Despite increasing investments in mobile device security, results of a TechTarget survey of SearchMobileComputing.com readers indicates that securing tablets, smartphones and laptops will remain a pain point for the foreseeable future. According to the survey, the three major areas where readers expect to see the largest year-over-year investment are: tablets, smartphones and mobile security solutions. [...]
Results of a Ponemon Institute study indicate there’s a lot of finger pointing going on between cloud service providers and customers over security. It seems that no one wants to take responsibility for securing customer data in the cloud. Take a look at these results from the study: 73% of U.S. service providers and 75% [...]
I recently wrote a press release for my client and long-time friend Shon Harris, who is president of IT certification training company Logical Security. Shon is offering her training courses and study materials free of charge to military members who are deployed in war zones and cannot afford the cost of classes offered by her [...]
It is not unusual for developers to forgo security measures in favor of application performance. But the two are not mutually exclusive. In fact, performance becomes a moot point if an exploit brings down a vulnerable application. In this tip on SearchSoftwareQuality.com I offer best practices for securing applications based on interviews with security and [...]
When writing white papers and case studies on application control software, technical copywriters should educate prospects on advanced persistent threats (APTs) and the need for controls to enforce policies. SearchSecurity.com reported on a survey by whitelisting vendor Bit9 that found IT and security professionals are most concerned about APTs. While companies have policies to help [...]
Despite increasing investments in mobile device security, results of a TechTarget survey of SearchMobileComputing.com readers indicates that securing tablets, smartphones and laptops will remain a pain point for the foreseeable future. According to the survey, the three major areas where readers expect to see the largest year-over-year investment are: tablets, smartphones and mobile security solutions. [...]
Results of a Ponemon Institute study indicate there’s a lot of finger pointing going on between cloud service providers and customers over security. It seems that no one wants to take responsibility for securing customer data in the cloud. Take a look at these results from the study: 73% of U.S. service providers and 75% [...]
I recently wrote a press release for my client and long-time friend Shon Harris, who is president of IT certification training company Logical Security. Shon is offering her training courses and study materials free of charge to military members who are deployed in war zones and cannot afford the cost of classes offered by her [...]
It is not unusual for developers to forgo security measures in favor of application performance. But the two are not mutually exclusive. In fact, performance becomes a moot point if an exploit brings down a vulnerable application. In this tip on SearchSoftwareQuality.com I offer best practices for securing applications based on interviews with security and [...]