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How secure is your browser?

Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek talks about research which clearly shows that browser security is alarmingly bad. Browsers and plug-ins are frequently outdated and easily attacked. …

The expanding role of digital certificates… in more places than you think

A scribbled signature may have been enough to verify your identity 20 years ago, but today’s online world requires more advanced — and authenticated or encrypted — …

Five security secrets your IT administrators don’t want you to know

As valued members of your organization, IT administrators work every day to keep your infrastructure up and available. But in today’s rush to contain operational costs, …

A closer look at MacKeeper

MacKeeper (v1.0.3.) is a comprehensive bundle of various system utilities that will help you keep your Mac secure from malware; find it if it gets stolen; backup, restore, …

Cenzic at a glance

John Weinschenk, President & CEO of Cenzic, talks about the company and their product line. Cenzic is a provider of software, managed service, and cloud security products …

IronBee versus ModSecurity

After spending a couple of weeks talking about IronBee to anyone willing to listen, I have assembled a list of commonly asked questions. Not unexpectedly, the question that …

Penetration testing and certification

Stephen Sims works at Wells Fargo in San Francisco as a security architect and is a certified instructor for the SANS Institute. In this interview he discusses the …

The fundamental failure of endpoint security

According to Stefan Frei, Research Analyst Director with Secunia, it’s not the vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s products we should worry about, but those in …

Evaluate the effectiveness of your cyber armor

When evaluating our effectiveness in dealing with cyber defense, we have two layers of uncertainty and risk: how effectively are we protecting critical information, and what …

SANS Secure Europe training

Gareth Dance is the Manager EMEA for the SANS Institute. In this interview he discusses the SANS Secure Europe Amsterdam 2011 training event and offers insight into what …

Security considerations bring Software-plus-service and Software as a Service to the enterprise

Software-plus-service (S+S) and Software-as-a-service (SaaS) are next-generation software solutions for a number of today’s applications. Implementation flexibility, …

Vulnerability scanning and research

Cristian Florian is a product manager at GFI Software in charge of GFI LANguard, a network security scanning and patch management solution. In this interview he discusses …

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