InfoSec
RSS InfoSecWatch your staff: 'Insider threat must be addressed'
News To demonstrate this point, he performed a 'pod-slurping' demo for attendees at InfoSec. The insider threat posed by malicious staff abusing technology or network resources must become the major concern for businesses. [25 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Should everybody be a security company?
Comment Schneier spoke out about the relevance of an event like InfoSec, branding its very existence "a problem". silicon.com editor-at-large Will Sturgeon is blogging from the InfoSecurity show at London Olympia. [25 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec
Comment The InfoSec show has come around again so quickly. One of the benefits of larger vendors choosing to step out of the InfoSec madness is more breathing space for start-ups looking for the oxygen of... [24 Apr 2007]
Use hacker strategies to build a successful information security career
White Paper This chapter from InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul offers advice on determining the type of information security job that's right for you, how to dig for the details about companies you're... [19 May 2006]
Address these eight concerns in your incident response policy
White Paper Defining partner agreementsDeveloping an incident team Designing an internal communications plan These recommendations, along with information available from sites such as the SANS InfoSec Reading Room, will make it... [17 May 2006]
Opinion: What's the point of security?
Comment It's Infosec time again. Infosec was once again the venue for the release of the latest government-sponsored survey of information security breaches in the UK, conducted by a consortium led by... [26 Apr 2006]
'Security pro' - an oxymoron?
News The term 'infosec professional' is almost a contradiction in terms, according to analyst group Gartner, which warns the field of IT security is still finding its feet. The analyst house said there is little agreement on... [06 Mar 2006]
Leader: InfoSec's appeal
Leader There were very few attendees at InfoSecurity Europe this week who didn't appear to be genuinely energised about attending the show's 10th year. It helps that it's possibly the IT industry's 'sexiest' - or perhaps most interesting - area... [29 Apr 2005]
Biggest security headache just won't go away...
News And while temps have often come in for stick because of the threat more nomadic staff can pose, one attendee at InfoSec said it is the sales team, with their eye on business critical data, that really need to be watched... [29 Apr 2005]
'The end is nigh'... for email viruses
News Attendees at the InfoSec conference in London have predicted the end of email-borne viruses, suggesting the problem has simply had its day. Many at the InfoSec security event this week believe that next... [28 Apr 2005]
Security industry gathers for London pow-wow
News Those attending Olympia this year are confident InfoSec 2005 will be bigger and better than ever as their market continues to go from strength to strength. Steve Purdham, CEO of SurfControl (InfoSec... [25 Apr 2005]
CA spends on access management
News Computer Associates has announced it has acquired a security product from privately held mainframe security company InfoSec for an undisclosed amount. CA said the InfoSec software will help its customers... [30 Mar 2005]
The Need for Security Testing: An Introduction to the OSSTMM 3.0
White Paper Testing is a very important part of implementing security within an organization. There are a number of myths that companies use to discredit the need for Security testing. This whitepaper addresses and discounts some of those myths. [17 Feb 2005]
2005: The year of the security professional
News Non-profit industry body the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium ((ISC)2) made the announcement at Infosec in New York. Despite the comparative good health of the security industry through... [08 Dec 2004]
'Please God not another trade show'
News Tech professionals have hit out at the seemingly endless list of trade shows - from Comdex to CeBit, via Infosec and Storage Expo and hundreds of niche shows that clutter the calendar. And the dislike expressed by many... [26 Oct 2004]
