Security

How the IETF plans to protect the web from NSA snooping

An IETF plan looks to HTTP 2.0 to help protect internet users from the NSA.

Advanced Firewalls, part 2

The integration of IPS functionality and threat intelligence

FAA to allow use of electronics for entire flights

Each airline will need to get FAA approval before offering their passengers gate-to-gate use of their portable electronics

FAA sets electronics free on flights – mostly

New FAA rules will open the use of more electronics on airliners

SMBs suffering from a false sense of security

NSA Director Denies Knowledge of Google, Yahoo Hack

Fake social media ID duped security-aware IT guys

Penetration testers used a faked woman's identity on social networks to break into a government agency with strong cybersecurity defenses

The emerging turf battle between information and physical security pros

As security threats increasingly cross role boundaries, information and physical security pros struggle to get along

Google shuttles DNS queries from Brazil back to US

Google said the shift is not connected to proposed legislation in Brazil that would mandate user data be held locally

Cops should be allowed to hack into computers, police officials say

A panel at RSA Europe debated a proposed Dutch police hacking law