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Tripwire acquires nCircle to form new security giant
You're going to be hearing the name Tripwire a lot more, and the name nCircle a lot less probably. Tripwire announced today that it is acquiring nCircle--making it one of the biggest companies in information security.
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Do enterprise security teams want Big Data Security?
A big theme at the RSA Conference this year is a concept known as Big Data Security -- the idea that massive amounts of data related to both network security and of business context should be stockpiled to be analyzed to pinpoint malware, rogue insiders and stealthy attacks aimed at stealing sensitive data.
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RSA 2013: Keynotes highlight state of optimism and fear
Sure, things are tough for security pros right now, note keynote speakers. But all is not lost in the war against cybercrime
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RSA: Big data, analytics services will secure data centers
RSA, the security division of EMC, kicks off its annual security conference on IT security today with a pitch to establish its new Big Data Security and risk-governance products as a foundation for security operations centers. And RSA says it'll send in its security professionals to help set them up, too.
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RSA brings big data analytics to security threat management
RSA has unveiled a new tool designed to let enterprises detect security threats more quickly than current technologies permit by combining big data management and analytics approaches with traditional network monitoring and threat detection.
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Ausenco virtualises to 95 percent, upgrades DR capability
Australian engineering, project management and operations company Ausenco has undertaken a major virtualisation and disaster recovery (DR) upgrade as a foundation to developing a private cloud for its core enterprise applications.
Whitepapers about emc
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Transforming SIEM into an Early Warning System For Advanced Threats
Given today’s threat environment, security teams now realize that they must assume their IT environments are subject to periodic compromise. Gone are the days when preventive measures to secure the perimeter or trying to detect malware problems using signature match technologies were enough. New practices based on an understanding of the phases of an attack, continuous threat monitoring, and rapid attack detection and remediation are required. Find out more.
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Getting Real About Security Management and Big Data – A Roadmap for Big Data in Security Analytics
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Is Big Data Worth Its Weight In Gold?
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How Will CIOs Meet Growing Security Threats
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AusCERT 2013: Cloud-based scanner identifies new malware by its ancestry
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AusCERT 2013: International cyberwar response more complex than geopolitical treaties: NATO CCD COE analyst
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AusCERT 2013:Packetloop looks at the half-life of security information
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AusCERT 2013: Kill the password, says Mozilla
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AusCERT 2013: Companies unaware of IPv6 security risk even if they’re not using it
Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
