If you own a small business you might just think that the alarmists are at it again clamoring about the increasing risk of cybercrime. Bloomberg Businessweek recently outlined the events from a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business regarding protecting small business against cyberattacks. At the hearing, McAfee’s own Dr. Read more…
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With a New Year comes renewed focus, and for me that comes in the form of my 2013 New Year’s resolutions. One of my New Year’s resolutions for our global channel partner community is to Transform our partner engagements to strengthen relevancy and drive mutual profitability. If it sounds familiar, that’s because it is the Read more…
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I talk about the people behind the products all the time because, in my opinion, the teams here at McAfee are unequivocally the best. But, that’s just my opinion. Until a colleague recently shared an article with me that confirmed my opinion – how I see my peers, product development folks, and everyone who supports Read more…
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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…
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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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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…
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Let’s say you’re using Box to share sensitive files with people who aren’t your employees. Some examples could be contracts with your outside legal firm, product specifications with a supplier, or pricing plans with a distributor. Using a cloud-based service like Box enables you to easily share and collaborate with business partners all over the Read more…
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It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of McAfee Labs. I’ve written about the work this team has done on many occasions – completely impressed and in awe of the security threats and malware these researchers uncover every minute. They publish their discoveries in the McAfee Quarterly Threats Reports and we proactively build out Read more…
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