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Being a CISO at a higher education institution
In this interview, Matt Santill, CISO of Broward College, talks about the requirements and peculiarities of his job, the technologies the college uses to make its network …
600,000 customer details compromised at Domino’s
Today’s news that 600,000 customer records have been stolen from Domino’s France and Belgium yet again raises questions about just how seriously large corporations …
Five great computer security tips that few people follow
If you’re an infosec professional, you probably know a ton of security tips and best practices; use a firewall, update antivirus, patch regularly, adhere to the least …
Mobile security risks and challenges
Nat Kausik, the CEO at Bitglass, offers advice to organizations moving to an increasingly mobile workforce and discusses the most common mobile security pitfalls. Some …
The state of GRX security
Late last year, documents from Edward Snowden’s NSA trove have revealed that Britain’s GCHQ has mounted a successful attack against Belgacom (the largest telecom …
Authentication innovation, identity and credential management
In this interview, Richard Parris, CEO of Intercede, talks about how the digital world has shaped our identity, the main catalyst behind authentication innovation as well as …
Google End-to-End: The encryption silver bullet?
The world seems to be turning its attention to the notion of data encryption, and Google is the latest to jump on the bandwagon. On June 3rd, Google announced that it would be …
How the cloud can be used and misused
Peter Jopling, CTO and Software Security Executive, IBM UK & Ireland, talks about threats to cloud infrastructure providers, the importance of real-time data analytics, …
Winning the war on web stealth attacks
The “National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2014”, published in May by the UK National Crime Agency, listed DDoS as a major concern for …
Replicating NSA’s gadgets using open source
One peek at the leaked pages of NSA’s ANT catalog made wireless security researcher Michael Ossmann’s mind start spinning. “Could we – could I – …
Have today’s privacy policies made us a society of liars?
The importance of data privacy is becoming more and more prevalent: From major retailer breaches to identity and healthcare theft, the general public is growing more aware of …
Defeating UEFI’s SecureBoot
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is ment to replace the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface found on all IBM PC-compatible personal computers. …