If you’re a security professional like me, you are likely quite sensitive to the reports around the number of data breaches impacting businesses today. To confirm that we are developing solutions to address the needs of businesses and the concerns of IT professionals, McAfee commissioned a survey with industry analyst Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). ESG Read more…
Tags: cloud, Identity Management, Network Security, password security
The media is driving cyber security and the concept of cybercrime into our mainstream world. Improved awareness is terrific, as we all have data, experiences and a world to protect, big or small. As cyber criminals continue to develop new ways to breach systems and networks it is more important than ever to provide, small Read more…
Tags: cloud, Cybercrime, mobile device security, SMB
McAfee Labs researchers recently published its 2013 Threat Predictions Report which had some very intriguing observations about what the bad guys are planning for the next year. While I found the observations to be critical to my team’s development work, I had one observation of my own: I think people are starting to pay a Read more…
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Malware is traditionally not in the purview of network security. However, network security is well positioned to defend against this threat and many of the bad guys that may have launched traditional attacks are now changing their plans to incorporate malware. Why the change? Cyber criminals are no dummies. If it is easier to attack Read more…
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2012 has come and gone, and with it we’ve seen one of the most disruptive trends in computing reach a critical mass – global adoption of mobile, internet-connected devices. This trend is great for people and business worldwide. It means connectivity. It means new customers. It also however, means more data and more attackers trying Read more…
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We are coming to the end of 2012 and we hope you’ve had a great year! With all the program updates and the launch of our Profitability Stack you can see McAfee’s desire to become your long-term security partner. If you’ve participated in certification programs you’ll want to make the most of your investment. We’ve Read more…
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The line between personal and business technology is blurred more every day, and this means new challenges for every business. It is easy to see the trend in action – many employees use their personally owned smartphones, sites like Facebook, Dropbox, or even web-based mail clients such as Gmail now in a business environment. These Read more…
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Recently, McAfee Canada hosted 15 senior network security executives at a CISO roundtable event in Toronto. It was actually a sit down dinner, not a bar and the discussion was moderated by Gartner Research VP Greg Young. The very lively discussion centered around the Future of Network Security and ventured into other topics like securing Read more…
Tags: byod, Canada, cloud, cloud security, cyber security, DLP, firewall, Gartner, IPS, IT Security, IT Security market, McAfee, Network Security, NGFW, Security Connected
One of the biggest conceptual barriers to enterprise public cloud use is mulitenancy. It’s difficult enough for IT to give up control of the infrastructure to a cloud provider, but the thought of sharing physical servers and storage with other organizations is a big stumbling block for enterprises considering running sensitive applications or storing sensitive Read more…
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Virtualization and cloud computing have fundamentally changed the way IT organizations deliver services, creating new opportunities to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and accelerate business operations. But these positive changes come loaded with unique network security challenges. Register and join me this Wednesday, 6/13 as I examine how virtualization and cloud are shaping the latest networking Read more…
Tags: cloud, Network Security, Virtualization
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