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Juniper Networks has launched Junos DDoS Secure, a new offering designed to protect data centers against increasingly complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
In an interview for the June issue of SIGNAL Magazine, General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, says he wanted to combine forces from various military and intelligence communities in order to take on the cyber threats facing the nation.
Jerry Davis, the VA’s former CISO, told members of the House Veterans' Affairs oversight and investigations subcommittee the sensitive personal information the department is charged with protecting remains at risk due to flawed processes and procedures, and inadequate protection.
LinkedIn announced that it has enabled two-factor authentication to protect accounts.
The United States must develop "rules of the road" with China and other countries to mitigate cyberthreats, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Thursday.
US officials, confirming a Washington Post report, had told AFP the breaches were part of a large-scale cyber spying campaign against top US defence contractors and government agencies.
Information sharing is one of the key buzzwords in information security today, but there hasn't been a lot of movement towards formalizing public/private partnerships to share vulnerability and threat information.
The "Syrian Electronic Army" has launched a cyber attack against the water distribution system of Haifa, Israel's third largest city, an expert said.
It appears that APT1, the Chinese cyber-espionage crew behind many attacks, is cutting back on some of its attacks and looking for alternative tools, Mandiant said.
Google will begin switching to 2048-bit certificates August 1.
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Trust comes at a price. However, while IT security professionals understand this, they often treat trust as an afterthought. As a result, companies suffer the consequences in unexpected recovery costs and failed business relationships.
Even the most security diligent organizations realize that breaches are no longer a question of ‘if’ but a question of ‘when.’ Preparing for a cyber attack must include containing the damage and more rapidly restoring systems to trusted states.
Today’s businesses must be able to rapidly adapt to changing market conditions – to support a new venture, merger/acquisition, etc. As business needs change, so too must the underlying security policies.
As we define what may arguably be the “next big thing” for networking, did we leave network security as an afterthought? What are the new considerations for security in a software-defined network?
While Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks bring the promise of relieving traffic jams for mobile operators, they also entail new security risks.
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.
While the recent massive DDoS attack against SpamHaus.org ended well for SpamHaus, it made me more aware than ever that everyone can become a better Internet citizen.
Verizon’s DBIR said 92% of breaches are perpetrated by outsiders while 14% are committed by insiders. So clearly external threats are the greatest risk right?
In this podcast, Cylance Technical Directors Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle discuss the state of security in the ICS/SCADA world, the need for secure coding practices and whether the industry will have to rely on third-party security software.
To understand today’s array of threats and effectively defend against them, IT security professionals need to start thinking like attackers.
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