Security
Bring Shadow IT Out of the Dark, Gartner Tells Tech
Mention shadow IT to many technology professionals and they'll shudder before trading war stories. But to empower their organizations to innovate, grow, and succeed, IT departments must embrace and manage this ...Full Article
To Improve Cybersecurity, Fire Some CEOs
Despite the amazing number of cybersecurity breaches, so far the Target CEO appears to have been the only one to pay the price. While we hear some calls for ...Full Article
RAND Corp: Manage Security Like a Business
Organizations must figure out a better way to manage cybersecurity like a business, using metrics to determine the relative return on investment (RROI), and constantly evaluating the lifecycle and ...Full Article
How to Avoid Being a Hacker Victim
Following in the wake of the recently publicized attacks on government databases and systems, all CIOs and chief security officers should assume their own organizations could be next and ...Full Article
Average Data Breach Costs $3.8 Million, Ponemon Finds
When an organization's records are breached, it costs an average of $3.8 million to overcome the attack, according to the newly released Ponemon Institute's "Cost of Data Breach Study: ...Full Article
Intel Looks to Secure Containers
The world's largest chipmaker is entering the application container fray this week with the introduction of Intel Clear Containers, an outgrowth of its lightweight Linux operating system development effort ...Full Article
Social Engineering Targets Weakest Security Link: Employees
Without ongoing employee training, an enterprise's expensive security infrastructure investment means little. But very few corporations protect themselves from the growing threat of social engineering. Today only 7 percent ...Full Article
Bracket Puts Security Controls in Enterprise Hands
To further promote corporate adoption of public cloud, Bracket Computing this week added to its software-based Bracket Computing cells architecture a security suite whose controls never leave enterprise customers' hands. Public ...Full Article
Container Push Refocuses on Trusted Platforms
Red Hat, among the most vigorous proponents of delivering applications via Linux containers, acknowledges that enterprise adoption of container technology hinges on trusting the platform. Only then would true ...Full Article
Hybrid Cloud Shift Fuels Automated Security
Cloud infrastructure providers are increasingly looking for ways to automate cloud security as more customers migrate to hybrid cloud configurations in which enterprises maintain an on-premise infrastructure for sensitive ...Full Article
