Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , ISMG Security Report
The Myth of the Secure Mainframe
Also, the Tale of a Hacker's Career; Insights on New EU Data Protection RegulationsA report on security flaws found in mainframe computers leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report.
In the Security Report, you'll also hear (click player beneath image to listen):
- ISMG Security and Technology Editor Jeremy Kirk spin the tale of Samy Kamkar, who's MySpace worm launched a prolific hacking career; and
- ISMG Senior Vice President of Editorial Tom Field and DataBreachToday Executive Editor Mathew Schwartz discuss two hot topics at the recent Infosecurity Europe in London: privacy and the forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation.
The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Check out our June 6 and June 9 reports that respectively analyze the balancing of functionality and security in IT devices and the predicament many information security managers face when deciding which security technologies to buy in a glutted market.
The next ISMG Security Report will be posted on Friday, June 16.
Theme music for the ISMG Security Report is by Ithaca Audio under a Creative Commons license.