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Will IT security be different next year?
It is that time of the year again where we delve into the back of the cupboard and dust off the crystal ball as we make our predictions for the year ahead. This annual ritual …

Facebook drops Flash, adding one more reason for users to stop using it altogether
Facebook recently announced it stopped using Adobe Flash for web videos that appear on its News Feed, Pages and the embedded Facebook video player, instead deploying a video …

Top trends that will influence your security decisions in 2016
With 2016 almost here, many of us are making critical decisions regarding new security projects. Determining just where to focus and spend our limited resources is never easy, …

Blockchain transactions create risks for financial services
Trust is the most valuable commodity in the digital age. Failure to trust the systems or organizations in which we place our digital assets leads us to look at alternate …

Driving an industry towards secure code
The German government made an unprecedented move this week by issuing requirements for all new vehicles’ software to be made accessible to country regulators to ensure that …

Rackspace CSO on security: It’s time to go back to the fundamentals
Although less sexy, it is time to get back to the fundamentals. And it is this call to action that forms the basis of my 2016 predictions. Simplify and streamline security: …

How to eliminate encryption silos
Working in the encryption business, you’ll quickly learn that there are a number of problems that organizations can run into while deploying the technology. The …

Is Hadoop secure enough for the enterprise?
An ever-increasing number of organisations are turning to big data to gain valuable insight that can be immediately acted on to increase revenue, lower operating costs, or …
Inside job: 6 ways employees pose an insider threat
CISOs and CIOs have seen the prospects of losing control over data and the accompanying data privacy and security concerns as the biggest hurdle to cloud adoption. According …
Six trends that will further the development of the Internet of Things
1. The death of the password is rapidly approaching. New and more serious data breaches among well known consumer brands will continue to erode faith in perimeter and …
Turn the Cyber Kill Chain against your attacker
As businesses move to the cloud, the rapid adoption of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is no surprise. Unfortunately, securing the cloud and the data within it is no easy …
How will billions of devices impact the Privacy of Things?
The Internet of Things (IoT) will create the single largest, most chaotic conversation in the history of language. Imagine every human being on the planet stepping outside and …
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