Security startup Exabeam has launched itself out of stealth purdah with a new technology that tracks and risk-scores user behaviour as a way of overcoming the limitations of complex, ‘noisy' SIEM monitoring.
John E. Dunn | 07 Oct | Read more
Hacktivists summoned up a massive and previously undocumented 300Gbps DDoS attack earlier this summer by exploiting an obscure motherboard-level flaw on 100,000 unpatched servers, VeriSign has revealed in its latest quarterly Trends report.
John E Dunn | 18 Aug | Read more
Hacker Gary McKinnon has reinvented himself as an online search expert, after winning a 10-year fight against extradition to the US for breaking into military computers to look for evidence of UFOs.
While so-called "big data" initiatives are not new to a number of industries – such as large financial services firms, pharmaceuticals, and large cloud companies – it is new to most organizations. And the low cost and ease of access of the software and hardware needed to build these systems, coupled with an eagerness to unleash any hidden value held within all of those enterprise data, are two trends that have sent large, next-generation database adoption soaring.
George V. Hulme | 16 Jul | Read more
Last month, the White House released its 90-day review of big data and privacy, renewing the call for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights along with a number of other policy recommendations.
Thor Olavsrud | 03 Jun | Read more
Unrelenting privacy concerns finally derailed a controversial big data initiative that promised to deliver more individualized instruction to public school students in the U.S.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 24 Apr | Read more
Organizations can now add machine-generated data to their palate of information sources that can be aggregated and analyzed, thanks to a new connector jointly developed by Tableau Software, a provider of business intelligence software, and Splunk, which sells a log-file search engine.
Joab Jackson | 06 Mar | Read more
InfoWorld's 2014 Technology of the Year Award winners recognize the best tools and technologies for developers, IT pros, and businesses
Peter Wayner | 15 Jan | Read more
Tony Hayes, ISACA international president, talks about the trends that CIOs should prepare for, and the "inexcusable" high rate of failed ICT projects.
Divina Paredes | 11 Dec | Read more
Businesses and individuals had better brace themselves for new security realities as society moves away from the traditional data sharing equation that has worked well for a couple of decades.
Johanna Ambrosio | 10 Oct | Read more
The Obama Administration's push to overhaul how the feds share sensitive -- but not "classified" -- information is expected to come to fruition next year as a major regulatory change with huge consequences to federal agencies and their contractors.
Ellen Messmer | 26 Sep | Read more
A new survey of federal network managers reveals that government agencies are not ready for the arrival of the 'big five' tech transformations -- cloud computing, big data, security, mobility and data center consolidation.
Kenneth Corbin | 18 Sep | Read more
Experts say large-scale security analytics can cut through the noise to find key intelligence. But connecting the dots can lead to legal trouble
Taylor Armerding | 17 May | Read more
Running a small business isn't easy. I know. I run one. As a freelance writer, I’ve learned that you need to run your writing career as if you were running a business.
Jeff Vance | 29 Apr | Read more
Technology is outrunning the security needed to keep it safe
John P. Mello | 25 Apr | Read more