Twenty-Four Seven Security

Heartland Data Breach a Failure of PCI: Mike Rothman Explains

ebizq — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:02:00 -0500

Mike Rothman, Senior Vice President of Strategy for eIQnetworks and who many of you are familiar with for sharing his security expertise right here on ebizQ. In this podcast we discuss the recent fiasco at the Heartland Payment Systems data...

Question Everything: Malware Hits the Real World

jmola — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:37:09 -0500

During my time as an undergraduate philosophy student, "question everything" was a catchphrase I heard often enough.I never thought about applying it to my parking tickets, though. (Oh yes, I saw plenty of those in college whenever I dared to...

This Page May Not Be What You Think It Is

ebizq — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:36:59 -0500

A trans-Atlantic team of security researchers recently announced that they had hacked a heavily used component of browser security. The team was able to break into the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which is used to issue digital certificates for secure...

Will Government Take the Lead in Securing the Web for Your Business?

ebizq — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:59:51 -0500

A recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies urged the incoming administration to take a leading role in protecting both the public and private sectors on the web. The report was compiled by a group of...

The Danger of Low and Slow Attacks: Mike Rothman Explains

ebizq — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:56:29 -0500

What follows is my Q&A with Mike Rothman. Many of you will remember Mike Rothman as a very popular columnist and podcaster for ebizQ, among other places, and Mike has now moved on to become Senior Vice President of Security...

Microsoft's Bid to Secure the Future

ebizq — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:35:39 -0500

Embedded in the recent flood of announcements from Microsoft was the company's new security strategy. The software maker announced that it will be ending its retail product, Windows Live OneCare, as well as Equipt (the SaaS offering that OneCare was...

Industries Most At Risk from Web Attacks

ebizq — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:26:09 -0500

What industries are at the highest risk for getting Web-delivered malware? It's not publishing, media, finance or education; sectors often considered information focused, search heavy and high risk. A recent vendor report showed that the opposite may be true, citing...

Get BPM Results Now! Talking With Appian

ebizq — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:00:44 -0500

Editor's Note: Anyone interested in how BPM is transforming the insurance industry should definitely attend the 'BPM for Insurance: Are You Staying Competitive?' Webinar coming this Tuesday, October 28th. Sign up here. What follows is my podcast with Samir Gulati,...

Does the Financial Crises Make Us Less Secure?

ebizq — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:55:55 -0500

According to an article over at Dark Reading, all the bad news about the financial crises in fact makes banks more vulnerable to social engineering and spear-phishing type attacks. I guess in an industry that makes sure to kick a...

Good and Bad Security News

ebizq — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:08:38 -0500

According to a new study by the Computer Security Institute, companies have clearly begun to feel the effects of two new types of attacks in the past year, those being targeted attacks and DNS vulnerabilities. The Computer Security Institute will...

System Error or Human Error

ebizq — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:59:47 -0500

I have a pretty fair number of readers for this blog (even though I've been a bit lax lately, but I'm back to blogging full-time again), but according to an article over at Dark Reading, I'd have a lot more...

Getting the Most Out of SOA With Governance: Jason Bloomberg Explains

ebizq — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:41:40 -0500

Editor's Note: Interested in optimizing your SOA, then you cannot miss ebizQ's upcoming virtual conference on SOA Governance, which you can sign up for right here. What follows is my podcast with Jason Bloomberg, Managing Partner and Service Oriented Architecture...

People as an Impediment to Efficient Processes: Fujitsu Speaks from Gartner's BPM Summit

ebizq — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:17:35 -0500

So I'm rushing around in the gigantic Gaylord National Hotel in DC, and I'm late for a meeting, and I'm trekking along what seems like miles and miles of hallways, and I'm wondering if someone shouldn't open up a small...

Any Chinks in Google's Chrome Armor?

ebizq — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:02:07 -0500

Forbes has an interesting take on Google's new browser, which, while the announcement was somewhat surprising, seems inevitable. Google controls the steering wheel of the internet, so why shouldn't they just go ahead and supply the whole damn car (work...

The Illegal Tender of Identity Theft! A Sobering Talk with Jefferson Wells

ebizq — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:28 -0500

What follows is my podcast with Don Ulsch, Privacy Subject Matter Expert for Jefferson Wells. Don has more than 25 years of diverse experience in risk management and privacy and recently published the book, "Threat, Managing Risk in a Hostile...