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IBM Study Reveals Critical Shift in the Role of Chief Information Security Executives Globally

IBM Security Press Release, 11 May 2012: Analysis of 130+ interviews presents a new class of security chiefs; CISO role follows the evolution of CIO and CFO with more strategic organisational responsibilities: A new IBM study reveals a clear evolution … Read this post »

ICO report finds many people becoming a ‘soft touch’ for online fraudsters

ICO LogoICO News release: 25 April 2012: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is urging consumers to take better care of their data, following an investigation into the trade in used hard drives. The ICO has published new guidance to help individuals securely delete personal … Read this post »

The Evolving Role of IT Security Pros

Information Security ForumGaining Support Enterprise-Wide is Critical - By Jeffrey Roman (govinfosecurity.com) – 17 April 2012: A new report from the Information Security Forum highlights what many security professionals know: the threats to IT will intensify over the next two years. … Read this post »

USB security (Sophos)

SophosIt has been in the news that Sophos’s notorious blogger Paul Ducklin on the Naked Security blog has purchased some USB devices from a ‘lost and found’ auction. He did his own investigation out of curiosity to virus scan the … Read this post »

IT security at universities

One of my favorite sports writers, in his weekly column, writes about a small story that he knows has flown under the radar. I thought of that column segment when I got an email discussing a breach of 176,000 records Read this post »

Google, Oracle surpass Microsoft in vulnerabilities, study shows

MicrosoftGoogle has replaced Microsoft as the software supplier with the most reported vulnerabilities, with a total of 82, due to existing vulnerabilities in Chrome as the browser grows in popularity.… Read this post »