It is hauntingly clear – cyber criminals have set their eyes firmly on universities, research institutions, and centers of higher learning in the United States...
Your Net Worth Is Online – And Less Safe Than Ever
The Black Hat USA 2013 conference, which kicks off tomorrow in Las Vegas, brings together the brightest minds in IT security each year — those who are...
IT outsourcing: When outsiders become insiders, how do you ensure information security?
Organizations outsource a part or whole of their IT services to third-party service providers for various reasons, such as cost savings, leveraging outside expertise, need...
Security Gaffes You Might Have Missed So Far This Year
If you can believe it, 2013 is already halfway over. With summer here, businesses everywhere are feeling the heat in their IT organizations – as they...
This Week’s Five: Security Begins At Home
This Week’s Five is a weekly column of five interesting reads from all over the web, with a different topic every week. This week, we explore the...
If Big Data’s too scary, try Little Data (it’s free)
Here are some stats that will blow your mind: Every minute of every day, 48 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube, Google receives...
$45 million ATM heist turns focus again on insider threats, controlling privileged access!
New wave of cyber-attacks on banks lend credence to the belief that insider threat is getting complex and cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting to siphon-off the...
AP Twitter account hack: Social media proves to be the most convenient platform for hackers!
Just a couple of weeks ago, we published this blog “Beware! Your social media password could let your business down!” and now comes the shocking...
Could Your Jewelry Stop Hackers?
Google has been talking about an innovative idea to replace passwords with jewelry — that’s right, jewelry. Actually, the enabling technology could be hidden in jewelry,...