Recent articles by Ellen Messmer
March 16, 2010
Everyone's talking about cloud computing and security. But what makes it so hard? Execs at Microsoft, Trend Micro, EMC's RSA division, McAfee and Symantec tackle the question.
March 16, 2010
McAfee's new vulnerability-assessment scanning service is aimed at giving cloud-computing service providers a way to provide security assurances to their customers.
March 15, 2010
The Jericho Forum, which advocates improving e-commerce security through knowledge that network perimeters are fading, says organizations need to ask themselves and their vendors tougher questions.
March 11, 2010
The latest version of ZeuS botnet toolkit includes a $10,000 module that can let attackers take complete control of a compromised PC.
March 10, 2010
The sudden disappearance yesterday of a known command-and-control point for ZeuS botnets had security researchers appreciative ¿ but wondering about the reason for the sudden takedown.
March 05, 2010
Google's Chrome OS Netbook will feature a host of built-in security technologies designed to protect users from malware and other threats, a Google engineer said at the RSA Conference Thursday.
March 04, 2010
Google, Equifax, Verizon and others launched the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) this week to support federal government guidelines for online privacy and security.
March 04, 2010
Economic pressures are driving more businesses and governments to nervously eye cloud computing, despite myriad unanswered questions that swirl around a single central concern: security. This was backdrop for a panel discussion between CISOs at this week's RSA Conference.
March 03, 2010
CA Identity Manager can now be used to automate processes, such as provisioning and de-provisioning user access, for Salesforce.com¿s sales forecasting application.
March 03, 2010
Identity thieves are not only interested in tapping financial resources, but also after your medical identification data and services.
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