobile devices and the employees’ tendency to prefer using devices they chose themselves has created quite a conundrum and challenges for …
ISO 27001 implementation: How to make it easier using ISO 9001
ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 may seem like quite different standards, but when you take a closer look at both, you can find a lot of similarities. They have the same …
Penetration testing tips, tricks and unusual situations
Raul Siles is a senior security analyst with more than 10 years of expertise performing advanced security services. He is a SANS Institute author and instructor of penetration …
Learning iOS Programming, 2nd Edition
Get a rapid introduction to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn the steps necessary for developing your first …
Six ways to improve SCADA security
Industrial control systems (ICS), distributed control systems (DCS), supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) have all been around for decades, but thanks to …
The current challenges of being a CISO
In the last decade or so, the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) was established in the great majority of business, government and non-profit organizations, and …
Android security from the ground up
Georgia Weidman is a penetration tester, security researcher, and trainer. She’s also one of the speakers at the upcoming HITBSecConf 2012 Amsterdam conference. In this …
Free online tool teaches IT security procedures
AVG Technologies launched SMB BootCamp, a free, online tool to help SMBs demonstrate to customers that their company is seriously committed to following AVG’s …
Data breach vulnerabilities in the workplace
Many business professionals don’t realize that when their company’s confidential information is at risk, so too is the information of its clients, vendors, …
Google educates Gmail users on spam
Educating computer users about security is something that every online service should consider doing, and I’m glad to see that Google has started explaining why its …
Tips for backups in virtual environments
With the rate of virtualized servers being added to IT environments, organizations are facing new challenges in how to adequately protect data and ensure its recoverability …
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