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News & Views Education Sector CISOs Get High Marks on Security Carol Wilson Editor-at-large, \| 7/18/2018 When it comes to cybersecurity, the education sector faces unique challenges, starting with the hundreds, often thousands, of unsecured student devices that live on its networks. Post a Comment \| READ () AWS' Werner Vogels: 'Security Is Everyone's Job' Scott Ferguson Managing Editor, Light Reading, \| 7/18/2018 NEW YORK CITY - AWS New York Summit - Amazon Web Services' CTO Werner Vogels wants to change the conversation between customers, application development and cloud users when it comes to security. Post a Comment \| READ () iPhone Users Targeted in Mobile Malware Attack Scott Ferguson Managing Editor, Light Reading, \| 7/17/2018 A mobile malware attack is targeting iPhone users in India by tricking them into downloading open source, mobile device management (MDM) software that can take control of the smartphone and reveal personal data, as well as location, according to a new report. Post a Comment \| READ () Researchers Detail Spoofing Attack Against Vehicle GPS Larry Loeb Author, \| 7/17/2018 Researchers from Virginia Tech, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Microsoft Research have come up with a way to mess with the GPS directional systems in a car. The type of spoofing attack means that a false route will supplant the one derived by the car's navigation system. Post a Comment \| READ () ZTE Cleared to Return to Business After US Lifts Ban Scott Ferguson Managing Editor, Light Reading, \| 7/17/2018 After months of uncertainty, concerns about national security and some hefty fines, ZTE is now clear to return to business after the US reversed course on its component ban. Post a Comment \| READ (1 Comment) Latest comment: ZTE has created lots of jobs in the U.S., and at least to my knowledge, it's a good... IDT CIO Faces Down New Crop of Global Threats Simon Marshall Technology Journalist, \| 7/16/2018 You are a substantial global telecom service provider with annual revenues in excess of $1.5 billion. Your external endpoints are effectively the huge number of customers you provide with communications services. Post a Comment \| READ () Broadcom's Deal for CA Puts Big Iron in the Spotlight Larry Loeb Author, \| 7/16/2018 Last week, chipmaker Broadcom has announced it made an all-cash, $18.9 billion bid for CA Technologies -- formerly Computer Associates -- a leader in mainframe-style computing. Post a Comment \| READ () Twelve Russian Nationals Indicted in 2016 Hacking of DNC, Clinton Campaign Scott Ferguson Managing Editor, Light Reading, \| 7/13/2018 The US Justice Department, along with the Special Counsel's Office led by former FBI Director Robert Muller, have indicted 12 Russian nationals, charging them with running an elaborate espionage campaign that hacked the networks of the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2016. Post a Comment \| READ (2 comments) Latest comment: Now, after Trump and Putin's meeting, the world knows that Trump openly manifested... Attackers Increasingly Turning Attention to the Cloud Jeffrey Burt Freelance Editor & Journ, \| 7/13/2018 The cloud became an increasingly popular target in the first half of this year for cybercriminals looking to do everything from stealing data to siphoning compute power to mine cryptocurrencies, according to cybersecurity software provider Check Point Technologies. Post a Comment \| READ (10 comments) Latest comment: @ito89 Ah, but then the beginning value may be rather low. Consider the history... Bug Bounty Programs Paying Off for Enterprises Larry Loeb Author, \| 7/13/2018 Organizations have come to realize that their security is improved when technically competent people examine their products for vulnerabilities. Post a Comment \| READ (3 comments) Latest comment: I assume it's a lot of both. Letting outsiders in could be bad. Bringing them in... IBM: Hidden Costs Drive Up Financial Hit of Mega Breaches to $350M Jeffrey Burt Freelance Editor & Journ, \| 7/12/2018 The cost of data breaches to companies continues to go up, with the average hitting $3.86 million, according to a study by IBM Security. However, the cost of "mega breaches" -- where 1 million to 50 million records are lost -- can reach as high as $350 million, particularly when hidden costs are factored in. Post a Comment \| READ (1 Comment) Latest comment: I saw another article on this that pointed out aspects that this study omitted: <The... Kaspersky: Asia the Focus of APT Operations in Q2 Jeffrey Burt Freelance Editor & Journ, \| 7/12/2018 Asia has become a major field of play for a growing number of advanced persistent threat (APT) operations run by a mix of well-known and new bad actors, according to threat researchers with Kaspersky Lab. Post a Comment \| READ () Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles discussion board Susan Fourtané , 7/17/2018 2:20:39 PM Twelve Russian Nationals Indicted in 2016 Hacking of DNC, Clinton Campaign Re: And nothing will happen to them Now, after Trump and Putin's meeting, the world knows that Trump openly manifested his preference to Putin rather tahn his own Intelligence people. Pretty much nothing is going to happen to those twelve Russians who, after all, helped Trump... Post Your Reply Susan Fourtané , 7/17/2018 2:04:58 PM ZTE Cleared to Return to Business After US Lifts Ban Re: Too fishy for my liking ZTE has created lots of jobs in the U.S., and at least to my knowledge, it's a good a reliable company. I have personally met ZTE executives and all of them have always come through as honest and good people. The fact that the company was asked... Post Your Reply batye, 7/17/2018 10:40:09 AM Public Cloud, Part of the Network or Not, Remains a Security Concern Re: Re: A suggested postscript @ms.akkineni yes you are right, as this days Co. want new employees to be ready to work the day they start and do not want to spend money on training ... Post Your Reply ms.akkineni, 7/17/2018 7:55:20 AM Public Cloud, Part of the Network or Not, Remains a Security Concern Re: Re: A suggested postscript @Joe: That makes sense. But how many companies consider hiring folks with no to little experience in their relevant practice - i think not many. The question that remains open in general is how could anyone gain that experience when no one... Post Your Reply ms.akkineni, 7/17/2018 7:49:12 AM Public Cloud, Part of the Network or Not, Remains a Security Concern Re: Re: Cloud and its Opex @Joe: Agree with you on the strategy point. Any outsiders that come in to define strategy is not ideal. They are strangers to the company and go by the info shared by internal resources, but that still lacks all the background. Post Your Reply ms.akkineni, 7/17/2018 7:44:57 AM GDPR Should Change Your Thinking About Network Firewalls Re: Re: Real Issue Wow, that's interesting. I didn't notice that till i clicked the link. Will check the post. Thanks @Joe. Post Your Reply ms.akkineni, 7/17/2018 7:41:10 AM Cisco: 'Ransomware' Seeks Destruction, Not Ransom Re: Re: Ransom + Destruction Agreed. There is no doubt that companies must have an action plan to deal with aftermath and damage control. But even more important is to have all preventive measures in place and also a dedicated team that always looks out for development... Post Your Reply ThomasMaloney, 7/17/2018 7:35:42 AM Wi-Fi Alliance: WPA3 Standard Will Improve WiFi Security, Encryption Re: Re: ISP requirements... At the end of the day, what companies want is to pay a sum of money in order to make sure that there are no problems. What really goes on behind the scenes in configuring a system that provides that level of security sometimes goes without... Post Your Reply ms.akkineni, 7/17/2018 7:33:01 AM Voice of Security Radio: Let's Talk About CASB Re: Re: Feedback Of course, there is absolutely no question about what you mentioned. I was looking for any interesting or new preventive measures or resolution options that may have discussed from the show. Post Your Reply MarkSindone, 7/17/2018 5:04:27 AM The Friday Haiku: Old-Fashioned Security Re: Re: life in IT Now this looks like something that I might want to try when I have a bit of time. But who has time when every Tom, Dick and Harry is asking us to solve their issues and all they really need to do is restart their computers hmm? Post Your Reply MarkSindone, 7/17/2018 3:05:13 AM Voice of Security Radio: In the Name (Server) of Security Re: hi Does anybody have the transcript of this chat? I thin it would really be very great to be able to go over some of his predications and comments for the industry and see how it has taken hold one year onwards. Would be very happy if anyone could... Post Your Reply Susan Fourtané , 7/16/2018 4:22:45 AM How 'Defense in Depth' Gets Data Protection Right Re: Keeping it cost effective MarkSindone - What would it be the best in order to add layers of protection keeping it cost effective? Post Your Reply Next 5 messages + All messages All messages Chat 8/31/2017 3:54:21 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thank you! klogan453 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:51:19 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Well, it seems like Steve and I managed to answer everyone's questions in our conversation. So I'll say thanks once again to Steve Grobman, CTO of McAfee, for being such a wonderful guest here on Voice of Security Radio! Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:47:35 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thanks. Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:47:19 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thanks for helping out, Daren! Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:45:59 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: (On behalf of Steve Grobman) - Data science and computer science expertise is definately in high demand by the cyber security technology industry as well as many other industries that are using similar capabilities daren Keeper 8/31/2017 3:44:38 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: (On behalf of Steve Grobman) - There is not a formal certificatio process.. most users don't need to understand the nuance of the technology which is generally built by technology product providers daren Keeper 8/31/2017 3:42:40 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: And how are mainline security pros/machine learning pros certified, i.e. how do you lknow that the person you're hiring to help you knows what they're dcoing? Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:39:20 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Steve, one question we didn't get to is that of skilled practitioners. I know that mainline security pros are in short supply and high demand: Is it even worse when it comes to machine learning pros in the security space? Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:37:01 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Since I was late - and again - really sorry, I don't even know what to ask. Feel free to ask a question or my behalf. Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:33:59 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Well folks, now's the time to ask any questions we didn't get to in the audio interview. Steve will be here in just a moment -- what would you like to know? 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