Venture capitalists have poured money into cybersecurity in recent years – their investments offer a glimpse at what products, solutions and startups are on the horizon. Lee Sustar reports. For anyone who’s made it through the twin expo floors at the annual RSA Conference – past the big-name vendors with magicians, fast-talking comedians, flashy free…
Finding a needle in the proverbial haystack seems absurdly simple compared to managing security information and event management (SIEM) systems. How can you find that blip of an anomaly that indicates a bad actor just launched a piece of malware or impersonated your system administrator when your log files are the moral equivalent of finding…
Infosec pros impatiently waiting for viable blockchain solutions want to know: Are we there yet? If CISOs and security engineers sound like impatient kids in the back seat of the car on long road trip, it’s not surprising. The decade-long boom in bitcoin and its rival cryptocurrencies have made the underlying technology–blockchain – increasingly attractive…
Can hype-scarred cybersecurity pros dare to be hopeful about artificial intelligence as a means to ease the acute information security labor shortage? The answer is a highly qualified “yes,” say several industry players usually skeptical of trendy cyber solutions but who are on the lookout for any tech that promises greater efficiency for labor-intensive grunt…
Before the phish gets its way, it is essential to have email security down pat. Lee Sustar looks at how tech and face-to-face education improve your defenses. Users in large organizations are firewalled, proxied, scanned, logged and analyzed, around the clock and worldwide. Companies find all kinds of ways to protect their email, but still,…
Before you shell out some virtual currency to unencrypt your data, consider the fact that there’s no guarantee that ransomware attackers will proceed to unlock it.
2017 was supposed to be the year ransomware died or at least was put on life support.
As hackers and cyberarmies shred network defenses, industry experts weigh the ethics of breach disclosure and information sharing. Lee Sustar reports.
After every big data breach comes the Ghostbusters moment: Who you gonna call?
Repeated exposure of private data is giving rise to a new class of companies promising to clean up the mess – and they don’t come cheap. Lee Sustar reports.
