Symantec's Certificate Authority 'Vault': $11M Worth Of James Bond-Like Security. Designed to be a virtual showcase for advanced security, Symantec (NSDQ: SYMC )'s certificate authority vault boasts a collection of some of the most advanced security measures aimed at protecting digital certificates that power the e-commerce industry today.
Before 's tour of the "vault" even began, the specter of extremely tight security became clear. When the media relations rep pulled his employee badge from the retractable reel attached to his belt and held the card to the electronic reader mounted at the entrance of the facility, nothing happened. Deepsec - Cyber Security In High-Speed Networks. Description: Slides : - Celeda, Jiri Novotny & Radek Krejci, Masaryk University BrnoThese days the problem of cyber security is of utmost importance.
Massive cyber attacks targeting government and mission critical servers can swiftly become an issue of national security. Various approaches for cyber defence and cyber security used to date have been based on software solutions without hardware acceleration. With the increasing number of network users, services and the current generation of multi-gigabit network links, the amount of transferred data has increased significantly. These facts have rendered many current solutions for network security obsolete. This presentation describes hardware-accelerated monitoring system. Blogs. Posted by Jeff JonesDirector, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Computing is now an essential part of our everyday lives.
The Internet today reaches a global population of more than two billion people – providing a range of critical services to more citizens around the world than ever before. We are using a greater variety of devices and managing data in unique ways to communicate and share information with others and conduct business online. However, a range of players are focusing their energies on misusing and attacking an increasingly networked environment through a variety of complex cyber threats that raise new challenges for citizens on the Internet. Executives advocate a military approach to cybersecurity. By Suzanne Kelly CNN Intelligence Correspondent A new study being released by a private Internet security company highlights cyberworld weaknesses when it comes to gathering intelligence on hackers and suggests that businesses take a more military-minded approach to defense.
The cybersecurity company CounterTack polled 100 information security executives at companies with revenues greater than $100 million. Eleven Skills Every IT Pro Needs to Succeed. Randy Muller, MCT, MCTS, MCSE, CEH, Global Knowledge Instructor One of the interesting aspects of the IT industry is the continuous need to update current skills and learn entirely new ones.
There are far too many skills for an IT Pro to even attempt to master, however . there are some skills that IT Pros who are serious about managing their career should know. The following list includes some of the key IT skills, and whilethere are 11 skills mentioned in this article, this list should not be considered as all-inclusive.
Your own IT environment will determine the applicability, depending upon the size of the IT infrastructure and environment. 1. There are numerous virtualization technologies available, including Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer, and Oracle VM VirtualBox that can be used to reduce the physical number of servers required by a company. Cybersecurity Becoming No. 1 Concern for GCs and Directors. Job: “Cyber Security Spy” in Fort Meade, MD. Instead of another job post this week we thought we’d point something out we learned at Defcon several weeks back.
In one of the discussions General Alexander mentioned that the NSA has a special recruiting page just for “hackers” like those that attended this conference. Unfortunately that page is down now with a “Directory Listing Denied” error but we’ve included much of the original wording below. The good news is that the link to the requisition that page mentioned still works though. And don’t forget … if your organization is interested in posting their career opportunities here, head on over to our Job Board page for all the details. Well anyway … on to the job post. Title. Create a cyber security plan for your business. Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Last time I wrote about creating a plan for online safety at home.
Justice & Home Affairs / EU cyber-security legislation on the horizon. BRUSSELS - The European Commission will propose binding EU legislation before the end of the year to help member states plug huge gaps in their cyber-security defences.
Cyber crime generates €388 billion illegal revenue annually worldwide. (Photo: *n3wjack's world in pixels) Speaking at a cyber-security debate organised by the Security & Defence Agenda in Brussels on Thursday (10 May), the commission said ill-equipped member states are totally unprepared for future cyber threats. "The level of preparedness across the EU is not high-enough," said Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, a commission information security network expert. Another Social Engineering Attack – Mark Collier’s VoIP/UC Security Blog. It must be in the water.
Here is a link to another social engineering attack. In this case, attackers gathered some basic personal information and used to get to access to Apple icloud/iTunes accounts. Midsize Insider: IC3′s Reveton Malware Warning Underscores the Shifting Security Landscape. Identity Theft Taken to the Next Level « Barnard Vogler & Co. Identity Theft Taken to the Next Level. 16/08/12 5:13 pm | Comments (0) | Posted By: David Schaper.
I recently came across an article on yahoo news, which left me flabbergasted. Google Raises Bounty For Chromium Bugs. Adobe skipped some Reader patches with update. Google researchers expose unpatched flaws in Adobe Reader. New Targeted Attack Destroys Data At Middle East Energy Organization.