“Chief security information officers need to dispel the uncertainty surrounding cloud computing. In a world where security breaches at large corporations dominate the headlines, the ambiguity that surrounds cloud computing can make securing the enterprise seem daunting. The challenge exists not in the security of the cloud itself, but in policies and technologies for security…
Old Tech Can Create New Security Woes “Patch your systems in a timely manner” is a mantra of security experts, but what happens when the patch well runs dry because a product’s maker no longer supports it? That is a situation many large enterprises find themselves in, and it’s one that poses security risks. Between…
“I speak to many in traditional IT that I call the “folded arms gang.” These are IT executives who need to address the use of cloud computing — typically because the CEO or their board of directors is demanding it — but feel that cloud computing still has too many shortcomings. They want to…
Uploaded on 12/15/2016. “SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo, already reeling from its September disclosurethat 500 million user accounts had been hacked in 2014, disclosed Wednesday that a different attack in 2013 compromised more than 1 billion accounts. The two attacks are the largest known security breaches of one company’s computer network. The newly disclosed 2013 attack…