Today President Barack Obama recognized that cybersecurity of critical U.S. public and private infrastructure is essential to our national security and economic interests.
In a speech at the White House, which I was honored to attend, the president unveiled the highly anticipated 60-day Cybersecurity Review and declared that the country’s efforts to deter, prevent, detect [...]

A few weeks ago I told you about my Paypal account being hacked. The folks at Paypal knew about the transaction being fraudulent even before I knew it happened. I got my money back that was taken and the operator informed me [ ; ) ] that I “got hacked not Paypal.”

I used [...]

Have you seen the story of the so called “Craigslist killer” in the news recently? It is creepy stuff. I am guessing that the women that were targeted were perhaps lured into thinking they were safe because of the upscale hotels that they were asked to meet the killer. It made me wonder…do I have [...]

I am excited to announce another important milestone in our growth as the world’s largest dedicated security company.
Today, at our May 15th Investor Day meeting in New York City, we announced that we will acquire Solidcore Systems, Inc., a leading provider of dynamic whitelisting technology. Through this acquisition, we believe McAfee can expand its reach [...]

I opened my personal email this morning to find that an online scammer finally found my email address.

Mother’s Day is Sunday which is always a big stress for my family. You see, my birthday usually falls within a few days of Mother’s Day, if not on the day. It is sort of the equivalent of your birthday being near Christmas – a whole lot of pressure on my family to make me [...]

This year’s theme at the Gartner Risk and Compliance Summit centered on directions and tools to help organizations maximize their Governance, Risk and Compliance programs. No doubt, a reflection of the current economic climate.

Especially interesting was that few vendors really had anything innovative or different to offer compared to last year. Some were niche vendors [...]

Last month the press was abuzz with the news that the US electric grid has been hacked by foreign operatives. To anyone who has studied security in the power industry, this isn’t much of a surprise.
Last fall (Aug/Sept 08), I conducted a survey of 200 critical infrastructure operators (the people who actually work in the [...]