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ComputerWorldIndependent

Getting buy-in to combat risk

Credit to Author: Mathias Thurman| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:45:00 -0800

When I start at a new company, I make a point of meeting with key personnel from the departments that have the greatest potential for security risk, including operations, engineering, customer service, IT, finance, facilities and human resources. It’s a good way to unearth risks that might not be obvious to me and to get all of those people thinking in terms of security.

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Intel, McAfee dispute heads for settlement talks

Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:22:00 -0800

A dispute between Intel and security expert John McAfee over the use of his name for another company is headed for settlement talks, according to court records.

The move comes shortly after the federal court refused John McAfee and MGT Capital Investments, the company to be renamed, a preliminary injunction on Intel’s transfer of marks and related assets containing the word McAfee, as part of a proposed spin-out by the chipmaker of its security business as a separate company that would be called McAfee.

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SecurityTrendMicro

The Server Compute Evolution Continues…as does Trend Micro’s Market Leadership in Server Security

Credit to Author: Steve Neville| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:00:42 +0000

IDC, a leading global market intelligence firm, believes that organizations need to have access to security that moves at the speed of business. In fact, one of IDC’s leading security practice analysts had this to say about securing workloads across the hybrid cloud: “Multiple techniques are essential to defend against the sophistication of today’s threats….

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SecuritySophos

SophosLabs malware forecast points to rising IoT threats, more ransomware

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:46:34 +0000

SophosLabs has released a malware forecast to coincide with the start of RSA Conference 2017. Typically, our research papers focus on Windows, which has traditionally been the largest battleground. While some of the report does indeed look at Microsoft-specific challenges, we decided to focus more on the increasing malware threats directed at platforms where the […]

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