http://www.silicon.com Results for InfoSec en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60651252p,00.htm Information security is about more, so much more than compliance, security and survival - it's about sharpening competitive edge for battle in the information-driven age by achieving certification and accreditation. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:20:53 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60586972p,00.htm Culture: Finding vulnerabilities is a big part of the hacker/infosec culture. Security holes/bugs are faults, defects or programming errors. These may be exploited by unauthorised users to access computer networks or web servers from the Internet. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 01 May 2009 01:18:56 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39425192,00.htm He was speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK at the Infosec 2009 conference on Tuesday about the possible effects on business of universal broadband access, as proposed in the Digital Britain report being written by Lord Carter. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:44:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60570417p,00.htm The presenter explains how Intel employees pretend to be the bad guys in exercises that help Intel IT discover security vulnerabilities. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:22:05 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/future-proofing/two-thirds-of-uks-top-it-security-jobs-unfilled-39383815.htm Sharon Wiltshire is chairman of the Infosec Training Paths & Competencies (ITPC) scheme at the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance, a unit within the Cabinet Office. An IT skills shortage has been blamed for two-thirds of the top computer... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:06:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39330307,00.htm That was the warning from Mark Oram, head of the threat and infosec knowledge department at the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) - the security service tasked with protecting key government and private organisations in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/datalockdown/0,3800014480,39209735,00.htm I can't honestly remember how long Infosec has been running. A short cyber crime story on Al Jazeera TV on Sunday made me realise that this year's Infosec show in London had passed me by, almost unnoticed. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:27:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39205085,00.htm Speaking at the Infosec security show in London, The Metropolitan Police Service's detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie said: "I'm fairly convinced we'll get the required sum of £5.3m some way or the other. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39204408,00.htm Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on cyber security, Howard Schmidt, said: "[Mobile is] going to become a rich target area for the bad guys. Mobile devices are going to become the next big target... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60307694p,00.htm Cisco IT and Cisco Information Security (InfoSec) collaborated to design, deploy, and manage an advanced firewall solution as a critical first line of defense. Like other companies, Cisco Systems needs to connect its intranets to the public... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:02:07 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60293973p,00.htm The IT Information Security (InfoSec) team at Microsoft is responsible for defending the software company's workstations from a variety of threats. In August 2006, the InfoSec team began deploying Microsoft Forefront Client Security on the company... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:00:40 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39167026,00.htm At this year's InfoSec conference, for instance, security experts talked up the 'insider threat' posed by staff using technology such as MP3 players in the workplace. The IT department is plugged in in more ways than one. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 09 May 2007 09:05:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39166977,00.htm My colleague Will Sturgeon last week made the point at the annual InfoSec show that we'll soon hear the term 'security 2.0'. I read this week that the former boss of wi-fi provider The Cloud has gone to a venture that has the lofty goal of tackling... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 03 May 2007 12:02:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39166900,00.htm Some interesting goings on at InfoSec. The guys on the Clearswift stand haven't missed an opportunity to point out how lonely their closest rivals (both in industry terms and proximity on the show floor) have looked on what appears to be InfoSec's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39166892,00.htm Speaking to silicon.com at the InfoSec show at London Olympia this week - a leading trade show for the security industry - Schneier said: "The fact this show even exists is a problem. Outspoken author and security guru Bruce Schneier has questioned... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/riskmanagement/0,3800013989,39166897,00.htm To demonstrate this point, he performed a 'pod-slurping' demo for attendees at InfoSec. The insider threat posed by malicious staff abusing technology or network resources must become the major concern for businesses. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39166884,00.htm Schneier spoke out about the relevance of an event like InfoSec, branding its very existence "a problem". silicon.com editor-at-large Will Sturgeon is blogging from the InfoSecurity show at London Olympia. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:10:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39166860,00.htm The InfoSec show has come around again so quickly. One of the benefits of larger vendors choosing to step out of the InfoSec madness is more breathing space for start-ups looking for the oxygen of publicity. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:05:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60172932p,00.htm This chapter from InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul offers advice on determining the type of information security job that's right for you, how to dig for the details about companies you're pursuing, best ways to make contact... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 19 May 2006 01:00:28 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60173553p,00.htm Defining partner agreementsDeveloping an incident team Designing an internal communications plan These recommendations, along with information available from sites such as the SANS InfoSec Reading Room, will make it easier to hammer out an IRP... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 May 2006 01:00:28 +0000