Cyber Policy Experts to Follow on Twitter
The emerging field of cyber policy is attracting government, academic, and technology experts. Here is a list of cyber policy experts from around the world who are well worth following…
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Back to Vendor ListingsBreach Detection Report From NSS Labs Defines Winners/Losers
NSS Labs has issued the first test results of Breach Detection Systems (BDS). Breach Detection, sometimes called Advanced Malware Defense, is usually a gateway device that inspects downloaded executables by…
Why Is Congress So Hot on Information Sharing?
A perplexing question for those in IT security is why are so many in government pushing for “information sharing” as their solution to the cyber crisis? The crisis is apparent…
United Nations Launches Global Cybersecurity Index
The United Nations (UN) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced the launch of the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) to measure the status of cybersecurity worldwide, the UN said in a statement.…
Where Are the US Tech Heroes?
It has been three months since the world learned that the NSA’s Signals Intelligence Directorate, through its Tailored Access Operations (TAO) has been deploying backdoors in Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Dell,…
Never The Twain Shall Meet: Why Network Security Vendors Should Stay Away From End Point Security, and Vice-Versa
There would be many more successful security companies if their founders and leaders had a better understanding of the IT security space. One fallacy that will not die is the…
Hackers Increasingly Turn to Darknet, Black Market Growing
The black market for hackers is continuing to grow as they increasingly turn to the “darknet” to access tools, services and the spoils of the attacks while averting law enforcement, according to a…
StreetCred – Criminals Can Run and They Can Hide but Not for Long
“We wanted to make a difference”, said StreetCred co-founder and CEO, Nick Selby. Selby, a long-time figure in the information security industry was sworn in as a Dallas-area police officer…
The Safe Use of Test Data
The best time to eliminate software bugs is early on in the application development lifecycle. Doing so helps ensure better code is released in the first place; it will be…
More than 3000 US Companies Notified of Breaches in 2013 – Report
Federal law enforcement notified more than 3,000 U.S. companies in 2013 that their computer systems and networks had been breached, according to a Washington Post report. Lisa Monaco, deputy national…