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The data backup and disaster recovery market
Mike Coney is the President and CEO of Unitrends, a provider of data backup and disaster recovery solutions.
In this podcast, recorded at RSA Conference 2013, Coney talks about their product line as well as the company expansion in Europe. -
Making a case for security optimism
Jeff Jones is a Director at Microsoft Trustworthy Computing. He works with enterprise CSOs and Microsoft's internal security teams to drive security improvements into Microsoft process and products. Among other activities, Jeff contributes research and analysis to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report.
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2013, Jones takes a broad view of the industry and talks about making a case for security optimism. -
Unified identity services across data center, mobile and cloud
Tom Kemp is co-founder and CEO of Centrify Corporation, a software and cloud security provider that delivers solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access to on-premise and cloud-based systems, applications and devices.
In this podcast, Kemp talks about unified identity services, as well as a partnership with Samsung. -
Can you trust the cloud?
Can an organization trust an IT service provided through the cloud? A survey by KuppingerCole showed that cloud security issues (84.4%) and cloud privacy and compliance issues (84.9%) are the major inhibitors preventing organizations from moving to a private cloud.
The answer to this question can be found in the old Russian maxim, which was often quoted by President Ronald Regan: trust but verify.
Cloud services are outside the direct control of the customer organization; this means that a governance based approach is needed. This approach allows trust in the CSP to be assured through a combination of internal processes, standards and independent assessments. -
Microsoft's worldwide threat assessment
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference Europe 2012, Tim Rains, the Director of Product Management at Microsoft's TWC group, talks about volume 13 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report which analyzes the threat landscape of exploits, vulnerabilities, and malware using data from Internet services and over 600 million computers worldwide.
Spotlight

Is it time to professionalize information security?
Posted on 23 May 2013. | The issue of whether or not information security professionals should be licensed to practice has already been the topic of many a passionate debate.

Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
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