Security

Fri, July 03, 2009 - Cloud-based services are being rolled out without enough attention being paid to securing these services and the information they handle. That was the finding of a recent study commissioned by RSA Security.

Thu, June 25, 2009 - CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.

Wed, June 17, 2009 - The Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) opened in May 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia, to assist NATO with technical, legal and policy issues associated with dealing with cyberwarfare incidents. The 20-person center includes civilian analyst Kenneth Geers, who works for the U.S. Navy's Naval Criminal Investigative Services. Geers, who has been with the center for about a year and a half, spoke about CCDCOE's mission on the opening day of the organization's first-ever Conference on Cyber Warfare on Wednesday.

Wed, May 06, 2009 - Although he acknowledges that businesses have yet to embrace IPv6, security guru Scott Hogg says that doesn't mean IT executives can ignore the security problems that the next generation Internet protocol can present.

Mon, April 27, 2009 - The issue of piracy may be making headlines this month, but Roger Hawkes, director of corporate security for Global Industries Ltd., has been fighting piracy and trying to stop the problem for most of his career.

Wed, April 08, 2009 - Enrique Salem, who this week took the reigns of Symantec Corp., spoke to a packed hall at Storage Networking World about his company's plans to focus on technologies like thin provisioning and data deduplication, which can help companies better utilize the assets they have in order to stave off purchasing more hardware. Computerworld Editor-in-Chief Scot Finnie and Storage Editor Lucas Mearian sat down with CEO Salem at SNW to ask him about his vision for Symantec, what IT security threats may lie ahead and how the recession is affecting the high tech industry.

Wed, March 25, 2009 - Whether you prefer the term "utility computing" or "the cloud," the industry is headed in that direction, however slowly, and the transition will have a multifaceted impact on IT in some ways productive, others unpleasant. And it will strike to the heart of the very technology professionals who provide a significant chunk of what is today's enterprise IT.

Tue, March 24, 2009 - A lot has changed in the 20 years since Rich Pethia first took the reigns as director of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). CERT, which was initially launched as the first Internet security response organization has evolved over the years to focus more on research and training role. Pethia, a CSO Compass Award winner, spoke with CSO about how much IT security and vulnerabilities have changed in two decades.

Wed, February 04, 2009 - As the founder of Lares, a Colorado-based security consultancy, social-engineering expert Chris Nickerson is often asked by clients to conduct penetration testing of their on-sight security. Nickerson leads a team which conducts security risk assessments in a method he refers to as Red Team Testing. Watch Nickerson and his team pull off a $24,000 heist in this video.

Thu, June 19, 2008 - State of Massachusetts dropped charges against Michael Fiola, who was accused of downloading child pornography, due to a lack of evidence against him.