The more data you have, the more insight and knowledge you possess, right? But what happens when your data stores grow so large that securing and managing them effectively is no longer in the cards? A few extra gigabytes here and terabytes there, and before you know it, you’ve got a big security data problem. Read more…
Tags: Big Data, big security data, enterprise, enterprise security, epo, ePolicy Orchestrator, ESM, global threat intelligence, GTI, McAfee Risk Advisor, NitroView, security information and event management, SIEM
The impact of security breaches on Sony Corporation’s stock price has stimulated discussion as to the review of corporate security incidents in the investment decision process. In response to this incident and others like it, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released guidance for the disclosure of security incident risk in corporate investor communications. Read more…
Tags: enterprise security, SEC Guidance
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Disclosure Guidance on Cybersecurity, issued on October 13, is another big step towards the widespread realization that for many organizations, IT and the business are one. More and more critical business processes are dependent on hardware and software and today a company’s worth is just as likely to be based Read more…
Tags: enterprise security, SEC Guidance
In early November, McAfee released its “Twelve Scams of Christmas”, a rundown of the 12 most dangerous online scams this holiday season. The list included mobile malware, malicious apps, and phony Facebook promotions and contests, among other threats. With so many vulnerabilities surrounding us, all it takes is just one weak link in the chain Read more…
Tags: #SecChat, cyber security awareness, enterprise security
If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Metrics, the bane and blessing of corporate citizens, emerge from this truism. Metrics allow managers to determine the efficacy of process changes and technology implementation. However, poor metrics sometimes impose an atmosphere of micromanagement that damages employee and customer relationships. The use of business intelligence (BI) Read more…
Tags: balanced scorecard, enterprise security, security metrics
Collaboration can be toxic to an Information Security program. Assaulted by conflicting management agendas and priorities, the consensus needed for success sometimes suffers an early death. However, many organizations perpetuate the mantra that collaboration is always a good idea. Unfortunately, managers’ collective memories tend to cling to the outcomes of successful collaboration at the cost Read more…
Tags: enterprise security, Healthcare, Management
This month at Intel’s Developer Forum in San Francisco, McAfee unveiled DeepSAFE with Intel, a new security technology that sits beyond the operating system, close to the silicon, and allows for a unique vantage point in the computing stack to better protect systems. During our next #SecChat this Thursday, we’re opening up the discussion around Read more…
Tags: #SecChat, DeepSAFE, enterprise security, social media
After listening in to the McAfee & Intel joint sessions, panels and demonstrations at Intel Developer Forum 2011, it’s hard to believe that only a little more than a year ago marked the beginning of our future with Intel. We promised a joint vision that would tackle security in a fundamentally new way, a vision Read more…
Tags: DeepSAFE, enterprise security, IDF 2011, intel, McAfee FOCUS
This week’s (somewhat belated) Highlights are short and sweet with a quick review of the week’s top infosec topics. An Internet worm dubbed “Morto” was found spreading in the wild via Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The worm is the first of its kind capable of spreading via RDP and has so far impacted a few Read more…
Tags: data breach, enterprise security, Friday Security Highlights, Network Security, social media
In a recent post on Security Week, Dave Anderson discussed what IT Security officials could learn from Super Bowl Security. According to Anderson, Super Bowl officials take two full years to plan and implement their strategy – something IT security pros should emulate when it comes to planning and executing their own security strategies for Read more…
Tags: enterprise security, Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, McAfee Security Management
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