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Taylor Armerding, Synopsys Software Integrity Group senior strategist, gives you the scoop on application security and insecurity in this week’s Security Mashup. What’s in this week’s Security Mashup, you ask? Voter records for sale o… Continue reading For sale: voter data, ‘unbowed’ by Florence or ransomware, and binding email security
The BSIMM—Building Security In Maturity Model—is now into its 10th year of being a self-described “measuring stick for software security” for multiple industries. But there are still newcomers—this year it’s retail. … Continue reading Retail joins the BSIMM—finally
California is all done with weak passwords. Well, not right now, but it says it will be done with them for internet-connected devices in another 14 months—starting Jan. 1, 2020. From then on, the Information Privacy: Connected Devices bill, signe… Continue reading Better passwords in California won’t help much
The original version of this article was published in Forbes. Cyber security is very obviously a job sector of the future. Official estimates put job growth in the sector at 37% per year, at least through 2022—and that is probably conservati… Continue reading Cyber security: Not just ‘a’ job but many jobs of the future | NCSAM at Synopsys
The original version of this article was published in Forbes. “Smart but insecure” sounds like you’re talking about a high achiever who needs therapy. Which you could be. But in the online world, it applies to semi-animate objectsR… Continue reading Make your home both smart and secure | NCSAM at Synopsys
Taylor Armerding, Synopsys Software Integrity Group senior strategist, gives you the scoop on application security and insecurity in this week’s Security Mashup. What’s in this week’s Security Mashup, you ask? Remote robbery by Hidden… Continue reading Remote robbery, an ‘IT incident’ (not a breach?), and face-off on privacy
The original version of this article was published in Forbes. We’re all familiar with saber rattling. But this is the digital age. Welcome to the world of cyber rattling. This version of it comes in two policy papers from the U.S. government: the… Continue reading US vows to go on cyber offense
You’ve probably seen the commercials. Different situations but always the same theme. In one of them, a guy tells his neighbor, “I need to get my roof repaired. Do you know any contractors?” “Uh, yeah, I might,” the neighb… Continue reading BSIMM9: Not a how-to but a roadmap to a better SSI
Every organization that develops or integrates software needs a software security initiative (SSI)—that has been true for years. Security is, or ought to be, as important as function and features. What is also true now, given that the large major… Continue reading How to integrate cloud security into your SSI
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had to use variations of the word “serious” a lot over the past year—most notoriously regarding the social media giant’s sale of member data to Cambridge Analytica, which was viewed as affecting … Continue reading Things get ‘seriously’ insecure yet again for Facebook