At Interop 2016, Network World chats with John Hurley, CEO of SmartFile, about how enterprise IT departments can embrace "rogue users" and "Shadow IT" instead of shutting them down.
At Interop 2016, Network World chats with John Pironti, president of IP Architects, about why ransomware is on the rise, and why many consumers and businesses are paying the ransom.
At Interop 2016, Avi Freedman, CEO of Kentik, chats with Network World about why Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are still popular with hackers, why they still work, and some of the signs that an attack may soon commence.
At the 2016 Interop show, Network World got a quick demo of Keeper Security's password management and vault app. The company's CEO, Darren Guccione, also explained why most password methods fail end users, and whether biometrics (beyond the fingerprint) will ever catch on as an authentication method.
At 2016 Interop, Cloudmark Engineering Director Angela Knox talks with Network World about several different ways that hackers go after DNS as part of other malicious attacks. Knox explains the methods for DNS ID hacking, spoofing, cache poisoning, exfiltration/tunneling, and DNS amplification.
Many security pros came up through the career ranks with a solid tech background. But security leadership demands more business acumen and expertise today. Lorna Koppel, Direction of Information Security for Tufts University, has been through this process in her career and shares her tips for making the transition smoothly and effectively.
You're asked to build (or rebuild) a security team at your organization. What are some first steps and tips to keep in mind to maximize talent and efficiency in your new department? Josh Feinblum, VP of Information Security at Rapid7 has some advice.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with J.J. Thompson, CEO of Rook Security, about how security teams can collaborate better (including via mobile devices) during incident response events.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Chris Wyospal, co-founder and CTO of Veracode, about the importance of liability insurance for companies that may be affected by data breaches.
At RSA Conference, we catch up with Markus Jakobsson, Founder and CTO of ZapFraud, about the latest trends in consumer and enterprise scams (phishing schemes), including the very successful "email from the CEO" trick.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO chats with Grayson Milbourne of Webroot, about the latest malware trends it saw from its customer base, including the growing importance of polymorphic malware and the flaws in signature-based detection.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Joseph Opacki from PhishLabs about how cyber-criminals are becoming increasingly smarter about targeting specific high-end business users to try and steal data or money.
At the 2016 RSA Conference in San Francisco, CSO chats with SecureAuth about their behavioral biometrics technology, which allows or prevents access depending on a person's keystroke and mousing techniques. Could this method replace or improve on password authentication?
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO chats with Uri Rivner from BioCatch about how behavioral biometrics will improve authentication methods, not just at login but during an entire web- or tablet-based session.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Fred Touchette from AppRiver about the latest phishing and email threats, and ways for companies and employees to become more aware about not falling for these threats (as well as ransomware).
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Sol Cates, CSO of Vormetric, talks with CSO about why securing data at companies is getting more difficult. The company released its 2016 Data Threat Report at the show.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Fengmin Gong, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Cyphort, about the latest ways that cybercriminals are attacking networks. In addition, he presents some ways on how IT can prevent (or slow down) the attacks.
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Junaid Islam, president and CEO of Vidder, about their $10,000 hacking contest at the show, and how the company's software-defined perimeter technology protects sensitive data.
At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry about the Apple/FBI case, and whether there's a way to have encryption backdoors without letting everyone in.
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