Software liability laws are needed to hold software companies accountable for making faulty products, argued Bruce Schneier, chief technology security officer with BT during a pro-con debate held Wednesday at the RSA Conference.
RSA 2012: Schneier on why Anonymous is not a group and why they’re certainly not as good as you think they are
At the RSA Conference 2012 in San Francisco, February 29, Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer discuss Schneier’s latest book and how to enable the trust that society needs to thrive.
RSA 2012: BYOD often means ‘bring your own danger’
Three-quarters of IT professionals believe that personally owned mobile devices put their organizations at risk and only 39% have the necessary security controls to address the risk posed by the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon, according to a W…
Risky business: IT professionals use risky methods for access control
A majority of information security professionals are employing risky methods to control access to enterprise servers, according to a survey by Fox Technologies and Echelon One.
XSS vulnerabilities discovered almost on demand
The last week has seen multiple XSS vulnerabilities found almost anywhere and everywhere on the internet, lending early weight to predictions for 2012.
Identity theft remains the major complaint reported to the FTC
For the 12th consecutive year the FTC has revealed that identity theft tops the list of consumer complaints received: 15% of 1.8 million complaints in 2011.
RSA 2012: Cyber security school challenge reaches 8000 children in 2011
At the RSA conference in San Francisco, February 28 2012, Joyce Brocaglia, founder of the Executive Women’s Foundation, hosted a session on the logistics and impact of the cyber security school challenge – a collaborative outreach program that helps ed…
RSA 2012: Schneier reveals three biggest information security risks in 2012
In his session at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, February 28th 2012, Bruce Schneier listed what he perceives to be the three biggest risks to information security right now: The rise of big data; ill-conceived law enforcement regulations; and the…
RSA 2012: Coviello’s mea culpa
Looking none the worse for wear from the huge RSA data breach last year, Chairman Arthur Coviello Jr. said he and his team felt the breach “personally” and have struggled to regain the company’s reputation in the security community.
Gatekeeper – a new security feature or a walled garden for OSX?
Apple’s OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion due this summer will contain a new feature called Gatekeeper. Opinions vary on whether it is a genuine security feature or the cornerstone of a new walled garden.