Article | 5/10/2011
Fail a security audit already -- it's good for you
Failing an audit sounds like the last thing any company wants to happen. But that's because audits are seen by many as the goal of a security program....
Article | 8/09/2011
Competing for privacy in a social media world
For years, Facebook users have been clamoring for better privacy controls and clarity, while Facebook engineers oscillate between improvements and maj...
Article | 2/05/2011
How to be an effective security buyer
In previous columns I have repeatedly emphasized the importance of interoperability and the danger of security fragmentation. Security is so fragmente...
Article | 14/04/2011
Security fragmentation needs to end
A new week, a new rash of attacks against security vendors, email marketers and banks. It would be easy to point fingers and laugh at the irony, espec...
Article | 18/03/2011
Security will rescue cloud computing
Whenever the topic of security is mentioned in the context of cloud computing, it is usually discussed as the "big barrier" to adoption. The perceived...
Article | 17/12/2010
More censorship, data breaches and devices: Security predictions for 2011
This past year has been a doozy in the security world.
Article | 22/09/2010
The missing piece of cloud security?
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/antonopoulos.html">Cloud computing,</a> especially <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/20...
Article | 1/09/2010
Security-as-a-service growing
When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no". But if you ask some follow up questions...
Article | 27/04/2010
Google's privacy afterthought
A few days ago, 10 privacy commissioners from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Israel, Ireland, The Netherlands and New Zeal...
Article | 13/01/2010
Mobile malware will test Android and iPhone
2009 ushered in mobile malware with the first (and second) iPhone worm appearing just before Christmas.
Article | 12/11/2009
iPhone security problems bring new risks
In just four days, not one but two worms targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the same vulnerability, a default password in the...
Article | 15/04/2009
UC security: When the shoe won't fit, compress the foot
If your security model is location-centric and depends on keeping things separate, how do you respond to a disruptive technology like unified communic...
Article | 23/07/2008
No excuses -- encrypt all laptops
Every year, more than 5,000 laptops are lost in taxis in London, New York, Chicago and other large cities. According to our research, in 2008 companie...
Article | 13/02/2008
Network threats develop 'antibiotic' resistance
The scientific field of biology has provided many useful metaphors, such as "virus" and "infection," for the study of malware. Many researchers have u...
Article | 12/09/2007
The black market for identity theft
A while back I looked at the maturing market dynamics of cybercrime black markets and found that as professionals have come to dominate the hacking sc...
