Business Continuity

Recent attacks cost Energy Department at least $2M

October 25, 2011

The attacks, which occurred at four department locations, were not described in detail, but were deemed "successful" for adversaries, according to the annual audit.
 

Hurricane Irene will test continuity, disaster recovery plans

August 26, 2011

With Hurricane Irene barreling up the East Coast and making a beeline for the major Northeast cities, businesses not used to dealing with natural disasters are being forced to revisit their business continuity plans.
 

Cloudy with spells of pain

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow June 22, 2011

Clouds are, by definition, insubstantial, but when services "somewhere out there" go pear-shaped, the damage can be catastrophic.
 

Amazon cloud failure highlights customer responsibility

May 02, 2011

Amazon's outage should serve as a reminder that relying on the cloud for server space can have a business impact if something goes amiss.
 

Disaster recovery: Surge strategies also work for IT staff

Max Huang, founder and CEO, O2Security February 10, 2010

IT departments, when facing the possibility of a disaster, may want to take a page out of the U.S. military's playbook.
 

Companies offer to pay breach fines

July 21, 2009

Two credit-card payment processors are offering to cover merchants' fines and penalties in the event of a data breach.
 

Waging war on cyberthreats

Max Huang, founder and president, O2Security May 08, 2009

Compromised information networks can put an organization's very life in jeopardy. Here are ways that firms can take the lead.
 

RSA: Ramifications of converging physical and IT security

April 23, 2009

Companies should consider merging physical and information security into a converged program -- it might be challenging but it will be worth it.
 

Cyberspace: An environment of inevitability for federal agencies

Gary McAlum, senior manager, Deloitte & Touche April 01, 2009

Success in today's cybersecurity environment of inevitability will require a multidisciplinary approach and the critical success factor is leadership.
 

InfoSec: Cybersecurity expert says preparation key to business survival

March 13, 2009

The world is more interconnected than ever before, so security pros have opportunities to make a difference in their enterprises, a former White House cybersecurity adviser told a group of CSOs.
 

CASE STUDY: phion airlock in use at Herba Chemosan

January 27, 2009

A pharmacist wholesaler in Austria modernized its distribution systems and found protection for its network.
 

Case study: City of Miami Beach

Victor Cruz January 16, 2009

Miami Beach needed to quickly identify threats, generate immediate notifications and to quarantine infected computers.
 

Health care data security breaches in the U.S.

Kevin Prince, chief architect, Perimeter eSecurity October 28, 2008

A new study provides a review of the scope and impact of data security breaches in the health care industry.
 

The new perimeter

September 26, 2008

Sidney Gellineau, CIO, NYC Transit, embraces the original vision of NAC - to vet unmanaged guest devices, reports Dan Kaplan.
 

CTO defends researcher's decision to reveal SCADA exploit

September 12, 2008

One technologist wants the public to understand why releasing exploit code for a dangerous vulnerability is sometimes the right thing to do.
 

Companies have misplaced confidence in backup solutions

Joy Persaud August 08, 2008

Many companies have a false sense of security when it comes to their backup measures, according to a new study.