Business Continuity

Disaster recovery: Surge strategies also work for IT staff

Max Huang, founder and CEO, O2Security February 10, 2010

IT departments, when facing the possibility of a disaster, may want to take a page out of the U.S. military's playbook.
 

Companies offer to pay breach fines

Chuck Miller July 21, 2009

Two credit-card payment processors are offering to cover merchants' fines and penalties in the event of a data breach.
 

Waging war on cyberthreats

Max Huang, founder and president, O2Security May 08, 2009

Compromised information networks can put an organization's very life in jeopardy. Here are ways that firms can take the lead.
 

RSA: Ramifications of converging physical and IT security

Angela Moscaritolo April 23, 2009

Companies should consider merging physical and information security into a converged program -- it might be challenging but it will be worth it.
 

Cyberspace: An environment of inevitability for federal agencies

Gary McAlum, senior manager, Deloitte & Touche April 01, 2009

Success in today's cybersecurity environment of inevitability will require a multidisciplinary approach and the critical success factor is leadership.
 

InfoSec: Cybersecurity expert says preparation key to business survival

Greg Masters March 13, 2009

The world is more interconnected than ever before, so security pros have opportunities to make a difference in their enterprises, a former White House cybersecurity adviser told a group of CSOs.
 

CASE STUDY: phion airlock in use at Herba Chemosan

January 27, 2009

A pharmacist wholesaler in Austria modernized its distribution systems and found protection for its network.
 

Case study: City of Miami Beach

Victor Cruz January 16, 2009

Miami Beach needed to quickly identify threats, generate immediate notifications and to quarantine infected computers.
 

Health care data security breaches in the U.S.

Kevin Prince, chief architect, Perimeter eSecurity October 28, 2008

A new study provides a review of the scope and impact of data security breaches in the health care industry.
 

The new perimeter

Dan Kaplan September 26, 2008

Sidney Gellineau, CIO, NYC Transit, embraces the original vision of NAC - to vet unmanaged guest devices, reports Dan Kaplan.
 

CTO defends researcher's decision to reveal SCADA exploit

Dan Kaplan September 12, 2008

One technologist wants the public to understand why releasing exploit code for a dangerous vulnerability is sometimes the right thing to do.
 

Companies have misplaced confidence in backup solutions

Joy Persaud August 08, 2008

Many companies have a false sense of security when it comes to their backup measures, according to a new study.