RSA 2013 NEWS

RSA 2013: iOS safer than Android due to open app model, patching delays

The battle between the iOS and Android platforms continues, but with Apple having the edge on security, and Google with innovation, both are at the top of the mobile totem pole.

RSA 2013: Manipulation, then password theft, is the modus operandi of advanced attackers

A session on spear phishing dissected a slew of attacks used against organizations.

RSA 2013: CISOs make security - and business - sense of new technologies

CISOs shared ways IT security professionals can attain the corporate support they need to implement evolving technologies into their security programs.

RSA 2013: Foreign cyber spies setting eyes on U.S. solar energy industry

Researchers at AlienVault are tracking the moves of a highly skilled espionage group, likely nation-state backed and operating out of China, that has hit two U.S. manufacturers of solar panels.

RSA 2013: Pros must convince executives that security is important (and say yes more)

IT management needs to make executives believers before they start implementing their security strategies, according to a longtime security adviser.

RSA 2013: Titans clash over using do-not-track on an internet that advertising helped build

RSA 2013: Titans clash over using do-not-track on an internet that advertising helped build

Software makers Mozilla and Microsoft have worked DNT functionality into their browsers to protect online privacy, but Google and Facebook want people to remember that their services exist for free thanks to online advertising.

RSA 2013: Hackers will get in, so spend the money on pushing them out

With the rise of state-sponsored espionage and advanced persistent threats, security pros must divert their attention from deploying perimeter-focused security toward raising the cost for attackers once they're already inside.

RSA 2013: User habits and behavior can denote a future insider thief

FBI CISO Patrick Reidy and insider threat analyst Kate Randal spoke on behavioral-based indicators to determine insider threats within the workplace.

RSA 2013: Security wonks debate whether China will get the message to stop hacking

Panel members believe a new White House strategy is a good first step to limiting foreign-led corporate cyber espionage, although don't expect change to come quickly.

RSA 2013: Know thy third-party vendor to avoid the surprise of a breach

Entrusting sensitive data to third-parties is a part of doing business, but that doesn't mean organizations should be blindsided by breaches.

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