Managing Third-Party Relationships
Third-parties are an expansion of the corporate network. They’re a necessity providing a range of services which are better off outsourced than to try and do in-house. Often-times third-parties are…
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Back to Vendor ListingsCloudFlare Acquires CryptoSeal
ClouldFlare, the CDN like DDoS defense and security service, announced the acquisition of CryptoSeal, a personal VPN service, this morning. Ryan Lackey, CryptoSeal’s founder told securitycurrent that his class of…
IT Certifications Directly Impact Base Salary
Despite concerns about the economy, organizations are still investing in technology and in their employees, according to a recent IT skills and salary survey. IT professionals can control their worth…
Wearables in the Workplace, Get the Policy Right Today
Do your workplace policies cover wearable devices? Many commercial and Government facilities ban cameras and cellular phones with cameras, but having such policies and not enforcing them can hurt you in the…
Key Management a Fast Growing Space
When I predicted a surge in growth in the IT security industry last year (24% CAGR for ten years leading to a $640 billion industry by 2023) I pointed out…
Battling Web Bots
Back in 2005 we launched a directory of IT security vendors as part of IT-Harvest. Three people in Salt Lake City worked 4 months to compile and categorize 1,200 vendors,…
Time to Rethink Wide Area Networks
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…
Why I’m Against Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is an idea referring to a complete lack of discrimination in the traffic on the Internet. In other words, net neutrality would mean that all packets of data…
Target Hires Its First CISO
Target hired former General Motors executive Brad Maiorino as its first chief information security officer (CISO), the retail giant said. As the company’s new—and first—CISO, Maiorino will be responsible for…
Twitter Fixes Cross-Site Scripting Flaw in TweetDeck
Twitter fixed a cross-site scripting flaw in its popular TweetDeck application Wednesday, after millions of users were hit with a malicious script targeting the vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed anyone to…