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Botnets: The backdoor to the enterprise network

Tomer Teller, security researcher and evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies May 21, 2012

Compromising anywhere from a few thousand to well over a million systems, botnets are used by cyber criminals to take over computers and execute illegal and damaging activities.
 

BYOD savings may be lost by security and admin costs

Rainer Enders, CTO of the Americas, NCP Engineering May 15, 2012

Before flocking to a mobile policy in which employees are permitted to connect their smartphones and tablets to the corporate network, consider that the return on investment may not be all it is cracked up to be -- security being a big reason why.
 

Why aren't customers dropping Oracle?

Josh Shaul, CTO, Application Security Inc. May 04, 2012

In light of a controversial zero-day flaw that was never patched, customers should pressure database giant Oracle into being more dependable, transparent and timely when it comes to fixing security problems.
 

Skills in demand: Database and mobile device programming

Jerry Irvine, CIO, Prescient Solutions May 01, 2012

software developers with skills in collaboration software, databases and mobile device programming are needed.
 

New election, same risks

May 01, 2012

While guidelines on the federal and state level aid in the overall security of e-voting machines, there is still potential for insider attacks in the manufacturing process.
 

Debate: Identifying culprits behind Koobface disrupts the gang's activity

Daniel Wood, Phase One Consulting Group | Roel Schouwenberg, Kaspersky Lab May 01, 2012

Debate: Identifying the culprits behind Koobface will diminish the gang's activity.
 

Can't we just ignore PCI DSS?

Mark Kedgley, chief technical officer, New Net Technologies May 01, 2012

Adopting PCI DSS is a sensible thing to do from a security perspective, says New Net Technologies' Mark Kedgley.
 

Avoiding the need to disclose

Bradley Anstis, VP of technical strategy, M86 Security May 01, 2012

Many companies simply are unable to keep up with the evolving exploits, says M86 Security's Bradley Anstis.
 

Mitigating the next WikiLeaks: Insider threats

Dan Geer, chief scientist emeritus at Verdasys May 01, 2012

The operating environment itself must be altered, says Verdasys' Dan Geer.
 

Bridging corporate and personal

Michael Scovetta, director of advanced technology at a large media/entertainment company May 01, 2012

There is increasing pressure to make corporate resources available to users on any device.
 
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