Security Wire Weekly


May 27, 2009  5:55 PM

White House cybersecurity czar faces big challenges



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Cybersecurity czar, Security Wire Weekly

Security luminary Bruce Schneier and former cybersecurity czars Amit Yoran and Gregory Garcia share their views on a possible new White House cybersecurity czar. UK-based Paul Wood, senior analyst at Symantec’s MessageLabs, gives the international perspective.

May 22, 2009  1:50 PM

Cybercrime and threat management



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Threat Monitor

Threat Monitor

It’s no secret that cybercrime is an ever-growing issue for today’s security professionals, but what roles and responsibilities need to change as a result of the glut in illicit cyber activity?

In this video, Bill Boni, VP of information security and technology at Motorola, discusses the changing landscape of cybercrime, and how to react to it.


May 20, 2009  9:08 PM

Defeating hackers is hard



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly, Web-based attacks

Sophos senior security consultant Graham Cluley talks about the antivirus industry, the threat landscape, the Conficker worm and why it has been difficult to defeat international cybercriminal gangs.


May 15, 2009  7:19 PM

Squad: Data breach burn-out



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
data breach, patching, PCI, Security Squad

SearchSecurity.com editors discuss whether the Berkeley data breach warranted so much news coverage and whether people are becoming desensitized to data breaches. Also, Heartland Payment Systems’ push for better industry wide security and whether software vendors should push silent updates to users.


May 13, 2009  6:25 PM

Botnet threats and countermeasures



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
botnets, Security Wire Weekly

AT&T Labs’ Brian Rexroad shares how the telecommunications giant detects and defends its network against botnets. Rexroad talks about the most prevalent botnets being monitored, including Conficker, how privacy concerns strain detection and eradication efforts and explains how future technologies could be used to battle the cybercriminals behind the threat. Rexroad is principal architect at AT&T Labs.


May 6, 2009  3:14 PM

Kodak CISO on virtualization, compliance



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly, Virtualization security

Eastman Kodak CISO Bruce Jones on compliance issues, cloud computing and virtualization use. Also, security analyst Eric Ogren on virtualization and other trends from the 2009 RSA Conference.


May 1, 2009  1:58 PM

Security skills and certification pay



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
information security jobs, security certifications, security jobs

SearchSecurity’s Carolyn Gibney interviews David Foote of Foote Partners LLC about the firm’s latest skills and certification pay research. Some security skills are holding their own in the tough economy.


April 30, 2009  5:19 PM

Squad: Federal cybersecurity defenses



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
federal cybersecurity, Security Squad

In this edition, SearchSecurity editors talk about the electrical grid compromise, restructuring of the federal cybersecurity authorities, who to blame for the Conficker hype and recent criticisms of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.


April 29, 2009  7:25 PM

Incident response and forensics



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security incident respnse, Security Wire Weekly

Trend Micro buys Third Brigade. Also Agile Risk Management’s Matthew Shannon talks about incident response best practices, including ways to accelerate the process, how compliance enables better incident response, and what makes a successful incident response.

Program links:

Trend Micro to acquire Third Brigade for virtualization: Trend Micro said Third Brigade’s technology bolsters its datacenter security strategy by helping its customers protect virtual servers and cloud computing initiatives.

Video: Security incident response 101:
Even the best procedures fail to overcome the stresses in the initial throes of an incident. Security consultant Lenny Zeltser explains how to run a well coordinated response.


April 28, 2009  8:19 PM

RSA cryptographer Ari Juels on RFID, encryption



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
encryption, RFID security, Security Newsmakers

Security NewsmakersSearchSecurity.com’s Neil Roiter interviews well known cryptographer Ari Juels about RFID security, cloud storage innovations and his new novel.