As you may know, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Organized by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), National Cyber Security Awareness Month is an intensive awareness campaign reaching out to consumers, small businesses, educators, children and other stakeholders in order to raise awareness about the importance of computer security and to educate individuals [...]

As you have likely read in the news, President Obama gets it: Cybercrime is real, it is not going away, and it’s time that we make it a priority in the U.S. and abroad.
As the New York Times reported, holes in defenses at the national level allowed “major incidents of thefts of personal identity, [...]

On April 1st 2009, senators John D. Rockefeller IV, Evan Bayh , Bill Nelson and Olympia Snowe annouced the introduction of the “Cybersecurity Act of 2009″.

I personally  find some of the provisions of the bill quite interesting such as the section dedicated to centralizing vulnerability information, funding research through the National Science Foundation (NSF), and [...]

What is the ISSA you say?

It is the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and its possibly holding a meeting in a location near you.

Why does this matter you ask?

Because the individuals that meet in the individual chapters around the world are literally deciding what corporations and governments worldwide do to secure their data.

Things ISSA Chapters [...]

After all the hype around Conficker, I thought I would try to provide some soothing thoughts.  For just a minute, imagine a calm place where malware is banished from attacking your PC.  No more terrible Tuesdays from Microsoft.  No more worrying about the latest worm ready to commandeer your systems for fun and profit. Just [...]

As you may know, McAfee’s Initiative to Fight Cybercrime, announced in October 2008, is a wide ranging initiative aimed at closing critical gaps in the fight against cybercrime. As part of this Initiative, McAfee today announced two new exciting developments: the awarding of our first two grants, and the addition of two new Advisory Council [...]

I was talking with a friend of mine today about the state of the Web in regards to data breach, privacy and Web site security and this interesting question arose. “Should the government issue tickets for vulnerabilities?” I was kinda shocked at the idea at first  and then I started to wonder how this could [...]

1. Know your organization – Far too often us tech geeks get involved in the latest geek toys and instead we should be focusing on getting to know the people around us. It helps to have friends when the layoff lists are created, so venture outside your desk, get to know your customer and help [...]

No. Absolutely and unequivocally not. I am drawing the line in the sand. Business leaders need to understand there is no more need for proper security to justify itself over and over again. It saves you time and money (period).
Properly implemented information security provides business process improvement, technology improvement and threat reduction. Compliance controls that [...]

The Internet got a little safer last week because Internet access providers pulled the plug, literally, on a company called McColo. 
This is a moment in the fight against cybercrime that we can celebrate. It came about thanks to the important contributions of security researchers and media covering the matter. The research provides us with insight [...]