There’s been a lot of talk lately about the risks and benefits of personal mobile devices in the workplace, a trend called BYOD (bring your own device). The dangers of combining personal and corporate applications and information on a single connected device are well known. However, a less discussed byproduct of mobility and personal devices Read more…
Tags: byod, cloud security, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, MDM, Mobile Device Management, mobile security
One of the biggest challenges for Data Protection solution is identifying sensitive data. Today, organizations generate various types of sensitive data, ranging from regulated data such as PCI to unstructured data such as product designs. Not all sensitive data can be identified and protected via regular expressions and keywords. By supplementing End-user Classification to the Read more…
Tags: Data Loss Prevention, Data Protection, DLP, enterprise, IT Security, Mcafee DLP, McAfee ePO, security, TITUS
Proactive and preemptive. That’s the caliber of protection we are working toward integrating into all of our network security products. Because without proactive and preemptive protection, online security will never be completely secure. Thankfully for all of us, McAfee Labs knows this is the key too. That’s why, every year McAfee Labs publishes its Threat Read more…
Tags: 2013 predictions, and Data Loss Prevention, Anonymous, content security, cyberthreats, DLP, Email Protection, firewall, global threat intelligence, government networks, hacktivists, IT Security, McAfee, McAfee Labs, McAfee Network Security, Network IPS, Network Security, security, Threats Predictictions, web protection
When you spend your days talking about network security to just about anyone who will listen, you learn a lot about what keeps them up at night. The key security and IT decision-makers I’m lucky to speak with really bring to life the trends that are uncovered every quarter in the McAfee Labs Threats Report. Read more…
Tags: business continuity, Business IT, CISO, data, data loss, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, email content security, email security, enterprise, enterprise-grade DLP, forrester, maleware, Mcafee DLP, McAfee Email Gateway, McAfee Email Security, McAfee Labs, McAfee Labs Threats Report, McAfee Network Security, Network Security, security, security policy enforcement, security trends, spam
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…
Tags: application control, applications, box.com, cloud, cloud based application, cloud security, corporate data, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, dropbox, facebook, IT, IT Security, Mcafee DLP, McAfee Web Gateway, security, technology, web gateway, web protection, web security, yousendit
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
The consumerization of IT in the corporate world has created a new playing field for enterprise security teams. The sheer diversity of devices, compounded by closed and hosted operating systems, has resulted in some new and unique challenges specific to corporate mobile environments. Mobile devices are more likely to be lost or stolen, which can Read more…
Tags: consumerization, DLP, mobile security
‘Nation-state sponsored cyber attacks’ – A powerful statement, and one that represented the majority of recent headlines in press articles about the Gauss malware. With the targeted nature of the attack, and its complexity cited as examples to support ‘Gauss-es’ of the attribution. Whilst the speculation makes for excellent media stories and fuels alcohol induced Read more…
Tags: Advanced Persistent Threat, APT, APTs, cyber attacks, DLP, firewall, Flame, Gauss, Information Security, IPS, McAfee Security, Night Dragon, security
Today we announced the next advancement in our Cloud Security Platform, a framework which enables secure interaction between businesses and the cloud. As cloud computing becomes more pervasive in business IT environments, more complex requirements for securing the flow of data arise, along with the necessity to protect users both on and off the corporate Read more…
Tags: cloud, Cloud computing, cloud security, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, email security, McAfee Cloud Security Platform, Mcafee DLP, secure cloud computing, web security
I spent a few days in Grand Cayman with the McAfee team pictured below meeting with financial services organizations. As everyone knows, the Cayman Islands are a mecca for financial services and supporting industries such as legal, insurance, and consulting. Because of the sensitivity of the business in the Caymans in regards to customer privacy Read more…
Tags: Cayman Islands, DAM, DLP, Emerging Market Security, SIEM
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