Understanding zero-trust design philosophy and principles

In this Help Net Security interview, Phil Vachon, Head of Infrastructure in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg, discusses the varying definitions of zero trust among security professionals and companies, emphasizing its broad design philosophy. Vachon … Continue reading Understanding zero-trust design philosophy and principles

Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes. Continue reading Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, Part 4

Editor’s note: This is final installment of a four part series, talking with Bryan Batty, Director of Product and Infrastructure Security at Bloomberg Industry Group. In Part Three, Bryan shared his thoughts on measuring success. I… Continue reading Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, Part 4

Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, Part 3

Editor’s note: This is Part Three of a four part series, talking with Bryan Batty, Director of Product and Infrastructure Security at Bloomberg Industry Group. In Part Two, Bryan shared his thoughts on pipelines and SBOMs. In this … Continue reading Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, Part 3

Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, Part 2

Editor’s note: This is Part Two of a four part series, talking with Bryan Batty, Director of Product and Infrastructure Security at Bloomberg Industry Group. In Part One, we talked about the use of open source components and how to manage th… Continue reading Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, Part 2

Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, a Four Part Conversation

Bryan Batty is the Director of Product and Infrastructure Security at Bloomberg Industry Group, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P., the news organization and the Bloomberg terminal. Bloomberg’s focus is on legal, tax, and accounting news, and ta… Continue reading Nexus Innovator: Bryan Batty of Bloomberg Industry Group, a Four Part Conversation

What Happened With Supermicro?

Back in October 2018, a bombshell rocked the tech industry when Bloomberg reported that some motherboards made by Supermicro had malicious components on them that were used to spy or interfere with the operation of the board, and that these motherboards were found on servers used by Amazon and Apple. …read more

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Equifax Data Breach Details Released, More Google+ API Bugs, Supermicro Strikes Back – WB47

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for December 17th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Equifax data breach details released, more Google+ API bugs and Supermicro strikes… Continue reading Equifax Data Breach Details Released, More Google+ API Bugs, Supermicro Strikes Back – WB47