Sue Poremba

How to Mitigate the Risk of Data Loss and Disruption in 2016 A few months ago, I had the opportunity to sit in on a talk given by Christian Karam, a digital crime officer, cyber innovation and outreach, with Interpol, at G DATA’s 30th anniversary celebration. It was a fascinating discussion (and I got to […]

How to Mitigate the Risk of Data Loss and Disruption in 2016 I’m guessing I am not alone in this last-minute holiday buying rush, including looking for gifts online (and praying they arrive in time). I’m also probably not alone in wanting to be able to shop safely and not get the always dreaded letter […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 At this time of the year, I see a lot of security predictions for the upcoming 12 months. It’s not that these predictions are confined to a January 1 to December 31 time period, and while most of the predictions are based on what we’ve been seeing for […]

Security 2016: What to Expect in the New Year Anti-virus software is supposed to be the front line of security defenses, right? But what happens when AV software is found to be vulnerable? It’s not uncommon. Earlier this year, Sophos and Kaspersky Lab, for example, both had to deal with critical vulnerabilities discovered in or […]

Security 2016: What to Expect in the New Year Have you given much thought to the security of your backed-up data? If you haven’t, perhaps it’s time you do, especially in light of new research from Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks released a white paper today that takes a close look at how bad […]

Reduce Data Breach Damage by Improving Detection and Response Hacking children’s toys may not seem like a topic for a blog that focuses on security in the workplace or professional environments, but this story isn’t just about toys. It’s about the confluence of technologies and how security isn’t keeping up. The Internet of Things has […]

Phishing 101: Beware and Prepare this Holiday Season Happy Cyber Monday. If you are a business that has an e-commerce store front, I hope you have a successful day and holiday season. I also hope that you are able to keep your customers safe from cybercrime this season. I’m sure you know that you have […]

Phishing 101: Beware and Prepare this Holiday Season Just in time for the busiest shopping and travel (and probably overall credit card use) time of the year, we are seeing a number of new Point-of-Sale (PoS) malware and PoS-related breaches. (Even as I began to write this blog post, I got yet another alert of […]

2014 was known as The Year of the Breach. It could be that 2015 will be known as The Year of the Really Big Breaches. Or perhaps it will be remembered as the year that mobile malware really began to make a statement or cyberespionage entered the American lexicon. If nothing else, the year that […]

The Challenges of Gaining Useful Insight into Data I read an article this morning that discussed how little most companies trust friendly hackers when they discover vulnerabilities. According to the San Francisco Chronicle article, while some larger tech companies are willing to listen to these outside sources, the majority are leery of them [registration required]. […]

Reduce Data Breach Damage by Improving Detection and Response According to an article on ZDNet, one of the most popular exploit kits is coming back to life, even though its developer was arrested a couple of years ago. According to the article: The Blackhole exploit kit was one of the most well-known kits available to […]

Tackle Insider Threat by Creating a Culture of Security Awareness I’ve noticed a troublesome trend in some of the surveys I’ve read. Leadership or IT staff or those in charge of security recognize a specific problem but they aren’t taking the steps necessary to eradicate said problem. Last week, it was concerns about (and lack […]