SECURITY INDUSTRY Articles
Clearing The Cloud 3: Some Security What-ifs
Security expert Ariel Silverstone continues his series on the threats facing the cloud and how best to secure it.
Schmidt Tapped as White House Cybersecurity Coordinator
An administration official told CSOonline.com Monday night that IT security veteran Howard Schmidt will be the new White House cybersecurity coordinator, a position President Obama created seven months ago.
Ten 2010 IT Security Predictions, Part 2: Schmidt and ICSA Labs
Howard Schmidt, former eBay CISO and vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, and the folks from ICSA Labs, a vendor-neutral testing and certification lab, offer 10 predictions for security in 2009. (Second of 2 parts).
10 Predictions for 2010: Kaminsky and Weatherford
Curious about what's going to happen to our critical IT infrastructure in 2010? Here, IT security luminaries Mark Weatherford, CISO for California State, and Dan Kaminsky, finder of last year's DNS flaw, offer five predictions each. (The first of 2 parts).
Top Five Reasons For Security FAIL
Adi Ruppin admits the Internet security industry has seen every type of product fail. The good news, he says, is that there's much to learn from such failures. Here are five such lessons.
Security Wisdom Watch: Dropping Names, For Better or Worse
CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner looks at people, events and organizations making an impact on security for better or worse.
The Botnet Hunters
They're the Internet equivalent of storm chasers, spending endless hours scanning and sleuthing, looking for the telltale signs of botnets. Here's an inside look at the battle against cybercrime's weapons of mass infection.
Federal Data Security Law: 'Careful What You Wish For'
A cybersecurity bill advanced further up the U.S. Senate gauntlet last week, and some IT security practitioners aren't happy about it.
6 Steps to Pull App Security Back to the Future
OWASP will host its 2009 AppSec DC conference next week, hoping to arm IT security practitioners with knowledge to improve application security. For a taste of what to expect, organization member Matt Fisher discusses what's wrong with app security today and six ways to make it better.
7 Ways to Stay Happy in a Miserable Profession
Okay, maybe it's not fair to call IT security 'miserable', but the lack of praise and abundance of blame certainly creates plenty of cynics and grouches. Security Incite's Mike Rothman offers seven keys to fight the good fight and still be happy.
