How effective are orgs at detecting and investigating cyber threats?

A new threat detection effectiveness survey compiling responses from more than 160 respondents around the world has provided valuable global insight into what technologies organizations use, what data they gather to support this effort, and their satisfaction with their current toolsets. Additionally respondents were asked what new technologies they plan to invest in and how they plan to evolve their strategies going forward. According to RSA, a key insight from the survey was that respondents … More Continue reading How effective are orgs at detecting and investigating cyber threats?

WinMagic provides encryption of virtual machines running on IaaS platforms

At RSA Conference 2016 WinMagic introduced security software that encrypts virtual machines running on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms. Addressing the growing concerns of protecting critical assets stored within virtual environments, SecureDoc CloudVM is an enterprise encryption solution that offers support for Windows-based platforms running in public, private and hybrid cloud environments through application aware intelligent key management. The application aware intelligent key management capability embedded within SecureDoc CloudVM offers a single pane of … More Continue reading WinMagic provides encryption of virtual machines running on IaaS platforms

Real-time detection and automatic containment of Active Directory attacks

CyberArk announced at RSA Conference new real-time threat detection and containment capabilities to help organizations secure against cyber attacks targeting Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure. Compromising Active Directory empowers attackers to take control of the business. The new CyberArk Privileged Threat Analytics v3.0 features targeted analytics and the ability to analyze network traffic to better detect indications of an attack early in the lifecycle, including credential theft, lateral movement and privilege escalation. These features enable incident … More Continue reading Real-time detection and automatic containment of Active Directory attacks

Cybersecurity still seen as a tech issue, not a business imperative

Cybersecurity is now front and center on organizations’ boardroom agendas, but most chief information security officers (CISOs) have yet to earn a seat at the table. According to a study by ISACA and RSA Conference, 82 percent of cybersecurity and information security professionals polled in the survey report that their board of directors is concerned or very concerned about cybersecurity, but only 1 in 7 (14 percent) CISOs reports to the CEO. This gap between … More Continue reading Cybersecurity still seen as a tech issue, not a business imperative

NetRandom generates, delivers true random numbers for crypto operations

At RSA Conference, Whitewood Encryption Systems has launched netRandom, a suite of products that transforms the way high-quality true random numbers are accessed across the traditional datacenter, cloud, mobile and embedded systems. The new product addresses a potential weakness in today’s crypto-security systems. It gives enterprise security teams, cloud/hosting providers and security product vendors the opportunity to move beyond the current ad-hoc methods of generating random numbers. Today, the quality of random numbers, and therefore … More Continue reading NetRandom generates, delivers true random numbers for crypto operations

Gentle Reminder at RSA: Hacking Back is a Bad Idea

A panel at RSA Conference on appropriate responses to state-sponsored espionage of intellectual property for economic gain served as a reminder of the dangers of hacking back. Continue reading Gentle Reminder at RSA: Hacking Back is a Bad Idea

WinRT PDF: A Potential Route for Attacking Edge

Vulnerabilities in the WinRT PDF tool in the new Microsoft Edge browser could allow cybercriminals to carry out expensive exploits.

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Crypto Panel Experts Clash on FBI-Apple Debate

The annual Cryptographers’ Panel at RSA Conference took on the FBI-Apple debate head-on, and could not arrive at a unified conclusion. Continue reading Crypto Panel Experts Clash on FBI-Apple Debate