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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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Is Sony’s PlayStation Breach a Zero-Sum Game?

by ~Previous Contributers

Years ago, when I was in channel enablement and training for an antivirus software manufacturer, I was occasionally asked by astute audiences how the stock price does after a zero day threat, a new botnet attack, or some other novel piece of malware.  It is an interesting piece of schadenfreude to consider who might benefit [...]

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Maybe your kung fu isn’t working…

by Dwayne Melancon

My friend and IT thought leader, Gene Kim, often refers to high-performing IT shops as “people with good IT kung fu.” What he means by that is that these organizations have good skills, agility, and effective practices. Lately, the news has been full of reports of botnets and other attacks that have gone unnoticed for [...]

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