SECURITY INDUSTRY Articles
3 Tips to Get the Most Out of Black Hat/Defcon
CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner has been to enough Black Hat conferences to know it can be information overload. Here he offers a few suggestions for getting the most value out of the experience.
Surviving Layoffs: Five Career Lessons from the Security Trenches
Company politics, stonewalling, layoffs -- sometimes it's part and parcel of the security job. Here are one CISO's takeaways.
What Should WH Cybersecurity Coordinator's Job Description Look Like? One Man's View
Part 2 of Ariel Silverston's "Mission Impossible" series: If President Obama's new cybersecurity coordinator is to have any real impact, there are a few things that will need to be worked into the job description.
5 Mergers for a Less Aggravating IT Security Industry
Tired of wading through an overly saturated security market in search of the right defenses for your company? Here are some mergers security experts say would make the industry more tolerable.
Symantec, McAfee to Pay Fines Over Auto-renewals
The companies will pay $375,000 each and improve business practices.
Summer Reading for Security Pros: Schneier or Sagan?
Sometimes, the security practitioner has to put down the latest tome on Trojans and terabytes and restore their sanity with something spiritual or even smutty. Here's what some of your colleagues are reading and why.
Security Analyst to DLP Vendors: Watch Your Language
It seems most security vendors sell DLP products these days. But look under the hood and you'll find the technology doesn't exactly perform as advertised, former Gartner analyst and Securosis founder Rich Mogull warns.
Starting Up in a Down Economy
Venture capital investments are down and many financial institutions are struggling. But security entrepreneurs Doug Camplejohn, Aaron Turner and Mike Rothman say if the idea is good, the time is right to launch a company.
Symantec Sees Security Sales Slowdown
The company reports a $249 million loss, saying customers are moving away from multiyear licenses.
Piracy Law Cuts Swedish Net Traffic By Half
Courts can now order ISPs to unmask anonymous file sharers at the request of copyright owners.
