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While weak economic conditions have put pressure on IT budgets overall, Gartner expects the increase in security-related IT spending to continue, reaching $86 billion in 2016.
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the availability of an update to Windows that restricts the use of any certificates with RSA keys less than 1024 bits in length.
Almost half said their organization had been attacked within the past year, as technology and security strategies fail to keep up with threats.
While some improved security measures may have been taken, LinkedIn said more updates are in the works, with $2 - $3 million in security-related investments planned before the end of this year.
Dressed in casual attire, the nation’s top intelligence official made history by being the highest ranked government official to speak at DEF CON in its 20-year history.
nCircle Expands Coverage of SCADA Equipment, Applications and Vulnerabilities in Critical Infrastructure
FireMon Security Manager 6.0 delivers integrated risk analysis and policy and configuration management aolution for network security.
Trend Micro has revealed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) that tried to stay under the radar by using machines inside compromised networks as command and control servers.
Last Chance to Register For: The Great Security Divide - How Security Can Work Better With Development
Revelations about a recent breach of confidential data in Utah highlights how configuration errors can end up being costly.

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Chris Hinkley's picture
Putting business continuity plans in place now, means you won’t have to scramble when it’s time to call upon your disaster recovery plan.
Avi Chesla's picture
Software Defined Secured Networking (SDSN) allows not only for the acceleration of networking innovation, but will also dramatically change the way we think about security.
Chris Poulin's picture
Part 1: Why the Star Trek Medical Tricorder Didn’t have an App Store. The future of information security is looking brilliant: by the 23rd century there will be no computer hacks—at least according to Star Trek.
Eric Knapp's picture
This is the third in a series of articles on the new “3x3” security model for critical infrastructure cyber security. This week, Eric discusses host security needs in the device network.
Marc Solomon's picture
There’s aspect of the cloud that has largely gone ignored and that’s the fact that the cloud can be a tremendous security enabler.
Jon-Louis Heimerl's picture
Big Data means exposing more data to internal misuse or accidental exposure, and exposing more data to an attacker who succeeds in penetrating your perimeter.
Marc Solomon's picture
SCADA networks are the most unprotected networks of all and now cyber-criminals have them in their sights. If they get access, the consequences for many organizations, their customers and perhaps the population at large, could be extremely damaging.
Jon-Louis Heimerl's picture
To get the most value from your security information you need to be correlating your data. Adding context to data gives you information. Correlation adds even more information by evaluating relationships between pieces of information.
Johnnie Konstantas's picture
How can you defend against a new generation of threats and attackers that are leveraging automation and outpacing alerting mechanisms and manual-access controls?
Eric Schou's picture
Ever wonder why Frederick the Great was called Frederick the Great? He was smart enough to identify immediate threats, concentrate his forces, and move effectively against one enemy at a time. What relevance does this has to enterprise security?