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…
DetailsA further review of the decision of the Southern District of New York approving the NSA’s bulk data collection of all telephone metadata shows huge legal gaps which can now…
DetailsMost 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…
Details[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…
DetailsCONTROL: Minimize the number of users with domain or local administrative privileges. Such users should use a separate unprivileged account for email and web browsing. This control is misunderstood and…
DetailsA recent piece by NY Times Bits blogger Nick Bilton, Disruptions: “Coming in 2014: Extremely Smart Watches and Wearable TVs” described his predictions for technology in 2014, many of which…
DetailsThreat 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…
DetailsThe National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone data does not violate the Constitution, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) ruled last week.…
DetailsAny 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…
Details“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…
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