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Defend Your Company by Attacking It From Within November 15, 2012 
For those who aren't familiar with the acronym SWOT, it means, "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. SWOT analysis applies especially well to a tech venture, because tech companies have to be constantly aware of the ever-changing threats to their products and to their very existence.
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Obama's Re-election Means IT Plans Can Be Executed November 13, 2012 
One of the conventional views of political pundits after the Nov. 6 Presidential election was that both parties spent billions of dollars on the campaign for a result that did not change the political landscape all that much. Below the broad trends that keep political pundits in business, however, are the myriad federal issues that have a more direct impact on business.
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Security Policy Begins With 'Can It Happen Here?' November 12, 2012 
For a Fortune 100 company such as Liberty Mutual Insurance, security involves much more than preventing hacks and phishing attacks. The introduction of personal devices has created an array of new potential attack vectors. Security must now be introduced at the conception of a project, not as an afterthought. It needs to start with the board and work its way through the organization to every employee.
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Many Hacks Claimed, Few Confirmed on Anon's Day of Mayhem November 06, 2012 
Anonymous has been celebrating Guy Fawkes Day by engaging in various acts of mayhem online and turning out in person at sites across the globe to protest. Some of the reported hacks and other acts have turned out to be unsubstantiated. The attack claims include Symantec and ImageShack. PayPal also was reported to have been hacked, but a spokesperson says that's not true.
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After the Breach: Culture of Honesty Restores Confidence November 05, 2012 
The culture of security -- and the openness and responsiveness that make security systems work properly -- can have a huge beneficial impact on organizations. This is illustrated by the example of Heartland Payment Systems, which moved rapidly after allowing a massive security breach.
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Study: Google Play Apps Go Beyond Need-to-Know November 05, 2012 
An analysis of more than 400,000 apps in the Google Play store has revealed that more than 100,000 of them pose a potential security risk to their users. The analysis of the Android apps released last week by cyber security vendor Bit9 examined the security permissions requested by the programs.
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Big US Banks Under Active Attack, Napolitano Warns November 01, 2012 
Hackers are actively attacking some of the largest banks in the nation, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned this week. Napolitano declined to go into detail about the types of breaches or what kind of information -- if any -- had been taken. She brought up her concern about attacks on U.S. financial institutions at a cybersecurity event.
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EMC Grabs Silver Tail October 31, 2012 
EMC has announced it is acquiring Silver Tail Systems, a provider of real-time Web session intelligence and behavioral analysis. When the acquisition is closed, which is expected in the fourth quarter, Silver Tail will be part of EMC's security division, tasked with extending RSA's enterprise security portfolio.
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Stopping the PhD Cybercriminal October 15, 2012 
The concept of intelligent containment of risk is an important approach to overall IT security. In today's environment, rapid and proactive containment of problems and breaches -- in addition to just trying to keep the bad guys out of your systems -- makes sense. To find out what other approaches to data security are gaining traction, listen to today's podcast featuring Kaivan Rahbari, senior vice president of risk management at FIS Global.
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Panetta Sounds Clarion Call for Cybersecurity Action October 15, 2012 
While U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta did some silicon saber-rattling last week by raising the prospect of a preemptive strike against cyberattacks, he also delivered a wake-up call to Wall Street and Congress about cybersecurity. Panetta's message to the business leaders gathered at a meeting in New York of the Business Executives for National Security was very clear.
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OpenWorld's Missing Ingredient October 10, 2012 
I went to Oracle OpenWorld as a guest of Oracle and came away with a variety of observations that I can share. Some of what I saw was under NDA and that will remain undisclosed, though I have to tell you that I did not see any labs or next-generation products beyond what my colleagues saw at the show. My secret experiences revolved around customer stories.
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Federal Grants Wed Public-Private Cybersecurity Efforts October 02, 2012 
The debate in the U.S. Congress over a comprehensive national cybersecurity program is wearing on, largely because of differences over the roles of government and business in protecting information technology. Elsewhere, however, cybersecurity awareness and research projects are being launched through cooperative efforts.
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Easing the Pain After a Security Breakdown September 28, 2012 
With each major public data breach our attention focuses on how to prevent these incidents. A good example is the recent security breach at LinkedIn, in which millions of passwords were stolen. Industry experts and the media immediately started to dissect what LinkedIn had done wrong or what methods or tools should have been used to prevent the incident.
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'Need it Here, Need It Now' Drives Capital Markets in the Cloud September 24, 2012 
As an early adopter of innovative cloud delivery and a groundbreaking cloud business model, we decided to go back and see how things have progressed at NYSE. We will learn now, a year on, how NYSE's specialized cloud offerings have matured, how the business of the financial services industry has received them, and explore how providing cloud services as a business has evolved.
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Cyberattack Warning Throws US Banks' Security Into High Gear September 21, 2012 
Citing recent threats of cyberattacks, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an industry body set up by the financial services industry, has raised its cyberthreat level from "elevated" to "high." It points to credible intelligence indicating the potential for distributed denial of service and other cyberattacks against financial institutions.
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IT Security Police: 'Step Away From That IE' September 19, 2012 
Internet Explorer is too dangerous to use, according to warnings from throngs of security experts, including Germany's Federal Office for Information Security. The German government agency issued an alert that advises citizens to avoid using Internet Explorer and use an alternate browser until a patch can be found for a vulnerability discovered last week.
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ID Theft Gives Apple Another Security Black Eye September 10, 2012 
Once upon a time, security shiners involving Apple were as rare as Windows Vista lovers, but now it seems that a week doesn't go by without the name of Steve Jobs' baby being dragged through the digital mud. Last week's episode involved the hacktivist group AntiSec and the FBI.
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In Google Attack Aftermath, Operation Aurora Keeps on Hacking September 08, 2012 
The gang behind Operation Aurora, a coordinated attack that hit Google and tens of other large United States corporations, is alive, well and hacking away, Symantec said. Over the last three years, the gang has used lots of zero-day attacks against not just defense corporations, but also the manufacturers in their targets' supply chains.
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Anons Pelt UK Authorities With Cyberattacks August 21, 2012 
Today in international tech news: Hackers deliver their particular brand of justice in the UK and Russia, downing government sites on behalf of Julian Assange in Britain and Pussy Riot in Russia. Also: China and Taiwan are uniting -- by data cables, that is -- while China's top two video platforms could soon merge after a shareholder vote.
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Anonymous Makes Mischief With Manufactured Hack Claim August 16, 2012 
The fixes Sony made to its PlayStation Network last year after its system was hacked may not have made it impenetrable: Reports are circulating that the hacktivist group Anonymous has breached the network again. The rumors started with a tweet posted to the group's account that has since been taken down.
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