• A call to arms for infosec professionals

  10.04.2013

  An old saying says “nature abhors a vacuum,” meaning that in the absence of something nature will find a way of filling that gap.

• Security pros should listen with their heads, not their hearts

  19.02.2013

  There is a phrase that has become quite popular in information security circles and it goes along the lines of “there are two types of organizations, those that have been breached and those that don’t know they’ve been breached.” I hear it quite regularly from industry commentators and speakers at conferences - the key message being that every organization has been breached and only those with good information security have been able to detect and respond to the breaches.

• Improving information security with one simple question

  17.12.2012

  Anyone who has had to deal with very young children, will understand how powerful the word “why” is and how it can drive their curiosity.

• Video: Incident response and cloud computing

  19.11.2012

  Moving into a cloud environment can bring many advantages to organizations in terms of flexibility, scalability and other benefits.

• Interesting times for information security professionals

  01.10.2012

  There is an old saying, which some attribute as an old Chinese proverb, that states “May you live in interesting times.” Some say that this is a blessing you may wish upon a friend, while others say it is actually a curse.

Spotlight

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal

Posted on 17 May 2013.  |  Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

Application vulnerabilities still a top security concern

Posted on 16 May 2013.  |  Respondents to a new (ISC)2 study identified application vulnerabilities as their top security concern. A significant gap persists between software developers’ priorities and security professionals’ concerns.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it

Posted on 15 May 2013.  |  Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Hacking charge stations for electric cars

Posted on 15 May 2013.  |  Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?

Posted on 15 May 2013.  |  The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.