Security

Fri, June 10, 2011 - Security start-up Unveillance fell prey to LulzSec. In this interview, founder Karim Hijazi talks about how the hack unfolded and what lessons he sees for companies.

Tue, June 07, 2011 - Mike Butler, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Providence Health and Services, explains ERM's benefits from his point of view. [Part of CSOonline's special report on enterprise risk management and organizational models.]

Wed, June 01, 2011 - With breaches ever on the rise and software vulnerabilities at the heart of many security incidents, CSOonline decided to talk with noted software security expert Rafal Los. Los, currently security evangelist with Hewlett-Packard Software, is an industry veteran who has worked as a security consultant and even as information security officer in the Fortune 100. We wanted to get his thoughts on what organizations can do -- today -- to improve the security of the applications they develop.

Mon, May 16, 2011 - Hear from the CIO of Boston-based Bay Cove Human Services about moving applications to the cloud -- and learn how he handles security in a regulated environment like social services.

Fri, May 06, 2011 - We recently interviewed Edward Schwartz, chief security officer for IT security firm NetWitness (recently acquired by RSA) to get his thoughts on the move to electronic medical records and the impact on the security and privacy of those records. During his extensive career, Schwartz has served in various executive positions for a number of security vendors including CTO of ManTech Security Technologies Corp, SVP of operations of Guardent Inc. and EVP of operations for Predictive Systems. Schwartz also worked as CISO at Nationwide Insurance.

Thu, May 05, 2011 - The CEO of password management company LastPass says it's highly unlikely hackers gained access to his millions of users' data--but that he doesn't want to take any chances.

Wed, May 04, 2011 - China has proposed strict new data security regulations that could hamper the country's nascent IT outsourcing industry if made into law, even as they aim to give foreign business leaders confidence in the way the Chinese handle sensitive business and personal data.

Mon, April 18, 2011 - A question-and-answer session on what topics will be hot at this year's SIPNOC conference.

Tue, March 22, 2011 - HBGary's chief technology officer describes his research on Anonymous and why the group is making the insider threat problem more dire.

Fri, March 04, 2011 - SonicWall once focused on small and midsize businesses, but its introduction earlier this year of a next-generation firewall line dubbed SuperMassive leaves no doubt that the company is now taking aim at larger enterprises. In fact, the privately-held San Jose company's CEO, Matt Medeiros, says the enterprise market accounted for nearly half of SonicWall's sales over the past six months.