Federal agencies and other government offices are just as vulnerable to cybercrime as private companies. Learn security best practices for your organization from McAfee experts, who analyze recent legislation and events to create solutions that protect your data.
I’m pleased to present the two panelists who will be leading our briefing on Monday, June 3. The value of this event will be not only in the report itself but also in the perspective and insights the speakers bring to it. Brent Conran is CSO and Phyllis Schneck CTO-Public Sector of the world’s largest dedicated Read more…
Tags: Brent Conran, cybersecurity, cyberthreats, federal, Federal Cybersecurity, McAfee Labs, McAfee Q1 Threat Report 2013, mcafee threat report, National Press Club, Phyllis Schneck, public policy, Public Sector, quarterly threat report, Washington D.C.
We’re hosting a breakfast briefing and discussion of our latest Quarterly Threat Report Monday, June 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the National Press Club. McAfee’s Chief Security Officer, Brent Conran, and Chief Technology Officer – Public Sector, Dr. Phyllis Schneck, will present the report’s findings on emerging cyber threats. The report is Read more…
Tags: Brent Conran, cybersecurity, cyberthreats, federal, Federal Cybersecurity, McAfee Labs, McAfee Q1 Threat Report, McAfee Q1 Threat Report 2013, mcafee threat report, National Press Club, Phyllis Schneck, public policy, Public Sector, quarterly threat report, Washington D.C.
McAfee is based in Silicon Valley, but we know there’s more to tech than California. We recently joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology to launch the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a joint effort among high-tech business, federal, state and local government and local universities located in Rockville, Md. The goal of the Read more…
Tags: cybersecurity, cyberthreats, Maryland, mobility, national institute of science and technology, National Security Agency, NCCoE, NIST, NSA, public policy, Public Sector, Public-Private partnerships, Security Connected, Washington D.C.
This past April (4/19 to 4/21) I had the great pleasure and experience of joining the Red Team at 9th NCCDC competition. It was actually my 2nd year on the Red Team and 4th year to attend in total (I judged in 2010 and 2011). McAfee is actually a perpetual Read more…
Tags: anti-virus, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, Data Protection, global threat intelligence, internet security, labs, malware, McAfee, McAfee Labs, NCCDC, Network Security, Red Team, Risk and Compliance, security
This post was updated on January 27. See end of file for update. There has been a great explosion of chatter in the last day around Anonymous’ “Operation Last Resort” (a.k.a. #OpLastResort). The entities behind the various “official” communications around this operation have a sense of humor that we must point out (especially because if Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, Barrett Brown, Data Protection, Last Resort, malware, McAfee Labs, Network Security, OpLastResort, social networking, Swartz, twitter, USSC
News broke today of a large data breach against Yahoo Voices, resulting in more than 400,000 username/password combinations being posted in clear text. The compromise involved a basic SQL-injection attack against an exposed Yahoo server (dbb1.ac.bf1.yahoo.com). Similar to other recent events, the account data was reportedly stored in an unencrypted state. We see this type of attack Read more…
Tags: Database, sql attacks, SQL Injection, Yahoo!
The cyber security threat landscape has changed fundamentally over the last decade from “Code Red” to mass espionage and the threat of kinetic damage. Instead of moving unsophisticated worms around the Internet, today’s adversaries are moving money, markets and jobs between countries and companies. The cyber adversaries of today are smart and fast, and have Read more…
Real-time situational awareness is vital to securing global cyber systems and helping to protect national security. A global policy is needed which enables companies to collaborate with governments to leverage innovative technology solutions that combine and leverage disparate datasets to expedite the identification of data patterns and indicators which can be used to identify potential Read more…
Tags: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, Cybercrime, identify potential cyber-threats, identity theft
Today, I was pleased to have the opportunity to speak before the Committee on Small Business at a hearing titled, Cyber Security: Protecting Your Small Business. I spoke with the Committee about the issues small businesses face in combating cyber security threats. Based on McAfee’s perspective and insights, I provided recommendations that small businesses can Read more…
Tags: cyber security, dedicated security appliances, managed security services, McAfee, Public-Private partnerships, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service
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…
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