Security: Interviews
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Facebook Tech Infrastructure Needs Constant Care 02/09/2008 13:35:00
Jonathan Heiliger, the top technology exec at the huge social networking site, talks about his efforts to build a technology operations team at Facebook that can both handle millions of users worldwide and a restless, creative culture inside the company.Started in a dorm room four years ago, the social networking site Facebook now claims to be the fourth most-trafficked site in the world. Ninety million active users pound on 10,000 servers every day, uploading millions and millions of pieces of information in a given month. For example, "friends," who socialize in 21 languages, add 500 million photos per month. - +
ConSentry CEO talks up security issues 08/07/2008 09:31:50
Joe Golden's résumé includes stints at Accel Partners and CiscoNetwork-access-control start-up ConSentry Networks has filled its long-vacant CEO position with Joe Golden, a partner in Accel Partners, a ConSentry investor. Golden was a partner in Accel Partners' London venture-capital office from 2001 until ConSentry hired him; before that he was Cisco's managing director of business development and strategic alliances for Europe, Middle East and Africa. With NAC in flux and with some start-ups having failed, Golden spoke with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about ConSentry, its strategy and the future of NAC. - +
E-voting activist more optimistic about voting systems 07/07/2008 11:27:59
Most states have switched to paper records, Rubin notesFor more than a decade, Aviel "Avi" Rubin, a professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and an e-voting activist, has been a vocal critic of e-voting systems across the nation. In 2006, Rubin wrote the book, Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting, which heavily criticized e-voting machines for security and reliability shortcomings. Rubin talked with Computerworld about the recent presidential primary election cycle and his thoughts on e-voting going into the November elections. The following is an edited version of that interview. - +
Cybercrime Convention will benefit Australia, says proponent 19/05/2008 09:36:30
Countries that have complied with the Convention have considerably strengthened their cybercrime legislation.The Convention on Cybercrime is the work of the Council of Europe and is aimed at facilitating international cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes. Since the Convention came into being in 2001, the COE has been working to address the growing international concern over the threats posed by hacking and other computer-related crimes. - +
Chinese Internet censorship: An inside look 13/05/2008 10:32:56
Cisco, VPNs and other topics related to Internet access in ChinaJames Fallows, national correspondent for US publication The Atlantic Monthly, has experienced "The Great Firewall of China" firsthand, an experience people from around the world will share this summer when the Olympics comes to that country. Based in Beijing, Fallows has researched the underlying technology that the Chinese use for Internet censorship, and he explained it in a recent article titled "The Connection Has Been Reset." We e-mailed Fallows questions about how the Chinese government controls Internet content available to its citizens, and here's what he had to say (Check out our slideshow on the 10 ways the Chinese Internet is different from yours). - +
Head of PCI council sees security standard as solid 17/04/2008 10:40:46
GM Bob Russo defends payment card rules but acknowledges that 'interpretation issues' remainThe PCI Security Standards Council was established in the US by the major credit card companies in September 2006 as an independent organization to manage the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. In an interview, general manager Bob Russo talks about the council's efforts to administer the PCI standard amid continuing concerns about credit and debit card security. And he defends the standard, despite the recent data breaches at Hannaford Bros. and Okemo Mountain Resort. - +
Symantec chief talks acquisitions, Cisco's snub 15/04/2008 09:17:58
In an interview, Symatec's John Thompson discusses vendor alliances, data-loss prevention technology, and moreSymantec chairman and CEO John Thompson last week delivered a keynote speech to thousands of security professionals at the RSA Conference 2008 in the US. Ellen Messmer caught up with Thompson at the RSA event, where he expanded on a range of topics including vendor alliances, Symantec's competition and the importance of data-loss prevention technology. - +
PWN 2 PAWN: Why the Vista hacker turned to eBay 03/04/2008 07:07:06
Filthy lucre not the point, honestWhen Shane Macaulay tried to sell the Fujitsu U810 laptop he won in a hacking contest last week, it seemed almost like an April Fool's joke. - +
Bogus security promises and how to detect them 14/03/2008 10:13:00
Data leakage, smartphone malware, hotspot threats are discussed by security analyst Nick SelbyWhat is true enterprise security and how do you get it? Bogus promises by vendors are all too common. In this interview, outspoken security analyst Nick Selby humorously tackles the truth about data leakage products, smartphone protection, hotspot threats and the word "solution." Nick Selby leads The 451 Group's Enterprise Security Practice. Selby also serves as The 451 Group's Director of Research Operations and is on the faculty of the Institute for Applied Network Security. - +
Howard Schmidt talks privacy, background checks 12/03/2008 10:51:44
Former Chief Security Officer for Microsoft on balancing privacy and security, background checks on IT workers and RFID chips in passportsHoward Schmidt today is the CEO of R&H Security Consulting. However, he's better known around the world for working in the White House for 31 years. A former White House security adviser, he was appointed by President Bush as Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security just three months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. - +
A stick of RAM, a can of air, and wow 11/03/2008 12:41:43
Researcher explains the 'cold boot' hack attackEver more computers are carrying ever more confidential data -- trade secrets, personal information of clients and constituents, and national security information. Encrypted hard disks requiring hardware keys or passwords are supposedly the way to keep that information safe.
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