IT Security

Archive: 09-2012

• Surprise at the GoDaddy outage? Vulnerable networks are ticking bombs

  Bob Eisenhardt sees the GoDaddy outage as the tip of iceberg for vulnerable networks from banks to infrastructure. His take is pessimistic. Do you disagree?

  Posted by Bob Eisenhardt | September 26, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Security engineering: A needed profession

  We know what we want when it comes to our digital well-being. Policy makers know what they want. The problem is they’re not close to being the same thing. Michael Kassner interviews two...

  Posted by Michael Kassner | September 24, 2012, 8:07 AM PDT

• Security policies need to be updated to include the cloud

  Nick Hardiman suggests the ways in which a security policy needs to be updated when your organization moves any systems or applications to the cloud.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | September 19, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT

• Expert scores and ranks online legalese: The results might surprise you

  Michael Kassner interviews an attorney who reads (yes, reads) and ranks online user agreements. Guess who came out on top and where TechRepublic ranked?

  Posted by Michael Kassner | September 17, 2012, 8:46 AM PDT

• Infographic: Thwarting cyberspace invaders

  Florida Tech University illustrates the need for trained IT and security professionals to combat the rise of cybercrime.

  Posted by Selena Frye | September 12, 2012, 12:15 PM PDT

• Inside your users' brains: Where they get security advice

  Michael Kassner explains the research of a team that looked at where users tend to get security advice, how they respond to it, and what security pros can learn from their findings.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | September 10, 2012, 5:33 PM PDT

• Has the next Cold War already begun in cyberspace?

  Alfonso Barreiro likens the current state of cyber warfare measures and counter-measures to a Cold War. Could it escalate? Is it all hype? Take our poll.

  Posted by Alfonso Barreiro | September 5, 2012, 9:00 AM PDT

• Infographic: 2012, the year of password theft

  This infographic breaks out the numbers of password theft exploits so far in 2012. Help your users understand the risks of bad password management.

  Posted by Selena Frye | September 4, 2012, 12:47 PM PDT

• Not all gloom and doom for antivirus: A talk with Mario Vuksan

  Signs indicate antivirus apps, as we know them, are not working. In this interview with security researcher, Mario Vuksan, Michael Kassner learns that there are still ways to change that.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | September 4, 2012, 6:39 AM PDT