Sue Poremba

Survey Shows Majority of Companies Are Vulnerable to BYOD Risks I swear I could write about BYOD and the potential security problems every day until the foreseeable future. But I have to wonder if we are approaching the risks in the wrong way. A new study by managed cloud services provider NaviSite found that while […]

New Cyber Attack Methods Uncovering Vulnerable Blind-Spots I had the opportunity to talk with Aleks Gostev, chief security expert for the global research & analysis team at Kaspersky Lab, about some of the current threat trends facing the enterprise today. Not surprisingly, the first thing he mentioned was mobile threats. BYOD, he said, is a […]

Cybersecurity, Private Clouds, Privacy: Guidance on Top 2013 Trends We know that cyber crime can be expensive to the enterprise and the government. Experts toss around numbers about how much it costs a company when there is a breach, and that number always seems to be in the millions of dollars. McAfee and the Center […]

Five Most Common Security Attacks on Two-Factor Authentication We know that when an account is breached, the most damage occurs within the first few minutes. However, according to a new survey by the Ponemon Institute and NorseCorp, if a company has the right threat intelligence, it can take as little as 4.6 minutes to prevent […]

Survey Shows Majority of Companies Are Vulnerable to BYOD Risks How many Internet-connected devices are in your household? Not in your business, but personally owned by you and everyone who lives with you. The average is 4.5 per household, according to the folks at Kaspersky Lab, who recently conducted a survey of 9000 respondents internationally […]

Spear Phishing, Targeted Attacks and Data Breach Trends As I write this blog post, Wall Street is under an epic cyberattack. But don’t worry; it’s only a drill, codenamed Quantum Dawn 2. The purpose of the drill is to test the cybersecurity readiness of the biggest financial institutions in the world, including the U.S. Treasury […]

The idea that overconfidence drives risky behavior isn’t new or surprising. Think about automobile drivers. I bet if you ask your friends whether or not they are safe drivers, the vast majority will say “Yes, of course,” but when you are a passenger in their car, you notice that they will grab their cellphone to […]

I have long been a strong proponent of educating employees about network security. By educating, I mean using good, clear communication. You must make sure the employees truly understand the dangers and risks rather than just assuming they know what you’re asking them to do. I admit, though, that when I think about who is […]

Twitter is buzzing today with the news that federal agencies have been asked to stay away from this summer’s Def Con, an annual hacker convention that attracts hackers, security experts, and yes, representatives from the federal government. Def Con organizers posted the following on their blog: When it comes to sharing and socializing with feds, […]

A lot of industries have expressed concern – or are just plain nervous – about security in the cloud, but perhaps no industry has to practice more extreme caution about putting data into the cloud than the health care industry. Six Ways Wireless Technology Is Transforming Health Care It appears that concern is well justified, […]

As an Android user, I know to take steps to make sure my devices stay secure. Spear Phishing, Targeted Attacks and Data Breach Trends The first thing I do whenever I get a new device is download trusted security apps from the official Google Play store. I read the descriptions of the apps and ensure […]

It’s hard to believe that 2013 is half over, but here we are in July already. Before you know it, security experts will be coming out with their 2014 threat predictions. However, with the first six months of the year behind us, the folks at AppRiver took a look at how 2013’s threat landscape is […]