I attended the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas in December to gain some insights about how enterprise IT professionals are viewing virtualization and cloud computing. While I dislike Las Vegas in general, I was able to visit the Pinball Hall of Fame (a must-see if you’re a pinball aficionado). From a security perspective,…
Read MoreOSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System project that has been around since 2003. It was acquired by Third Brigade in 2008, and then Third Brigade was acquired by Trend Micro in 2009. Trend Micro recently completed a global survey of the OSSEC installed base that yielded some interesting results. OSSEC performs log…
Read MoreThe Cloud Security Alliance (known affectionately as CSA) today published the second version of its “Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing” which you can download from the CSA website. As full disclosure, I am co-chair of the Solution Provider group within the CSA along with my esteemed colleague Tim Matthews from PGP…
Read More2009 has been a notable year for malware and malicious online activity for a number of reasons and several of them relate to what is known as botnets. A zombie, or a bot, is a PC infected by malware that brings it under the remote control of a criminal. Criminals run networks that can range…
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