Facebook: Who has Access to What, When, How and Why?
I have a confession to make. As a casual user of Facebook, I have no idea who has access to what I do. I have read the settings, the Facebook…
DetailsHemisphere Project: DEA Accesses AT&T Phone Records
The New York Times reported on a secret joint Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-AT&T program called “Hemisphere” which allowed the drug agency access to billions of telephone records. The fact that…
DetailsThey Spy on Us to Protect Us/How Dare They Spy on Us? The Pendulum Swings On
One of the security-related topics that has the least actual impact on enterprise security has been getting the most attention from the security press and the security Twitterverse: the Edward…
DetailsSkyhigh Networks Brings Discovery, Analysis and Security to Cloud Services
At the start of the year, Wisegate, the networking organization for IT and InfoSec professionals, issued a report on the Top IT Security Threats of 2013. The report opens with…
DetailsInvesting in Training for a Competitive Edge
“What if we train our employees and they leave?” Managers often contemplate the answer to that question. They fear employees will leave to advance their career after obtaining valuable skills.…
DetailsSecurity, from the Ridiculous to the Sublime
We just came back from a two-week vacation in Europe; the last 3 days were spent in Florence, Italy. I say this not to make you jealous, but because the…
DetailsFirst Principles of Security and Privacy
Some data have always been big. Credit bureau’s have been amassing large databases on consumers for decades. The Federal agency that runs Medicare has massive databases of claims data on…
DetailsTechnical Security Solutions, Meet Security Education
How much of your 2014 budget will be allocated towards technical security solutions and how much will be reserved for security awareness education? Which one is a better use of…
DetailsA Message in a Bottle Might be Quicker!
Have you ever sent an email only to find out the recipient didn’t receive it for two days? Why is this? We know email is not real-time, but it shouldn’t…
DetailsCIOs Distracted by Compliance Requirements
CIOs are often distracted by their efforts to keep up with specific regulations according to Gartner, Inc.
“CIOs must stop being rule followers who allow compliance to dominate business decision making and become risk leaders who proactively address the most severe threats to their enterprises,” John A. Wheeler, research director at Gartner, was quoted in a press release as saying.
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