Archive for: March, 2010

App market ‘fertile ground’ for cybercrime

App market ‘fertile ground’ for cybercrime

A new study has warned that web, social networking and smartphone applications are the “fertile ground” for cybercrime, not helped by the fact that the app market is still emerging and largely unregulated.
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Organizations Rarely Report Breaches to Law Enforcement

Organizations Rarely Report Breaches to Law Enforcement

Most organizations hit by breaches that don’t require public disclosure don’t call in law enforcement – they consider it an exposure risk, with little chance of their gaining any intelligence from investigators about the attack, anyway.
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Microsoft releases out-of-cycle IE security patch

Microsoft releases out-of-cycle IE security patch

Microsoft released a cumulative security update which resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
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HITECH Act and HIPAA Compliance: How to Secure Personal Information

HITECH Act and HIPAA Compliance: How to Secure Personal Information

Knowledge Center contributor Gil Sever explains how to comply with the HITECH Act and HIPAA by implementing comprehensive data protection and data loss prevention solutions.
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Right sizing security is key theme at Infosecurity Europe 2010

Right sizing security is key theme at Infosecurity Europe 2010

The right security for the right reasons is a key theme at Infosecurity Europe 2010 in London as organisations seek strategic investments to exit the recession.
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RSA’s Art Coviello: Embed security in virtual infrastructure

RSA’s Art Coviello: Embed security in virtual infrastructure

In this interview, Coviello said his vision is becoming reality. He wants to see the same technologies that enable cloud computing and virtualization be used to secure it as well. He wants to embed security into the cloud so that enterprises may effectively manage and control access to data while still reaping the cost savings [...]

Economic recovery strategies for information security professionals

Economic recovery strategies for information security professionals

During the depths of the recession last year, a global company with 1,700 employees laid off its three-member security department, along with half of its IT department, recalls Mark Kadrich, CEO of The Security Consortium, a security-services firm.
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Perimeter security: leveraging innovation to expedite convergence

Perimeter security: leveraging innovation to expedite convergence

While physical and IT security convergence has been more of a subtle shift than many experts predicted, high performing security groups understand that today’s business environment requires an integrated approach to managing security.
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Security SaaS, Managed Services Grew Considerably in 2009

Security SaaS, Managed Services Grew Considerably in 2009

The strong growth in security SaaS has mainly been driven by demand for content security services such as Web filtering, hosted e-mail security services and antivirus.
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Initiative Could Speed Fed Cloud Adoption

Initiative Could Speed Fed Cloud Adoption

A new program called FedRAMP that is expected to be launched in the next few months could speed federal agencies’ adoption of cloud computing.
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