June 2007 Archives

Listen to or download the entire 7:22 podcast below: Download file What follows is a transcript of my conversation with Rani Osnat, Vice President of Marketing at Sentrigo, where we discuss current data security, data protection laws around the world,... Read More..

While we all await the newest advantages and threats from Web 2.0, it seems cybercriminals continue to exploit their own connectivity, the IRC, or Internet relay chat, which is the preferred method of sharing the tricks and the tools of... Read More..

A new approach to improving system security is to improve firewall security. To do that, many vendors are looking to integrate IPS (intrusion prevention systems) with firewalls, essentially creating a smarter firewall. According to this article at eWeek, this is... Read More..

Listen to or download the entire 10:07 podcast below: Download file What follows is a transcript of my discussion with Mike Rothman, top analyst and founder of the website Security Incite, where we discuss if things are ever going to... Read More..

Recently dropped in on the press conference announcing HP’s acquisition of SPI Dynamics, Inc., which they plan to integrate into HP’s Technology Solutions Group, and which will be completed by the third quarter of this year. Anyone notice a similarity... Read More..

Where much of the news about data protection following the TJX debacle has focused on hardening the storage of consumer information from direct attack, according to eWeek, an entirely other avenue of data vulnerability continues to operate right out in... Read More..

Another Microsoft Patch Tuesday is here, and on the menu is six patches, four deemed critical. One is categorized important, and the last one moderate. Two critical patches are for the Vista operating system (with the moderate one as well),... Read More..

A recent article at Dark Reading explores how enterprises really need a new way of and thinking about both the constant level of threats and how to defend against them. The central point is that companies need to realize that... Read More..

Just got off the news conference announcing IBM’s purchase of Watchfire. While it may not seem immediately apparent why a huge company like IBM would be interested in a company as small as Watchfire, with only 189 employees and 800... Read More..

Listen to or download the entire10:40 podcast below: Download file What follows is a summary of my discussion with Adam Bosnian, Vice President of Products, Strategy and Sales at Cyber-Ark Software, where we cover the many problems of insider attacks:... Read More..