As discussed on our Q3 Global Channels Town Hall,(on-demand replay) we witnessed many great accomplishments in Q2, not least of which was celebrating our 25th anniversary as a company. Our relentless search for SAFE has been 25 enthralling years of keeping our partners, customers and families safe – something that I’m very proud of having Read more…
Tags: Accredited Channel Engineer, channel partner, Channel Partners, Channel Program, Gavin Struthers, global threat intelligence, GTI, McAfee Channel, McAfee managed Service Provider Program, McAfee Rewards, Profitability Stack, Security Connected, SIEM
There is an inevitable predictability with your email Inbox. Any newsworthy event, whether a natural disaster, major sporting event, or even malicious celebrity gossip invokes an email from an entrepreneurial individual with unscrupulous principles promising you something of value in exchange for information personal to you. Even money intended to assist victims of major natural Read more…
Tags: celebrity, McAfee Labs, mobile threats, Olympic scams, online threats, smartphone, sport, summer games, Threats
Scammers tend to follow an editorial calendar much like journalists do. For example when the holiday season is coming journalists often write about bargains to be had while scammers use the season as an opportunity to try and entice users with deals that are “too good to be true.” This same practice is also used Read more…
Tags: Android, android antivirus, Android security, android security app, anti-phishing, anti-theft, anti-virus, antivirus, app protection, BlackBerry, identity theft, internet security, McAfee SiteAdvisor, Mobile, mobile antivirus, mobile app, mobile security, mobile security app, phishing, QR codes, safe searching, Symbian, tablet security, web protection
Last week I attended the McAfee Executive Summit in New York City. It was such a great event, intense and packed with so much to say and share. Our global senior management team came together to review our strategy for the second half 2012, 2013 and beyond. We discussed strategies we should implement, what we Read more…
Utility substations are sensitive assets within critical infrastructure. They can be compromised just like traditional cyber assets, and the impact can be a loss of essential services related to electricity, water, supply chains and the like. McAfee offers unique controls to protect utility substations. By watching this video demonstration of a successful attack and successful Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure
Black Hat is over. The year’s biggest and probably most influential IT security conference again had a lot of interesting talks to offer, and of course also the most important part: Meeting with other people from the industry to share news, ideas (and beer). As for the talks, there wasn’t much earth-shattering this year. Aside from Read more…
Tags: GSM, Mobile, near field communication, NFC
The year: 2004 The problem: How to help our Security-as-a-Service (aka SaaS) partners generate recurring revenue. The solution… McAfee SaaS managed services…called Partner Security Services. Back in 2000, McAfee launched its “myCIO.com” business unit. myCIO.com was positioned to businesses to outsource their security needs to us as we served as their “Chief Internet Officer”. My… CIO, get it? Read more…
Tags: Managed Services, McAfee Channel, McAfee Channel Partner, McAfee managed Service Provider Program
This is the third in a series of posts about Microsoft Windows 8, the Metro interface, and our view of its security status. To review the first two articles, click here and here. UEFI and Secure Boot With Windows 8, Microsoft introduces Secure Boot, which allows the boot sequence to be secure and trusted. For Read more…
Tags: Android, AppContainer, AppLocker, ELAM, Secure Boot, Windows 8 Metro, Windows Credential
As organizations evolve infrastructure models for greater business agility and cost savings, they can become mired in uncertainty. The issues of data privacy and responsibility alongside a myriad of regulations with different privacy requirements cause a great deal of concern, especially in relation to public cloud adoption. Most global organizations are dealing with 42+ standards and regulations Read more…
Tags: data center, Next Generation
It happens, even to the most cautious of persons. Despite taking umpteen precautions, installing the best of security software and following all the rules, one’s account gets hacked. It may be either because someone got access to the password and started using the id to spread spam or because one had inadvertently clicked on an Read more…
Tags: Account hacked, data breach, mcafee total protection, Tips for a secured password, Yahoo password hacked