Security Wire Weekly


March 19, 2008  3:29 PM

Security Wire Weekly: Hannaford security breach



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Roger Nebel, director of strategic security for FTI Consulting, discusses the possible causes of the Hannaford supermarket chain data breach and examines the pros and cons of data breach insurance.

March 12, 2008  1:40 PM

Security Wire Weekly: Forrester survey shows NAC interest



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Jonathan Penn, vice president and research director at Forrester Research, explains some of the results of his firm’s IT security survey. Many IT administrators are expressing interest in deploying network access control, disk encryption and application security technologies. Also, a review of the week’s news


March 10, 2008  1:47 PM

Security Squad: Debating FISA, fighting cybercrime



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Squad

The SearchSecurity.com editorial team discuss the ongoing fracas over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the government’s role in fighting cybercrime and the security risks of virtualization software.


March 6, 2008  5:17 PM

Security Wire Weekly: The risks of bad configuration



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Peter Bamber, vice president of IT security services at Security Management Partners, talks about the huge risks he has come across as a result of badly configured networks. Also, Sun Microsystems has launched a governance, risk and compliance strategy.


February 27, 2008  4:38 PM

Security Wire Weekly: Sophos CTO discusses NAC market



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Richard Jacobs, the chief technology officer of antimalware vendor Sophos, describes a cloudy picture of the NAC market. Also, a review of the week’s news


February 21, 2008  8:54 AM

Security Wire Weekly: Security market consolidation



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Colin Steelem of SearchITChannel.com talks about the impact security market consolidation is having on the reseller community. Also, researchers are taking aim at the latest Microsoft vulnerabilities.


February 14, 2008  1:02 PM

Security Wire Weekly: Sizing up the NAC market



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Information Security magazine’s Neil Roiter discusses the state of the Network Access Control market. Also a review of the week’s news.


February 8, 2008  1:06 PM

Security360: Identity management market



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security360

Security360Industry analyst Mark Diodati describes the leaders of the identity management market; IBM’s Joe Anthony explains Big Blue’s strategy and Novell’s Dale Olds on user-centric identity.


February 6, 2008  2:24 PM

Security Wire Weekly: Search engine spam rising



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

This week, researchers from Sunbelt Software and MessageLabs discuss a disturbing increase in search engine spam, and users greet the coming release of Vista SP1 with skepticism.


January 30, 2008  3:34 PM

Security Wire Weekly: PDF spam returns



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Security Wire Weekly

Sam Masiello, director of threat management at MX Logic, talks about the reemergence of PDF spam. Also a review of the week’s news.