As much of the security industry recovers from RSA Conference 2009 in San Francisco it is time to attempt to condense a five day conference to few hundred words. There were 360 vendors on the exhibition floor and many more who sent executives to participate in the conference sessions or traverse the party circuit that occurred each night. I interviewed over ten percent of them in one-on-one briefings and video sessions.
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I thought it would be valuable to put the top ten most important incidents regarding removable devices, including hardware keystroke loggers, USB thumb drives, and MP3 players, together into a list. It helps highlight the risks inherent in removable devices to have all of these incidents in one place. Read more Read Full Story
In security we live and breath by the results of surveys. From annual spending surveys to awareness results from the Ponemon Institute. Read more Read Full Story
While many bloggers and trade journals are scrambling to get their 2009 security predictions out this week (See TechBuddah for instance). I have decide to eschew the publicity train this year. Read more Read Full Story
I have been taking a look at the security industry lately as I get back into being a full time analyst. Preliminary results indicate that about 30% of 1,200 companies I tracked two years ago have either been acquired or have quietly disappeared. Anyone who has followed this blog over those years knows that I often object to calling this industry consolidation. Read more Read Full Story
Dear President Obama: By the time you read this you will be the president-elect of the United States of America. I am writing to alert you to the serious action that is required to secure the information systems of the country that you will soon lead. To say that the US government computing infrastructure, in all of its various branches, departments, and offices, is vulnerable is an understatement. While the GAO a Read more Read Full Story
