Jim Romeo

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Community advocate for secure software

Community advocate for secure software

Michael Coates, director of security assurance at Mozilla and chairman of OWASP, is a steadfast supporter of open-source methods to safeguard users against security and privacy threats.

Hacktivism endures

Hacktivism endures

The threat posed by politically motivated attackers, known as hacker activists, or hacktivists, is far-reaching, yet authorities are finding it difficult to take down a structurally decentralized movement.

Boundless information: Mining social networks

Boundless information: Mining social networks

Criminals are finding social media websites like Facebook, which contain a vast array of personal assets, to be a treasure trove of information that they can use to launch further attacks.

Security risk management: Engage, monitor and mitigate

Security risk management: Engage, monitor and mitigate

As targeted attacks scale up and become more sophisticated, expertise in risk management has become one of the most in-demand skill sets a security manager can have, reports Jim Romeo.

Personnel check-up: Identity management

Personnel check-up: Identity management

A sound approach to identification and authentication is an elementary building block to security policy within most any organization, but management of these disciplines face fresh challenges.

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