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The Rise of Security Testing: Why Comprehensive Security Testing Is Critical to Proactive IT Risk Management

This paper will outline the increasing recognition of comprehensive security testing as a best practice for addressing issues of organizational risk related to vulnerability assessment and remediation planning, identification and validation of exposure to data breaches, assessment of defense mechanisms and policies, and maintenance of regulatory compliance. It is meant...

Tags: Information Technology, Vulnerability Assessment, Core Security Technologies, Security

White papers 2008-07-31

Core Security names Hatton CEO; Aims to broaden pen testing

Core Security Technologies on Monday named Mark Hatton CEO. Hatton was the president of North American operations for Sophos. Last year, Core lost CEO Paul Paget and product manager Max Caceres, who is well known in the penetration testing world. Hatton's mission is to grow the company,...

Tags: Problem, Core Security Technologies, Mark Hatton, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-10

Researcher: Critical vulnerability found in VMware's desktop apps

Core Security Technologies said Monday that it has discovered vulnerability in VMware's desktop virtualization software that allows an attacker to gain complete control a system and launch executable files on the host operating system. The discovery is notable given that virtualization security is largely uncharted territory. However,...

Tags: Desktop, Vulnerability, Discovery, VMware Inc., Exploit, Core Security Technologies, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Additional Resources

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

News to know: Intel; Microsoft; Cisco; Google Voice; Postini; Nokia

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Intel: Solid third quarter; Sees brighter prospects ahead Sam Diaz: Analysts interested in Intel's 2010, not just...

Tags: Google Inc., Postini Corp., Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Voice, Camcorder, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Data Centers, Wiki, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-10-14

News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing

Watch this space for future problems! There’s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like: - Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell - ACS getting bought by Xerox Add to these deals,...

Tags: Solution, BPO, Outsourcing Company, Customer, BPO Deal, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-05

HP Envy 13

Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010 Review[pre]It's still 2009, but Norton couldn't wait for the New Year to release Norton Antivirus 2010. Is this really a security application ahead of its time, or is Norton 2010 just an average A/V suite released a few months too soon? Read our full review for...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Hewlett-Packard Co., Norton Co., Symantec Norton AntiVirus, virus, security

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 (Mac)

Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. To create Snow Leopard, Apple engineers refined 90 percent of the more than 1,000 projects that make up Mac OS X. Users...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Refinement, Snow Leopard, Grand Central Dispatch, 64-Bit, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Cisco's Brave New World

An intriguing and very well written article in this week's Economist documents Cisco CEO John Chamber's ambitious plans to conquer 30 new areas of business: ...From “virtual health care� to “cloud computing� and “safety and security� to “routers in space�, the company is tackling more than 30...

Tags: Information Technology, Brave New World, Cisco Systems Inc., Chambers, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-30

Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims

Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claimsDenies any wrongdoing, surprise there ...Not likely they would come out and just admit that there software is a giant bleeding hole, would they?Every HP and Dell our company owns is on that list, and it's making our top management VERY UNHAPPY. And the fact...

Tags: Rootkits, Auto-Complete, Absolute Software, rootkit claim, BIOS rootkit claim, BIOS, rootkit

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims

Following a flood of calls from customers, the company behind the LoJack anti-theft service which researchers from Core Security Technologies recently portrait as a security threat, issued a statement downplaying the researchers' claims. According to the statement, LoJack is neither a rootkit, nor does it behave in...

Tags: Absolute Software, Anti-theft, Malware, LoJack, Conficker, BIOS, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Security, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Components, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops

LAS VEGAS -- A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers. The service -- called Computrace LoJack for Laptops -- contains...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Rootkits, BIOS, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-30

News to know: Microsoft, Yahoo; AMD; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Who will get the Windows 7 bits and when? Microsoft's fiscal 2010 game plan: Seven must-see...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Some important truths about pen-testing

Guest editorial by Alberto Soliño Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or “hacks� of their own, or others’ technologies to test...

Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-20

In praise of 'slow IT'

In praise of 'slow IT'Slow IT? We already have that.It's called Microsoft Windows/Office. Not only does Windows totally eliminate the point of dual/quad core processors, it insists on you installing more memory to run it. It might be pretty, but its tooo slow.The problem is probably to do with a...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, praise

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Index

The above CNBC video of John Hagel Deloitte Center for the Edge discusses the huge problem of applying old business thinking when adopting new technology, and the scary new realities around global business competitiveness. 'Measuring the forces of long term change - the...

Tags: Collaboration, Knowledge, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Battling for the Mother Of All Monopolies...

Despite their motto 'Don't Be Evil', Google appear to be making a pretty good effort at attempting to own your online data and computing world, and all at a low, no up front cost to you. The latest Google product, an operating system, adds to the already formidable...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Thin Clients, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-08

It’s official: SaaS is now mainstream

It must be mainstream if Unisys and IBM are blessing it Lately, I’ve done a couple of briefings with some large, serious, mainstream firms who have whispered their SaaS software as a service plans to me. Let’s start with Unisys. Unisys is a...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CIO, Unisys Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value

The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-30