Infosecurity Opinions
Are Keyless Car Manufacturers Clueless About Disclosure?
Convenience always seems to come at a cost and never more so than with the keyless car.
Security Pros Must Join Forces to Combat the Internet of Evil Things
Vulnerable IoT devices and low-cost, plug-and-play cyber-espionage tools represent an emerging threat vector: the ‘internet of evil things’ (IoET). Dave Porcello argues infosec pros need to better understand this threat and collectively develop a standardized framework and taxonomy to enable IoET information exchange
Superfish: One Step Closer to Sinking our Boat
It is clear that the system of trust established by keys and certificates is under attack
Why CISOs Should Care Who’s Attacking their Firm
Chief information security officers and their teams should collect information on who's attacking their firm, rather than just how, says Jeremy Bergsman
The Cybersecurity Challenges Facing State and Local Governments
IT departments are focused like never before on keeping their networks and data secure, but they face several critical challenges, says Paul Lipman
Smarten Your Data Security or Risk Corporate Loss
It’s never been more important for businesses to strengthen their IT security, amid a growing, sophisticated threat environment and impending EU legislation set to dispense large fines for data protection failures, writes Stuart Hooson
ICO fines and the public sector: something needs to change
Are the fines that the ICO gives out and the 'letters of undertaking' given to the ICO from those responsible for data breaches doing anything at all to combat the problem?
Reducing Cyber-Risk Through Cyber-Insurance
Matt Middleton-Leal weighs up the risk-reduction possibilities offered up by enterprise cyber-insurance
How to Go from Hunted to Hunter
Organizations must act to shift the cybersecurity power balance in their favor, writes Ashish Patel
Professional Sports Teams are Risking a Cybersecurity Own Goal
The world of professional sport faces a significant cyber-threat due to the data teams hold and their high profile, writes James Hampshire
Organizations Need to Break the Reactive Cycle
Today’s businesses face the most dynamic and challenging security landscape ever seen. Traditional approaches are no longer sufficient, writes Rob Lay
Why Did Cybercrime Get So Easy?
The rise in cybercrime can be attributed to the new age of MaaS (malware-as-a-service), says Carl Leonard
Hackers are Powerless with Zero Knowledge
Every day hackers are being equipped for their next attack, as more and more users are trusting organizations with their personal information online. But with zero knowledge, hackers can be rendered powerless, says Steve Watts
Open Source Vulnerabilities Call for Stronger Secure Shell Key Management
The Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability woke everyone up to the risks that open source software can pose
The Government is Offering £5000 Vouchers to SMBs: Will it Really Help their Security?
£5000 vouchers may be a big step in the right direction but more needs to be done to incentivize SMBs to invest in their cybersecurity, says Corey Nachreiner
You Can Identify Hackers Before they Attack
Ntrepid Chief Scientist Lance Cottrell discusses techniques businesses can implement to identify the attackers among their other visitors by using their own tools against them
It’s Time to Change How We Think About SSL/TLS
With continuous certificate monitoring available, there’s no reason organizations should not know about vulnerable deployments and immediately fix them, says Jason Sabin
Why Are We Pretending Encryption Could Have Saved UCLA & OPM?
The Office of Personnel Management and UCLA Health have both been under fire in the media this summer for failing at one of the most universal standards for data security: encryption
How to Prepare for the Cloud Application Explosion
To cope with the exponential rise of the app, data and cloud market, web security solutions must offer CAC capabilities, says Ed Macnair
Windows Server 2003 end of life – what does this mean for your business?
With the Windows Server 2003 end of life date around the corner, what does the switch off of support actually mean for your business? We take a look.
