the State of Security

Data Breaches

How do you eat an elephant?

How do you eat an elephant?

by Shawna Turner-Rice

If we were hoping for news related to breaches to slow down now that we were out of 2012, it looks like we’re already out of luck, even though we aren’t out of January. Seeing Symantec and Zappos in the news already this year can make those responsible for protecting their organizations feel like there’s [...]

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Predicting the top 10 Infosec Predictions for 2012

Predicting the top 10 Infosec Predictions for 2012

by Dwayne Melancon

This is the time of year when you start seeing lots of predictions about things that will happen next year.  With that in mind, I thought I would predict the predictions I think we’ll see for 2012.

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Football

How is infosec like a busy football weekend?

by Dwayne Melancon

This past weekend was a long holiday weekend due to Thanksgiving Day in the US.  For many people, there are 4 big traditions that go along with this: Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade; Eating too much turkey at Thanksgiving dinner; Shopping like crazy on Black Friday (I mentioned Black Friday in my last post); [...]

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Layered Security — Protecting Your Data in Today’s Threat Landscape

by Cindy Valladares

Threats to information security have evolved significantly over the years. These threats range from curious teenagers to disgruntled employees, activists, criminals, industrial and state sponsored spies, terrorists and even nation states engaged in warfare.

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Logging Assurance to Improve Security

by Cindy Valladares

Last week I posted an interview transcript with my colleague Jason Iler on how to prevent the security blindspot. To give us further insight into this security solution, we’ve captured this short video interview. Hasta pronto! @cindyv

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HyperLogging: Preventing the Security Blindspot

by Cindy Valladares

In the security world, there are a LOT of things to keep track of on a daily basis. There is no shortage of legitimate security threats, not to mention all the mundane operational activities that need to be managed:  OS/app patches, rogue access points, physical security, post-it notes with passwords (yes, I’m guilty here too)… [...]

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