Network & Information Security

Security Insights: Oscar nominees are more popular and risky online right now
Mar 6, 2010 – I am revving up for the Oscars this weekend, how about you? I find myself impressed with this year’s picks. Some years I wonder if it is just a popularity... Read the rest

Security Insights: Is Hybrid Email Security Right For You?
Mar 6, 2010 – Enterprises are bombarded with choices for email security—on-premise appliances, hosted appliances, software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Traditionally, on-premise solutions, both hardware and software, have dominated the email security space. Hosted and... Read the rest

Security Insights: McAfee Featured on Army’s APL
Mar 3, 2010 – By now you’ve heard about Operation Aurora, a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on corporate infrastructure of several large companies that resulted in the theft of intellectual property. My colleague,... Read the rest

Security Insights: Source Code Repositories Targeted In Operation Aurora
Mar 3, 2010 – Operation Aurora continues to be a hot topic inside and outside of security circles. At this week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco many conversations are on the topic of the... Read the rest

Security Insights: Go Team USA! But is your favorite Olympic star dangerous?
Feb 26, 2010 – How about those Olympics, huh??? I’m watching as much as I can – and I don’t even consider myself a huge sports buff. (Well, except for baseball. I love it!)... Read the rest

Security Insights: HITECH Name-And-Shame Goes Up A Gear
Feb 25, 2010 – Not content with naming-and-shaming companies who break the HIPAA/HITECH health regulations through the normal press, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now reporting companies who lose control... Read the rest

Security Insights: Phishing For Twitter Credentials
Feb 25, 2010 – Cyberscammers are going after login credentials for Twitter in a big way. At least, that’s if my own Twitter friends are any indication for trending. In the last week, two... Read the rest

Security Insights: RSA – Locked and Loaded
Feb 25, 2010 – I just wanted to give everyone the rundown on what I and McAfee have planned for RSA. It is always a big event for McAfee and we have a lot... Read the rest

Security Insights: McAfee Vulnerability Manager an SC Magazine “Best Buy”
Feb 24, 2010 – McAfee Vulnerability Manager was distinguished among several competitive products with the coveted “Five-Star” and “Best Buy” rating in the February edition of SC Magazine. In the group test, SC Magazine... Read the rest

Security Insights: Critical Control 20: Security Skills Assessment and Training to Fill Gaps
Feb 20, 2010 – Technology moves and evolves at such a fast pace that without a good training plan and motivated self learners, most IT professions get left behind after only a short amount... Read the rest

Over The River: Photography and Fatherhood
Sep 15, 2009 – Anyone who knows me even in passing knows I take lots of pictures – and mostly pictures of people’s faces. People that know I have kids often ask me why... Read the rest

Security Insights: Three kids + one desk top computer = must have time limits
Nov 26, 2008 – Did you hear the story out of Sweden last week that a teenager collapsed after playing World of Warcraft for 24 hours straight? He apparently suffered an epileptic seizure after... Read the rest

Technology Pundits: Microsoft Moves to Zero Cost Anti Virus Service
Nov 18, 2008 – In the 80s when viruses first started to raise their ugly little heads Microsoft made an unfortunate and, in hind sight, foolish decision. They decided to let third parties deal... Read the rest

Security Insights: The Net’s A Bit Safer Without McColo
Nov 17, 2008 – The Internet got a little safer last week because Internet access providers pulled the plug, literally, on a company called McColo. This is a moment in the fight against cybercrime... Read the rest

Security Insights: Tips on creating p@ssw0rds for teens and tweens
Nov 17, 2008 – For the past few weeks, I have been saying that you should talk to your kids and teach them to be safe while online. Over the next several weeks, I... Read the rest

Security Insights: The Impact of Recent PCI DSS Announcements
Nov 17, 2008 – The last couple of months have seen a flurry of announcements and updates to the Payment Card Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). So, what is the impact of these changes... Read the rest

Security Insights: Protecting your Data with Education
Nov 14, 2008 – I just received my latest installment of the SANS NewsBites and noticed two articles that referenced data breaches based upon lost memory sticks. Not to pick on the UK and... Read the rest

Security Insights: Focused On Security
Nov 13, 2008 – I used to have a poster on my office wall of a Chinese proverb; if you chase two rabbits, both will escape. That poster was important to me because it... Read the rest

Security Insights: Focused On Security
Nov 13, 2008 – I used to have a poster on my office wall of a Chinese proverb; if you chase two rabbits, both will escape. That poster was important to me because it... Read the rest

Security Insights: Phishing and Faxing – This Time It’s Good to Be Lazy!
Nov 11, 2008 – Recently, a “Wells Fargo” email arrived in my junk inbox. Though legitimate email sometimes is misdirected into my junk file, I knew for sure it was a phishing email because... Read the rest

Security Insights: Tips on social networking for parents
Nov 10, 2008 – Social networking sites…Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Twitter, DeviantArt and many more…set off an interesting conversation for most moms. I have heard everything from “Oh, that site is only for kids” to... Read the rest

Security Insights: Network Risk Control
Nov 6, 2008 – Tim Greene at Network World just issued a nice story in support of the notion that NAC can be a sort of ‘backstop’ to security tools. NAC is supposed to... Read the rest

Security Insights: Checking your kids browser history
Nov 5, 2008 – This week, I would like to discuss an item that was brought up in a comment on my first blog by Parry Aftab, McAfee’s Family Internet Safety Advisor. She told... Read the rest

Security Insights: Why Does Japan Have 10x Fewer PC Infections Than the US?
Nov 4, 2008 – I read the New York Times article today titled “On Security, Microsoft Reports Progress and Alarm” and was quite intrigued by the closing paragraph that talked about malware infection rates... Read the rest

Security Insights: Introducing the Third Generation of NAC
Nov 4, 2008 – OK, you have spent a lot to secure your endpoints, but is your investment going to waste? IT organizations large and small have invested heavily in endpoint security to address... Read the rest

Security Insights: Millions Spent On Microsoft Flaw, But Not By McAfee Customers
Nov 4, 2008 – As most of you now know, on 10/23, Microsoft announced a critical out-of-cycle patch (MS08-067) to fix a flaw being exploited by cybercrooks. The vulnerability affects all major versions of... Read the rest

Security Insights: Another Record Quarter for McAfee
Oct 31, 2008 – Yesterday we announced our financial results for Q3 08. We are pleased to report that despite the current economic environment, our customers continue to view our technology as a “must-have.” ... Read the rest

Security Insights: Teaching your kids to be cybersmart
Oct 31, 2008 – My first week as McAfee’s Chief Cyber Security Mom was exciting and busy. I started the week being interviewed by the Chicago Sun Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. I... Read the rest

Security Insights: Mom’s report that cybersafety of their teens worries them more than drunk driving
Oct 30, 2008 – Recently, McAfee released the results of a survey of moms and teens on cybersafety. I found it very interesting that the moms reported being as worried about their teens’ cybersafety... Read the rest

Security Insights: Focus-ing on Data Protection
Oct 29, 2008 – Last week, as many of you may know, was the inaugural McAfee user conference, snappily titled “Focus 2008.” At Focus, I had the honor of participating on one of the... Read the rest

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