Articles about Security Breaches

Life for security professionals used to be simpler. You could stop outsiders from accessing your data by establishing perimeter defenses such as firewalls and anti-virus systems, and by having on-site security guards and identity checks at the entrance to your corporate data center. Continue Reading »

All too often, hackers strike organizations that have fallen victim before…a little like rubbing salt in an open wound. Continue Reading »

Survey finds most IT people are losing confidence in internal IT security measures. Continue Reading »

In the earliest days of the Internet, hacking was about gaining notoriety among your peers. It was a way to show off your L33t skills. Once people found a way to make money by hacking, organized crime joined in and large scale, malicious data breaches became inevitable. Today, we recognize the reality isn’t if you get hacked, but when. Continue Reading »

The revelation that Epsilon, an email server for about 50 companies, had its email records exposed turned out to not be as bad as it could have been. The company was hacked, but all the bad guys got was a list of email addresses and, in some cases, first and/or last names. Continue Reading »

While most IT organizations are resigned to the fact that they will experience a significant security incident in the next three years, the vast majority are unprepared to deal with its consequences. Continue Reading »

Now that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is safely in jail, with no immediate chance of getting out, it’s time to take a step back and look at the real problem with WikiLeaks and the kerfuffle surrounding it. Continue Reading »

Study shows that malware attacks are having a negative impact on IT operational costs. Continue Reading »

Network security systems are under pressure. You might not be experiencing it yet, but you will soon. The dual challenge of dealing with more attacks at higher speeds threatens to undermine the stability of the most important commercial platforms of the 21st century, namely the Internet. Continue Reading »

Aside from malware, there are other security risks that go with those handy USB devices and their CD and DVD counterparts. Continue Reading »