FireEye Finally Makes a Good Acquisition
Posted on: 09 May 2014
This week FireEye announced both its quarterly results and the acquisition of nPulse, a network forensics tool. I was critical of FireEye’s Mandiant acquisition for one billion dollars mostly because…
Mark Your Calendar: May 13 Greenwald To Post More Snowden Docs
Posted on: 09 May 2014
At the bottom of yesterday’s post on General Alexander’s extended interview with The Australian Financial Review, Glenn Greenwald appended: “The release date for my book on the NSA, privacy, and…
Target CEO Ousted
Posted on: 05 May 2014
The list of top executives at Target who have been ousted because of the massive breach late last year has now extended to its President and CEO, Gregg Steinhafel. Target’s Chief…
A Rise in Cyber Academies
Posted on: 02 May 2014
Academia is acquiring an interest in cyber education on many fronts. Not likely to crank out cyber warriors at anywhere close to the rate needed to meet current demand, they…
Browsing Security. Again. Major Vulnerability in IE.
Posted on: 29 Apr 2014
Here we go again. A major zero day vulnerability in a widely deployed application, Internet Explorer, has been discovered. The usual cycle of discovery-disclosure-patch-announcement-exploitation has bee reversed this time. FireEye…
Putting Breaches in Perspective
Posted on: 29 Apr 2014
Last year SafeNet sponsored my work on a project to develop the Breach Level Index (BLI). The BLI is designed to provide a simple way to input publicly disclosed information on…
White House Statement on Heartbleed Bug Misses the Mark
Posted on: 29 Apr 2014
This week the White House felt the need to formalize statements the President has made on responsible disclosure. They did so through a blog post penned by Michael Daniel, Special Assistant…
Norse Exposes Dark Intelligence
Posted on: 28 Apr 2014
This series of articles and the accompanying videos are part of an ongoing project to illuminate the people, products, and vendors that make up the IT security industry. The vendors…
Active Threat Protection: The Future of Managed Security Services
Posted on: 24 Apr 2014
This series of articles and the accompanying videos are part of an ongoing project to illuminate the people, products, and vendors that make up the IT security industry. The vendors…
New RedSeal CEO Breathes New Life into Company
Posted on: 24 Apr 2014
This series of articles and the accompanying videos are part of an ongoing project to illuminate the people, products, and vendors that make up the IT security industry. The vendors…