How can businesses ensure that the content coming into an application is executed safely, and that the application itself isn't under attack? That's the problem being addressed by Prevoty, says CEO Julien Bellanger.
Securing the enterprise means securing the endpoint, not the network, says Bit9's Harry Sverdlove. Learn why the expanding perimeter is a source of concern.
Laws rarely, if ever, keep up with technology, but even if they could, the consequences could prove more harmful than the benefits. That was evident at a House hearing that addressed default encryption of mobile devices.
Bipartisan legislation known as the USA Freedom Act, which would effectively end the National Security Agency's bulk phone records collection program, has been introduced in Congress.
After nearly 2½ months on the job, federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott was reluctant to offer Congress a detailed assessment of the quality of agencies' information security until reviewing results of pending "CyberStat" reviews.
As the May 5 resumption of a hearing to consider the FTC's security case against LabMD nears, the company has launched two more legal maneuvers, including yet another motion to dismiss the case.
There's a big difference between threat data and threat intelligence, says Kevin Epstein of threat intelligence firm Proofpoint. Data alone is not enough to predict emerging threats, he says.
BitSight Technologies conducted research on breached organizations and how they were impacted by botnets. The results are eye-opening, says CTO Stephen Boyer, offering insights from this study.
As organizations increasingly focus on securing critical data, they mustn't overlook one huge vulnerability: enterprise email. Steven Malone of Mimecast discusses the latest in unified email management.
To mitigate the threat posed by malicious insiders or attackers who compromise real users' credentials, businesses must create and monitor a baseline of legitimate user behavior and activities, says Idan Tendler, CEO of Fortscale.
To deliver effective information sharing and threat intelligence, the security industry must settle on a single set of threat-sharing standards, says David Duncan of the Internet security firm Webroot.
Malware researchers can track important technical details about attacks, but shutting down cybercrime networks requires law enforcement agencies to take the next step, says Alexander Erofeev of Kaspersky Lab.
Rogue applications designed to impersonate a company's corporate brand are increasingly prevalent, offering attackers an easy way to fool online users into downloading malicious apps aimed at compromising credentials, says Arian Evans of the online security firm RiskIQ.
Waging DDoS attacks is much easier today for hackers than it was three years ago, says Dave Lewis of Akamai. Learn why he says the online world is experiencing a commoditization of DDoS.
Botnet operators are increasingly selling access to interesting zombie PCs, as well as continuing to launch DDoS and financial attacks, warns Menno van der Marel, CEO of investigation firm Fox-IT.
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