Hyperbole in Breach Reporting

While reading the news this morning about yet another successful data breach, I couldn’t help but wonder if the hyperbole used in reporting about data breaches is stifling our ability to educate key stakeholders on what they really need to know.

Today…

September 25, 2017
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Encryption would NOT have saved Equifax

I read a few articles this week suggesting that the big question for Equifax is whether or not their data was encrypted. The State of Massachusetts, speaking about the lawsuit it filed, said that Equifax “didn’t put in safeguards like encryption that w…

September 21, 2017
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The Evolution of Mobile Security

Today, I posted a blog entry to the Oracle Identity Management blog titled Analyzing How MDM and MAM Stack Up Against Your Mobile Security Requirements. In the post, I walk through a quick history of mobile security starting with MDM, evolving into MAM…

April 2, 2014
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RSA Conference 2014

I’m at the RSA Conference this week. I considered the point of view that perhaps there’s something to be said for abstaining this year but ultimately my decision to maintain course was based on two premises: (1) RSA didn’t know the NSA had a backdoor w…

February 24, 2014
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IAM for the Third Platform

As more people are using the phrase “third platform”, I’ll assume it needs no introduction or explanation. The
mobile workforce has been mobile for a few years now. And most organizations have moved critical services to cloud-based offerings. It’s not…

February 6, 2014
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Virtual Directory as Database Security

I’ve written plenty of posts about the various use-cases for virtual directory technology over the years. But, I came across another today that I thought was pretty interesting.

Think about enterprise security from the viewpoint of the CISO. There are…

January 30, 2013
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Reduce Risk by Monitoring Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) plays a central role in securing networked resources. It typically serves as the front gate allowing access to the network environment only when presented with valid credentials. But Active Directory credentials also serve to gran…

January 16, 2013
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