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The potential of virtualization security
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2012, Anup Ghosh, CEO of Invincea, tells us how security hasn't advanced much in the past decade from a technology point of view.
At the same time, virtualization emerged as a key technology that enabled the compartmentalization of untrusted content. -
Top three security concerns for CSOs and CIOs
The breakneck speed of technology evolution, the ever changing threat landscape, and the increasing flexibility, ingenuity and persistence of cyber attackers have made security-minded executives realize that everything they are currently doing is not enough to keep their networks safe from intrusions.
In this podcast recorded at the RSA Conference 2012, Val Rahmani, CEO of Damballa, talks about the three things that currently worry CSOs and CIOs the most: the "unknown threat", the lack of effective automated log analysis, and BYOD. -
Securing mobile apps in the enterprise
The mobile app has become the endpoint. With the advent of consumerization and BYOD, the number of managed devices began shrinking and that of unmanaged devices continues to rise.
Consequently, device-level protection techniques have slowly given way to new technologies that focus on protecting the apps themselves and the enterprise data they hold.
In this podcast recorded at the Amphion Forum in Munich, Mike Siegel, Mocana's VP of Products, talks about the challenges of securing mobile apps in the enterprise. -
A basic shift in network defense
"In our industry, most of the companies we were working with have spent the the better part of the past ten years securing the perimeter of the network with intrusion detection, prevention systems, as well as firewalls," says Mike Potts, President and CEO of Lancope. "And what we're seeing now is that that is simply not enough." -
Securing embedded devices
Like with computers, mobile phones, cars and many other things that man created, thermostats, automatic doors, insulin pumps, control panels for a great many instruments and other embedded devices were first created to function without little or no thought for security.
But things change, and embedded devices - those small, programmable chips that are becoming so ubiquitous as our modern lives become increasingly filled with electronic tools and gadgets - will have to become more secure as time goes by.
In this podcast recorded at the Amphion Forum in Munich, Mocana CTO James Blaisdell talks about securing embedded devices.
Spotlight

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

Application vulnerabilities still a top security concern
Posted on 16 May 2013. | Respondents to a new (ISC)2 study identified application vulnerabilities as their top security concern. A significant gap persists between software developers’ priorities and security professionals’ concerns.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Hacking charge stations for electric cars
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.
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