Technology that predicts your next security fail
There's both art and science to predictive analytics in a security setting, early adopters say.
Sandra Gittlen | 15 Sep | Read more
Stories by Sandra Gittlen
Revamping your insider threat program
Companies including MITRE are looking at privileged access and how to better lock it down -- without stopping employees from doing their jobs.
Sandra Gittlen | 14 Jul | Read more
Five steps to successful and cost-effective penetration testing
Whether you hire outside consultants or do the testing yourself, here are some tips for making sure your time and money are well spent.
Sandra Gittlen | 28 May | Read more
Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)
It takes a lot to shock Chris Goggans; he's been a pen (penetration) tester since 1991, getting paid to break into a wide variety of networks. But he says nothing was as egregious as security lapses in both infrastructure design and patch management at a civilian government agency -- holes that let him hack his way through to a major FBI crime database within a mere six hours.
Sandra Gittlen | 28 May | Read more
Want to manage your wired/wireless LANS together? Too bad
For the past few years, organizations have gone full-force in deploying a combination of wired and wireless enterprise networks. But now, as wireless technology matures, they are left asking: Where are the tools to unify management of these disparate networks?
Sandra Gittlen | 15 Nov | Read more
NAC helps with wireless LAN security at college
For Scott McCollum, IT services director at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, network security can't mean one thing for the wired LAN and another for wireless connections.
Sandra Gittlen | 27 Nov | Read more