Management

Focused on the issues facing today’s security managers, this blog contains tips and techniques from McAfee experts that can help improve team dynamics, development, and workflow. This forum is also a great resource for upcoming management conferences and training opportunities.

McAfee Completes Acquisition Of NitroSecurity

Today, McAfee completed its acquisition of privately held NitroSecurity, an enterprise-class security and information management (SIEM) security vendor. I’ll be talking more about this acquisition with Ken Levine, chairman, president and chief executive officer, NitroSecurity, during a McAfee Webcast December 7 at 9:00 am Pacific Time. To register, please visit http://events.mcafee.com/forms/11Q4McAfeeAcquiresNitrowebcast. NitroSecurity is a leader Read more…

Tags: NitroSecurity, security management, SIEM

McAfee to Acquire NitroSecurity

I am excited to share that McAfee has officially announced its intent to acquire privately owned NitroSecurity.  NitroSecurity is a leading provider of security information and event management (SIEM) solutions that offers complete visibility and situational awareness to protect critical information and infrastructure. With NitroSecurity’s technology and talent, McAfee can expand its reach into the fast Read more…

15 Minutes with… David O’Berry

Welcome to “15 minutes with” – an occasional contribution between myself and the movers-and-shakers within McAfee’s technical community. This week on the stand is my good friend and occasional co-presenter, David O’Berry CSSLP, CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, CRMP. Now a McAfee Strategic systems engineer, his previous life was 19 years in the public sector, culminating as Director Read more…

Get Informed on Security at FOCUS 09

On October 6-9, 2009, security professionals from around the world will come together for four days of networking and learning at FOCUS 09, McAfee’s 2nd annual security conference. As you may know, we have an assortment of valuable sessions and events planned: Keynotes from prominent leaders and industry visionaries, including: Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.); Read more…

Security Isn’t a Silo

Anton Chuvakin makes it clear why security isn’t a silo and can’t be considered separate from other aspects of IT or business. He points to a quote from a paper suggesting that networking and security should be separate, with a networking group configuring network devices and a security group configuring security devices — and then Read more…

Forget Encryption. Security by Obscurity is Back in Fashion

Encryption is an important tool in any IT security strategy. It may not be perfect for everything, but it’s useful in many, many cases. However, there’s a company in Canada that claims encryption isn’t good because attackers can still see that there’s data there, even if they can’t read it. They seem to downplay the Read more…