Advancing firewalls
Firewalls have been an enterprise security mainstay for years. But with a majority of attacks now being launched against the web application layer of the stack, the technology must evolve.
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Print Issue: July 02, 2012
Case study: Malware checkout
The hospitality industry remains one of the most targeted by cyber criminals. That’s why Thayer Lodging Group, which owns or operates 18 hotels, knew it was time to get serious about endpoint security.
Medicine man: Risk assessment
In 1854, an English physician was one of the first to use an epidemiological method to ID disease risk. Ben Sapiro of the Dominion of General Insurance Co. wants his peers to do the same with security.
Preparing for a post-Flame world
The latest evidence of cyber espionage weaponry could be a harbinger of nation-state assaults to come.
Featured Debate: HTML5 is eroding website security
Featured Debate: HTML5 is eroding website security.
Risk lessons over beer and bratwurst
After some experience with the European EMV “chip-and-PIN” card system while on vacation, the city of New York’s CISO learned something about security: Don’t take it for granted.
The Flame virus is the “Threat of the Month”
Flame, aka Skywiper, is a sophisticated tool used to locate and steal data accessible from the infected computer. The malware uses multiple exploits to propagate and is highly configurable.
Flame virus: Too hot to handle?
While the characteristics of the spy virus are important to note, the question is why it went undetected for so long.
Computer in your pocket
It’s not just data that is at risk with a mobile workforce, it’s the whole shebang: data, applications, operating environments and, we hope, security.
News briefs: Flame, Stuxnet, breach at LinkedIn and other security news
Flame, Stuxnet, breach at LinkedIn and other security news
