In the last few years we have seen several high-profile Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against political and financial targets. Many of us remember the attack against Occupy Central in 2014 and the attack against the Church of Scientology […]
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The reality is that it’s a Quixotic fantasy to believe you can ever prevent 100 percent of unauthorized access. I don’t mean to be a pessimist, but the simple fact is that your network or device will almost certainly be
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To compete in a global marketplace, enterprises are outsourcing business processes and other services at an increasing rate. This trend has created the attack vector “du jour” for cyber criminals and experts estimate 50-plus percent of major breaches involve a
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I live near an intersection ruled by four-way stop signs. Driving through it often becomes an awkward experience. Some people stop for longer than necessary, disrupting the usual order while gesturing for other drivers: “No, you go.” Others blow through
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As the transition to a new Presidential administration unfolds, uncertainty abounds. Predictions about the regulatory landscape made before November may not ring as true, as Republicans look to make good on promises about smaller government and regulatory reform, particularly in
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The technology and threat landscapes are evolving rapidly, but many organizations are still struggling to defend themselves with traditional security solutions that are not equipped to handle the job. Illumio recently extended the features and capabilities of its Adaptive Security
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Holidays and other notable events bring out the spammers like ants at a picnic. Security companies and IT departments consistently report a large increase in malicious email during shopping seasons like Christmas or important world events like the Brexit vote
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Over the past several years, executives at popular antivirus software companies have said in public and on the record that antivirus software is dead. Those statements lead the public to believe that this type of digital security is worthless. However,
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The right data–used in the right way–can be crucial to making effective business decisions. Gathering the wrong metrics, or gathering too much data with no intelligent way to separate important or actionable information from trivial data can be devastating. Metrics
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There’s a security revolution underway in the United States. In an attempt to reduce credit card fraud, retailers everywhere are transitioning from legacy magnetic strip cards to the more secure chip-and-PIN system. Under this new threat cyber criminals are picking
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