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Dan Lohrmann named Field CISO at Presidio

November 17, 2021

Cybersecurity leader Dan Lohrmann has been named Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Public Sector at Presidio.

22% of PC users still running end-of-life Windows 7 OS

April 27, 2021

Kaspersky recently conducted a study based on anonymized OS metadata provided by consenting Kaspersky Security Network users. The survey found that almost one quarter (22%) of PC users are still using the end-of-life OS Windows 7, which stopped receiving mainstream support in January 2020 by way of the vendor no longer sending software updates including critical security fixes.

The 6 stages of a holistic hardware security development lifecycle

Vernetta Dorsey

November 16, 2020

Building security and privacy into product development is more critical today than ever before. First introduced through the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing initiative in the early 2000s, the well-known security development lifecycle (SDL) is a framework designed to do just that. It was originally devised to enhance software security, but an SDL process can and should be applied to all types of products to help root out security and privacy vulnerabilities, while establishing long-term resilience in the rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Rapid growth across container and kubernetes adoption, security incidents, and DevSecOps initiatives

September 23, 2020

StackRox released the findings of the State of Containers and Kubernetes Security Report, Fall 2020. Security incidents remain high (90 percent), and nearly half of respondents have delayed rolling out applications into production because of security concerns (44 percent). At the same time, organizations have progressed in developing DevSecOps initiatives (83 percent have some form in place) and in maturing their container and Kubernetes security strategies (only 25 percent lack a strategy).

White House Announces New Partnership to Provide Access to Supercomputing Resources to Fight COVID-19

March 24, 2020

The White House announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium to provide COVID-19 researchers worldwide with access to the world’s most powerful high performance computing resources that can significantly advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus.

FIRST Releases Updated Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Services Framework

March 13, 2020

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has released an updated version of its Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Services Framework.

Purdue University Team Creates a Detection System to Alert Organizations to Cyberattacks

February 10, 2020

A new tool from Purdue University researchers may help stop cyberattacks.

Computer Users Have ‘Security Fatigue’

October 7, 2016

A new from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that a majority of the typical computer users experienced security fatigue that often leads users to risky computing behavior at work and in their personal lives.

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Cards Stolen in Target Breach Flood Underground Markets

Incident Impacts Sales at Retailer

December 23, 2013

Payment card information stolen from a recent breach at Target stores has already begun appearing for sale on underweb marketplaces for between $20 and $100 per card.

Everything Will Get Smarter, More Intuitive

From IBM: Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years

IBM Predicts in Five Years Everything Will Learn

December 18, 2013

In a special report to the Security magazine Blog, IBM has unveiled the eighth annual IBM 5 in 5, a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.

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