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Skyhigh Networks, a Cupertino, California-based startup that discovers, analyzes, and controls cloud services in use within an organization, announced that it has received $20M in a Series B financing round led by Sequoia Capital.
The United States should consider curbs on Chinese investment or even offensive operations against hackers to address the growing toll from intellectual property theft, a report said.
A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to China.
During the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee's cybersecurity hearing, Representatives Henry Waxman and Ed Markey released a report detailing the risks faced by the nation’s power grid.
Twitter said it was stepping up security measures for the popular messaging service following a series of high-profile breaches by hackers hitting media organizations and others.
At an event in New York City on Tuesday, Blue Coat announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Solera Networks, a provider of security intelligence and analytics solutions.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a request for information (RFI) that it hopes will help make federal government's cybersecurity more resilient.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing a system that will enable classified vulnerability data to be shared with the private sector.
Recent problems with revoking SSL certificates have renewed discussion on whether the certificate system is still sufficient to protect users on the Internet.
Yahoo Japan suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal.

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Shaun Donaldson's picture
When the subject of public cloud computing comes-up, it is inevitable that the concept of ‘risk’ soon follows. But the greatest risk to an organization considering public cloud is not security, it is cost.
Mark Hatton's picture
Despite the billions of dollars spent annually by government and private industry to protect their networks and critical data assets, the large majority of breaches can be tied directly to human error and/or a breakdown in protocol.
Chris Hinkley's picture
Without the internal and external safeguards working in conjunction, your vulnerability will spike and your performance will suffer as a by-product -- two things you can’t afford to have happen.
Rod Rasmussen's picture
In order to win the war with today’s cybercriminals that are using the same attack vectors on a massive scale, a real-time, automated information platform that pre-empts ongoing attacks is an imperative.
Mark Hatton's picture
There is an old saying, that if you want to get ahead, don’t bring your boss problems, bring him or her solutions. The same can be said when it comes to investing in security solutions.
Shaun Donaldson's picture
In security, we talk about trade-offs all the time. Recent events have highlighted that whether or not we are doing it consciously, we are making decisions about security versus privacy versus convenience daily.
Marc Solomon's picture
To understand today’s array of threats and effectively defend against them, IT security professionals need to start thinking like attackers.
Mark Hatton's picture
There is a term currently permeating the security industry that distracts everyone from the larger goals at hand of making networks safer, mitigating threats and protecting critical data. The term is hype.
John Vecchi's picture
Understanding the various types of malicious actors targeting your networks, including their motivations and modus operandi, is key to identifying, expelling and expunging them.
Wade Williamson's picture
The challenges of Java-based threats go deeper than your average 0-day vulnerability, and these challenges will likely affect your approach to controlling them. Organizations need to weigh the risk of a technology against the reward for the enterprise.