Creating a more trusted Internet ecosystem should help all types of enterprises and leaders implement identity management solutions that extend beyond usernames and passwords, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says.
"We are making significant progress in defining and rectifying the event," says Paul R. Garcia, CEO of Global Payments Inc., discussing the breach he says may have exposed 1.5 million payment cards.
IPv6, known to some as the new Internet, is architected to be safer than IPv4, but that doesn't mean organizations shouldn't take steps to assure the security in Internet Protocol version 6, American Registry for Internet Numbers' John Curran says.
Payments processing firm Global Payments Inc. has confirmed its role in a data breach that could prove to be the largest such incident since the Heartland Payment Systems breach.
"If they can do it against RSA, that makes most of the other companies vulnerable," says Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the military's Cyber Command commander and National Security Agency director.
Cloud computing continues to be a hot topic for organizations, says Entrust's David Rockvam. What issues should be top-of-mind when using the cloud, and how can organizations ensure security?
While Microsoft's move to take down Zeus malware-related botnets is touted as a unique approach to fight financial fraud, some industry experts question its long-term viability. What are their concerns?
The war of words on Capitol Hill over the role of government in regulating the mostly private owners of the nation's critical IT infrastructure is getting hotter.
Microsoft Corp. says it led a team that has successfully disrupted command and control servers used to run some of the world's most damaging variations of botnets proliferating the Zeus malware.
Legislation being drafted by an influential Republican House chairman to reform the Federal Information Security Management Act could, if enacted, reverse Obama administration policy on how IT security is governed in the federal government.
The average per capita cost of a data breach has declined from $214 to $194, according to the new Cost of a Data Breach study. But there are still plenty of causes for concern, says Dr. Larry Ponemon.
The Defense Department will employ a two-prong approach - securing the perimeter as well as the data - as it develops its cloud-computing architecture. "We're going to be able to better protect as we get more standardized," CIO Teresa Takai says.
A recent research paper that raised questions about the efficacy of RSA public-private key cryptography shouldn't alarm IT security practitioners, says Eugene Spafford of Purdue University. Here's why.
What do the latest international fraud arrests prove? "Organized crime isn't running, but they are definitely looking over their shoulders," says Robert Siciliano, a financial security expert.
Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the U.S. military's Cyber Command and National Security Agency, paints a bleak picture with mounting challenges to the Defense Department's and nation's IT systems at a House hearing.
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