The Obama administration is calling on the Chinese government to take serious steps to halt cyber-intrusions emanating from China that have resulted in the theft of intellectual property from American companies.
DDoS attacks on banks have returned, and the attackers are changing their tactics. How must organizations change the way they defend against DDoS? Carlos Morales of Arbor Networks shares strategies.
DDoS attacks on banks have returned, and the attackers are changing their tactics and expanding their attack toolsets. How must organizations change the way they defend against DDoS? Carlos Morales of Arbor Networks shares strategies.
Healthcare organizations should use a four-step process to determine how best to apply encryption to minimize security risks, says security expert Feisal Nanji.
Prolexic's CEO Scott Hammack says battling distributed-denial-of-service attacks has become part of everyday business. And during this in-depth interview, he explains why.
Internet visionary Vint Cerf sees the development of strong authentication for the billions of devices connected to the Internet as the IT security community's next big challenge.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher tell Congress that industry, not the government, will take the lead in establishing IT security best practices for infrastructure operators.
Farzad Mostashari, M.D., the national coordinator for health information technology, wants to ramp up use of health information exchange to improve care quality. In an exclusive interview, he tackles privacy, security issues.
With organizations racing to be the first-to-market with the latest, coolest app, they are forgetting something critically important: applying security principles in the development and deployment.
Picture it: Hackers worming their way into user accounts to rig hospital medication dispensers, operating room heating systems and medical devices to wreak havoc and potentially even to kill patients.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is replacing its decade-old identity management system with a new system that can better tackle emerging risks, says John Houston, UPMC's security and privacy leader.
Too many healthcare organizations conduct a HIPAA compliance assessment instead of a comprehensive risk analysis, says security specialist Dave Newell, who also points out other common mistakes.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule could play an important role in improving the security of medical devices that store patient data, says an official with the agency that enforces HIPAA. Find out what part the rule could play.
Authenticating appropriate network administrators and employees has become increasingly challenging, especially for healthcare organizations and regional banking institutions, says Tim Ager of Celestix.
Business line managers are in better positions to control and monitor network and system access privileges than IT departments, since they know their employees and the privileges they should be provided, says Bill Evans of Dell Software.
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