March

Cisco patches severe default password security issue in network hardware (ZDNet)

2016-03-04 16:06

Cybersecurity still seen as a tech issue, not a business imperative (Help Net Security)

2016-03-04 16:05

Cybersecurity is now front and center on organizations’ boardroom agendas, but most chief information security officers (CISOs) have yet to earn a seat at the table. According to a study by ISACA...

#cybersecurity #security #tech

NetRandom generates, delivers true random numbers for crypto operations (Help Net Security)

2016-03-04 15:31

At RSA Conference, Whitewood Encryption Systems has launched netRandom, a suite of products that transforms the way high-quality true random numbers are accessed across the traditional datacenter,...

#crypto #security

Threatpost News Wrap, March 4, 2016 (Threatpost)

2016-03-04 15:28

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap RSA 2016, the pervasiveness of the FBI vs. Apple debate, OpenSSL two years after Heartbleed, and why hacking back is always a bad idea.

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Most infosec pros consider government-mandated encryption backdoors a bad idea (Help Net Security)

2016-03-04 14:37

Apple and the FBI have been engaged in a legal battle over the federal government’s right to require built-in smartphone encryption software that could aid law enforcement investigations. This...

#backdoor #encryption #infosec #security

Cyber operations platform to automate the hunt for cyber adversaries (Help Net Security)

2016-03-04 14:21

At RSA Conference Endgame announced the launch of a comprehensive cyber operations platform for organizations to detect, block, and evict advanced threats at the earliest phase of the kill chain....

#security

Data Is a Toxic Asset (Schneier on Security)

2016-03-04 11:32

Thefts of personal information aren't unusual. Every week, thieves break into networks and steal data about people, often tens of millions at a time. Most of the time it's information that's...