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  • 10 questions for Imperva CTO Amichai Shulman

    Name: Amichai Shulman

    Written by Nancy Weil • 24 May 12 14:11

  • Estonia readies for the next cyberattack

    More than anyone else, Jaak Aaviksoo has first-hand knowledge of what a cyberwar might feel like. In April 2007, Estonia's banking, media and government presence online was disrupted by several waves of distributed denial of service attacks that knocked services offline. The country is heavily wired -- 90 percent of all financial transactions are conducted over the Internet and 70 percent of the population files their tax returns electronically -- so the incident was widely felt by the country's 1.3 million citizens.

    Written by Robert McMillan • 08 April 10 06:49

  • SaaS, not shopping, is focus of Symantec's new CEO

    CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.

    Written by Robert McMillan • 26 June 09 09:32

  • Eugene Kaspersky on malware, the Internet's future

    We recently got the opportunity to interview Eugene Kaspersky, the man behind Kaspersky Anti Virus. Here's what he had to say about the evolution of malware, the future of cybersecurity, the problems with the internet, and more.

    Written by Aditya Nag • 18 Dec. 08 07:43

  • If Kaspersky were God...

    We recently got the opportunity to interview Eugene Kaspersky, the man behind Kaspersky Anti Virus. Here's what he had to say about the evolution of malware, the future of cybersecurity, the problems with the Internet, and more.

    Written by Aditya Nag • 31 Dec. 08 09:00
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    M&A expert to CIOs: Be careful what you ask for

    M&A industry veteran Paul Deninger, a vice chairman at Jefferies & Co., has made a living advising companies on mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and the like. But even he acknowledges that too much industry consolidation isn't a good thing for technology innovation. I spoke with Deninger this week about the state of the M&A market and what’s likely ahead.

    Written by Bob Brown • 15 Dec. 08 08:58

  • How spyware nearly sent a teacher to prison

    If there's a poster child for the dangers of spyware, it's Julie Amero.

    Written by Robert McMillan • 27 Nov. 08 13:09

  • McAfee looks to security in virtual environments

    McAfee is hunkering down to integrate the security technologies it has bought over the past several months into its varied line of security software and appliances. Two trends in the company's activities are developing parallel products for deployment as software on endpoints and as network-based appliances. This week, for instance, the company is announcing that NAC software can be installed on its IntruShield IPS appliance to give customers the option of enforcing NAC policies in the network, not just on the endpoint. The company is bringing management of these platforms under control of its ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) in an effort to centralize control of network security. Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene spoke with McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt about these efforts as well as other issues facing the company.

    Written by Tim Greene • 21 Oct. 08 10:36

  • Privacy is a thing of the past, says private investigator

    In his 25 years in business, Steven Rambam has worked on some high-profile cases, including tracking down Nazi war criminals in Canada. He also owns PallTech, an investigative database service with more than 25 billion records on US citizens and businesses.

    Written by Robert L. Mitchell • 13 Oct. 08 08:24

  • Websense CEO unveils a brand-new company

    With last year's acquisition of Port Authority, a data loss prevention (DLP) vendor and SurfControl, a Web and e-mail security company, Websense has since evolved from being known as a Web solution company to establishing itself as one that also provides DLP and e-mail security solutions.

    Written by Maxine Cheung • 29 Sept. 08 10:21

  • Keeping security talent on the job

    As vice president of learning and development for US-based AlliedBarton Security Services, Rich Cordivari is responsible for the training community in the company. That means he oversees 150 trainers who work locally all over the country to deliver education to AlliedBarton employees. Cordivari, who has been with the company since 2003, discusses his strategy for boosting retention rates with programs that speak to the company's diverse geographic accounts, as well as the different generations now working for AlliedBarton.

    Written by Joan Goodchild • 18 Sept. 08 10:45

  • MBTA flaw disclosure: The students speak up

    Zack Anderson was one of three MIT students who caused a stir over the summer when they decided to disclose flaws they discovered in the Massachusetts transit authority's "Charlie Card" fare system.

    Written by Bill Brenner • 08 Sept. 08 11:51

  • AT&T security guru talks DoS attacks, hackers

    Edward Amoroso is the chief security officer at AT&T in the US, as well as a professor who has written several textbooks on information security. Amoroso spoke with Jon Brodkin last week in Boston, where he delivered a keynote about network security during Forrester's Security Forum.

    Written by Jon Brodkin • 08 Sept. 08 08:04

  • ConSentry CEO talks up security issues

    Network-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.

    Written by Tim Greene • 08 July 08 09:31

  • E-voting activist more optimistic about voting systems

    For 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.

    Written by Todd R. Weiss • 07 July 08 11:27

  • Cybercrime Convention will benefit Australia, says proponent

    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.

    Written by Howard Dahdah • 19 May 08 09:36

  • Chinese Internet censorship: An inside look

    James 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).

    Written by Carolyn Duffy Marsan • 13 May 08 10:32

  • Head of PCI council sees security standard as solid

    The 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.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 17 April 08 10:40

  • Symantec chief talks acquisitions, Cisco's snub

    Symantec 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.

    Written by Ellen Messmer • 15 April 08 09:17

  • Bogus security promises and how to detect them

    What 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.

    Written by Network World staff • 14 March 08 10:13
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