CISPA intelligence information sharing bill passes House, headed to Senate
Profile: Robert Westervelt
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), clears security vendors of any liability for sharing customer attack data with the government.
A new cybersecurity bill designed to foster 
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For data security, cloud computing customers must accept a DIY approach
Profile: Jane Wright
Earlier this week, Context Information Security revealed the astonishing findings of its investigation into a sampling of four cloud service providers (CSPs) - Amazon EC2, Gigenet, Rackspace and VPS.net. Context found unpatched...
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Amazon cloud services: AWS Marketplace offers one-click cloud security
Profile: Marcia Savage
The new AWS Marketplace, launched by Amazon last week, is an interesting development on the cloud security front. The 0 Comments
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Spam filter gets better of Microsoft SDL—almost
You’d have to be a serious security curmudgeon to try to pick holes in the Microsoft SDL. The company’s security development lifecycle grew out of...
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Experts differ on European ‘cookie law’ advice
Profile: Jane Wright
Many IT managers in the U.K. are in a quandary right now as they decide how, and how far, to comply with the impending 0 Comments
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Cloud security vendors win funding for technologies
Profile: Marcia Savage
The rush to the cloud can often make security an afterthought, but if recent funding announcements are any indication, the VC community wants to reverse that trend.
CloudPassage, Cloud Lock and Symplified are among the 0 Comments
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The importance of using a full security threat definition
Profile: Jane Wright
How do you define a security threat? If you’re like most IT security professionals, your 0 Comments
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Cloud transparency gets boost with Azure addition to CSA STAR
Profile: Marcia Savage
Cloud transparency remains a highly coveted but seemingly elusive wish for organizations. How can you trust a cloud provider with your data if you don't know what security...
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IT security and business alignment: It’s time to ease off IT security leaders
There probably isn’t a more consistent theme we write about than the alignment of IT security with business goals: Understand your business first,...
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Prepare now for more stringent U.S. data privacy laws
Profile: Jane Wright
BOSTON -- Privacy is a fog rolling in over the land. That’s how Jeff Northrup, IT director of the International Association of Privacy, described personal information privacy...
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