Thoughts on Boycotting the RSA Conference
[Full disclosure: As an industry analyst I conduct business with RSA, the security division of EMC, including white papers and recording videos of key executives and customers.] Update Jan 12, 2014: …
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Back to Vendor ListingsSchneier Joins Co3 Systems as CTO
Security incident handling software company, Co3 Systems, announced today that Bruce Schneier had joined the company as CTO. Schneier is a highly regarded author and cryptographer who writes frequently on topics…
Will FireEye’s Acquisition Strategy Work?
Most of the press and preliminary analysis of the FireEye acquisition of Mandiant has been exuberant. The New York Times got to break the news just after the first of the New…
Growing Boycott of RSA Conference 2014
[Full disclosure: As an industry analyst I conduct business with RSA, the security division of EMC, including white papers and recording videos of key executives and customers.] It began with…
FireEye Acquires Mandiant in $1.05 Billion Deal
Threat protection vendor FireEye announced on Thursday that it had acquired security incident response provider Mandiant in a cash and stock deal worth more than $1 billion based on the current value…
The Increasing Mobility Threat to IT Security
Any organization that has not already started to think about the impact mobility has on IT security should start doing so this year. 63% of businesses provide formal access to some…
The Role of Emotion in the Target Breach
“It’s the most emotional tiiiimmme of the yeeeaaar”… The holidays, filled with emotion. There’s so much going on – from travel, to shopping, to family gatherings, and of course the mad…
IT Security Industry Has a New Adversary
My coverage of the NSA’s massive data gathering and attacks on fundamental security technology has been focused on the expected impact on the IT security industry. I was one of…
The Incredible Power of XKeyscore
Der Spiegel makes light of an incredible tidbit they extracted from a 50-page catalog of exploit technology apparently developed by the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations (TAO). The German newspaper describes, and dismisses as…
IT Security Industry Has a New Adversary
My coverage of the NSA’s massive data gathering and attacks on fundamental security technology has been focused on the expected impact on the IT security industry. I was one of…