I haven’t met too many security professionals that don’t have enough work to do and are looking for more. This may seem obvious to the reader, but in the typical security organization, there is more work to do than there are people to do it. We hear this thought often, but what are some of the reasons behind it?
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NSA Chief Worries About Cyber Attack on US Infrastructure
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Continue readingGoogle’s DLP for Gmail Adds Optical Character Recognition
Google on Tuesday made a series of improvements to Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Gmail, which will bring improved data protection and control over detection thresholds.
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FBI Defends Stand Against Apple on Encryption
FBI chief James Comey on Tuesday defended his agency's efforts to force Apple to help unlock an iPhone in the San Bernardino attacks probe.
Comey told lawmakers worried about setting a harmful precedent that law enforcement's job may be crippled by "warrant-proof spaces" that become inaccessible to investigators.
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OpenSSL Patches TLS Flaw Exposing Many HTTPS Servers
The OpenSSL Project has released updates to patch several vulnerabilities in the crypto library, including a high severity TLS issue that can be exploited to crack encrypted communications and steal potentially sensitive data.
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Kaspersky Launches Targeted Attack Protection Platform
SAN FRANCISCO – RSA CONFERENCE 2016 – Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security firm known for uncovering some of the world’s most sophisticated attack operations globally, today announced a new solution aimed at helping customers detect advanced targeted attacks, and a new security Intelligence offering for enterprises.
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Why Advanced Attack Campaigns Like Security Silos
Think of the major cyber-attacks from the past few years – the Sony hack, Target breach, Neiman Marcus, Snapchat Breach, Hread more
Continue readingMicrosoft Unveils Advanced Threat Protection Service
SAN FRANCISCO – RSA CONFERENCE 2016 – Microsoft today announced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, a service designed to improve the protection it offers to enterprise customers.
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Snapchat Employee Falls for Phishing Attack
Snapchat on Friday was targeted by a phishing attack that resulted in some payroll information of its employees being inadvertently revealed.
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Qualys Launches Threat Intelligence Solution
SAN FRANCISCO – RSA CONFERENCE 2016 – Cloud security and compliance solutions provider Qualys has announced a new solution that gathers and correlates data from vulnerability scans and threat feeds to give organizations a view of their potential exposure to threats.
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