Security News

IT security is the main barrier to the adoption of flexible working practices, according to a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft.

Today’s operating systems are more sophisticated and feature-rich than ever before, which makes them substantially more useful to the enterprise, but also adds to security vulnerability – unless the operating systems are configured, administered and monitored correctly.

“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Hackers have thousands of different ways to access or exploit computing environments.

On May 29, 2003, the Computer Security Institute (CSI) and the FBI published the results of their most recent Computer Crime and Security Survey, now in its eighth year.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War

All too often, we shoot ourselves in the foot as information security professionals by the language we use with executives.

Given a choice between spending money on enterprise resource planning (ERP) or information security, organizations typically choose the former.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War