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Our take on the NSA’s decision to cut back on sys admins 20 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am
A couple of weeks ago, the NSA Director, General Alexander was quoted in a Reuters article saying that in order to limit data access and potential leakage, they will cut back on 90% of NSA...
TIME and again: an SSL breach before BREACH 14 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
Last week at Black Hat 2013, one of the briefings that garnered a lot of attention was ‘SSL, GONE IN 30 SECONDS – A BREACH BEYOND CRIME.’. The briefing detailed an extension of 2012’s CRIME...
Thoughts on the FBI’s Preso at Black Hat 8 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Attending BlackHat is something that most security professionals look forward to. It’s an opportunity to meet similar folks on both sides of the security aisle, have a drink, share stories and compare...
What Can Happen On Your Watch? Exposing the SDLC Myth 26 Jul 2013 | 01:34 am
We’ve all seen it happen in the movies before. The security guard walks the hallways once an hour, looking for broken locks and open doors/windows. While he’s in between patrols, thieves break in thro...
Why One Employee Is Your Greatest Security Threat 12 Jul 2013 | 02:50 am
Today’ most precious commodity is data. It’s in very high demand. And where there is demand, there’s a market just waiting for someone to capitalize on it. This goes a long way in explaining why advan...
Community Defense in the Wild 3 Jul 2013 | 10:09 pm
With the announcement of SecureSphere version 10.0, Imperva added a crowd-sourced threat intelligence service that aggregates and validates attack data from WAFs to protect against hackers, automated ...
Why Data Security Pros Are Knocking Down Firewalls 28 Jun 2013 | 03:51 am
Yesterday, a very interesting article in the AFCEA caught my eye: “DISA Eliminating Firewalls.” Although the title seemed provocative at first, the article itself just made me smile. DISA gets it, the...
Data Leakage In A Google World 18 Jun 2013 | 11:10 pm
In the past, information leakage conjured images of securing data from physical theft (remember the alleged FBI laptop?) but thanks to the web, organizations need to secure information from growing “s...
Webinar: CMS Hacking 101 18 Jun 2013 | 10:51 pm
Join Barry Shteiman, Imperva Sr. Security Strategist, to see how malicious hackers exploit vulnerabilities found in popular Content Management Systems to systematically identify and attack unsuspectin...
File Server Risks, A Look Into Verizon's Data breach Investigation Report 2013 30 May 2013 | 11:06 pm
As you may have seen by now, Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) 2013 is out. First and foremost, we wish to congratulate Verizon’s RISK team on yet another excellent and informative rep...
