This week disappointing news came from service provider Code Spaces, a company that provided support for devops application management. Code Spaces, which was hosted in Amazon Web Service’s cloud, ceased operations. after suffering a distributed denial-of-service attack by a perpetrator who demanded ransom and then began deleting data when company officials logged into their AWS […]
Practical applications are emerging for connected devices in key industries A year ago, people were mostly talking about the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) — what companies and government entities might do in the future to take advantage of this widespread network of connected objects. Practical advice for you to take full advantage […]
Applications, endpoints, networks, and servers will enforce security policies related to identity and data security. So what should CISOs do to address the “shadow IT” dilemma? As IT loses control of some of its traditional assets, my suggestion to CISOs is to double-down on security controls and oversight for the things they still own. In […]
Just before the Internet’s meteoric rise in the public consciousness, large centralized dial-up services like America Online, Prodigy, and CompuServe dominated the online landscape. In this competitive climate 20 years ago, Apple introduced eWorld, a subscription-based information service available to Mac and Newton users. Despite its closure in 1996, eWorld remains notable for its city-based […]
From passwords on sticky notes to sensitive contracts left in a pile by the printer, many office workers make the same basic security errors. Even our CSO staff is not immune to these common no-nos – but they are easy to fix (includes video) You’ve checked all of the entry ways in your office building, […]
Feels like a PR exercise,’ says analyst of Apple’s decision to publicly beta test OS X Apple has returned to public beta testing of its Mac operating system after a 14-year absence, just as rival Microsoft has begun backing away from the practice. On Monday, Apple said that it would expand a small public beta […]
