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Automate your way out of patching hell

IT departments are often criticised for their remoteness from the business. One cause could be highlighted by recent research numbers from IDC, which found that as much as 70 …

Plugging the trust gap

Every business and government is dependent upon cryptographic keys and certificates to provide trust for critical communications. These trust technologies underpin the modern …

Is it time to professionalize information security?

The issue of whether or not information security professionals should be licensed to practice has already been the topic of many a passionate debate. I think it is time to …

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance

Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a …

Hacking charge stations for electric cars

The vision of electric cars call for charge stations to perform smart charging as part of a global smart grid. As a result, a charge station is a sophisticated computer that …

Human sensors: How encouraging user reporting strengthens security

Despite the pervasiveness of cyber-attacks threatening the enterprise security today, many organizations are still not taking advantage of their most widely deployed security …

Car and electronics shoppers at risk of escrow fraud

Cars, motorbikes and electronics top the list of items that scammers use most to swindle online shoppers in the growing underworld of escrow fraud, according to our recent …

Bringing networking and security together through network automation

The past ten years have seen a proliferation of increasingly complex network devices. Coupled with the recent rise in adoption of BYOD policies, mobile working practices, …

The CSO perspective on risk management

Candy Alexander is the CSO at Long Term Care Partners and volunteers as a member of the International Board of Directors for ISSA. In the past, she was invited to the White …

The importance of secure coding

Jim Manico is the VP of Security Architecture for WhiteHat Security. In this video recorded at Hack In The Box 2013 Amsterdam, Manico illustrates the importance of secure …

Do young people care about privacy?

Everywhere I go, I hear some variation of the claim that “young people today just don’t care about privacy.” This is something that people widely seem to …

Why we need security awareness training programs

Lately, some of the smartest people in infosec decided that security awareness trainings are a waste of time. Last out is Bruce Schneier, who decided to speak up against …

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