This week I’ve been working my way through H.R 2221 – the “Data Accountability and Trust Act” . This proposed legislation is making its way through the Committee on Energy and Commerce at the moment, and if passed, will rationalize data protection legislation across the USA at a federal level.
The act enforces a few requirements [...]

On October 6-9, 2009, security professionals from around the world will come together for four days of networking and learning at FOCUS 09, McAfee’s 2nd annual security conference.
As you may know, we have an assortment of valuable sessions and events planned:

Keynotes from prominent leaders and industry visionaries, including: Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.); McAfee CEO [...]

On September 23, the once-toothless HIPAA legislation grew dangerous fangs.   Previously, HIPAA requirements were enforced by audits and self certification without significant penalties. But as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act), which was part of the 2009 Stimulus Bill, organizations who suffer from data breaches are now required [...]

Last year, the amount of malware designed to steal your passwords increased 400 percent. In the first half of this year, malware growth nearly surpassed the entire quantity created in 2008. The danger to your passwords has never been greater. This malicious software can be downloaded from bad email attachments, stealthily “injected” into your computer [...]

Although maybe unnoticed, a month ago Missouri finally joined that heady club called “States which have Data Privacy Laws.”
On 28th August, the “Missouri Data Breach Notification Law,” or House Bill 62, took effect. The bill may not protect, but at least enforces care and attention, residents’ personal information (Social Security Numbers, Driver’s License Numbers, and [...]

About a year ago, McAfee announced McAfee Artemis Technology, delivering real-time protection from known and new malware without downloading any signatures.  This is protection for the Internet age in Internet time.
We invented and introduced Artemis because we recognized that a different approach to security was needed to deal with the astronomical growth in malicious software [...]

Although maybe unnoticed, a month ago Missouri finally joined that heady club called “states which have Data Privacy Laws.”
On 28th August, the “Missouri Data Breach Notification Law,” or House Bill 62 took effect, not protecting, but at least enforcing care and attention of residents personal information (Social Security Numbers, Driver’s Licence Numbers, and information which [...]

For those of you who don’t have kids, the back to school sales may mean great deals on new computers. I just scored a great netbook at a fantastic price. I was so psyched! As I was setting it up, I remembered that it has been a while since I had to do [...]

It is September and the kids are all heading back to school! Wow, another summer over already!
Last year at this time, I met the director of a pre-school who told me she was terrified of the computer and therefore never let her kids on it unless she was sitting with them. [...]

Customers have myriad challenges facing them, and the last thing they have time do to is validate vendor claims. Do their security purchases, past or present, stand up to independent scrutiny?  Most vendors will focus on a key value of their product which can often be difficult to prove or disprove.  Security efficacy and accuracy, [...]