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- CyberThreats: Complacency abounds
- Gartner security guru John Pescatore gave his 2010 cyberthreat assessment Tuesday and not a lot has changed---other than the complacency levels of companies that are supposed to be protecting your data. Threats have become more targeted, but the bulk of attacks are using the same techniques found...
- Tags: Technique, Cyberthreats, Attack, Productivity, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Gartner Analyst, John Pescatore, Discusses Wireless Security as SaaS
- With the proliferation of wireless technology throughout the enterprise, multi-dimensional attacks combined with a lack of wireless expertise can challenge even the most experienced IT staff. Security conscious organizations are faced with 3 key wireless security requirements: protect the business from unauthorized users, safeguard sensitive data, and meet evolving compliance...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Gartner Inc., Wireless Security, Wireless, AirTight Networks, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Debating the most influential security folks list
- Ryan Naraine has cooked up a list of the most influential people in security. Here's the list packaged in a slideshow, which is annoyingly set on fast forward. For instance, I viewed two slides, went to bathroom and by time came back the gallery was over (and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Ryan Naraine, Team Management, Security, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Are businesses getting complacent on security?
- Are businesses getting complacent on security?Odd, not what I'm seeingMaybe security is no longer on the top 10 things we want to but not in the group of things we are doing. Still a ways to go but a least I'm seeing plans in place that are being acted on...
- Tags: security, security product
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- Are businesses getting complacent on security?
- Security has fallen out of the top 10 business priorities and complacency may be setting in without big attacks grabbing headlines. That was the message from Gartner security analyst John Pescatore, arguably the best observer in the firm. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Pescatore raised...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Security, General, Gartner Symposium
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- Cybersecurity group gives feds failing grades
- Despite all the security debacles of last year, the federal government is still woefully behind the 8-ball when it comes to protecting sensitive information. In an annual report PDF released yesterday the Cyber Security Industry Alliance says Congress and the Bush Administration should take aggressive actions to improve information security...
- Tags: Government technology, Security, U.S. Congress
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- Experts: Don't buy Vista for the security
- Experts: Don't buy Vista for the securityVista Watch : Users give up to many rights for Windows VistaOK MS Shills , jump on this one !http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/01/9399/they are just going to feel safer......I feel VERY safe with Windows XP, thank you! All it takes is a small measure of common sense,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, security
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Playing it safe with Windows Vista
- Playing it safe with Windows VistaSecurity Center is part of XP.There goes your forced upgrade conspiracy theory.hypothetically, wouldn't a truly secure PC .... not allow a remote website to determine the status of how secure it actually is? I'm not sure I can consider my computer 'secure' if it is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web site development, Web technology, Operating systems, Security Center, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web site, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-12-11
- Is Gartner stooping to new lows to boost event attendance?
- Ever since attending my first Gartner Symposium (a little less than a month after 9/11/01.... my flights were empty), I've been subject to a barrage of emails and snail-mails from Gartner's marketing department inviting me to attend the myriad events run annually by the research outfit....
- Tags: Gartner Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-09-06
- Symantec Represenatives: We can't find holes in Vista Beta2, so we'll ju
- Symantec Represenatives: We can't find holes in Vista Beta2, so we'll juThe February preview??This is the second time they've publicized bugs that appear in old betas. Could someone clue them into the fact that there are new Beta versions available, some if not all of the bugs they keep finding...
- Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-24
- Microsoft's predatory pricing of security software
- SunbeltBLOG has posted an analysis of Microsoft's pricing for their new security products, OneCare and Antigen, calling Microsoft on predatory pricing aimed at putting the rest of the security vendors out of business. Even though Sunbelt Software is in the security business, too, I don't think this is sour grapes....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Spyware-killing Vista could take out rivals
- Spyware-killing Vista could take out rivalsMuch better but still...All these improvements are great for Vista but I think only Windwows Defender will be effective. Simply asking a user to put in the admin password for routine things, like installing software, leads them to believe its not important. So whenever they...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Windows Defender, Internet, Microsoft Windows Vista, admin password, operating system, Spyware-killing Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-17
- Microsoft looks for 'protection' money
- Microsoft looks for 'protection' moneyheres how it sounds...they sell you a boat with holes. then if you want to fix the leaks they will sell you the corks. they know there are holes. you choose, do you want a leaky system or do you want a leaky...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, PRETTY MUCH, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, security
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- You've heard of Trojan horses? How about Trojan grids?
- Over the weekend, fellow ZDNet blogger George Ou wrote to me to say I might be interested some math he did in a recent blog -- math that for fun, I'm now calling George's Law. George's Law appears in his blog about certain types of WiFi access...
- Tags: hacker, PC, distributed denial of service
- Blog posts 2005-11-14
- Gartner issues false alarm on Microsoft WPA2 warning
- Updated 6/2/05: If the confusion over the recent addition of four EAP authentication protocols to the WPA2 standard wasn’t already high enough, Gartner’s recent attempt to bring clarity to the matter has exacerbated the problem. The actual report in PDF form itself wasn't really too alarmist, but it was...
- Tags: WPA2, EAP Authentication Protocols
- Blog posts 2005-05-27
- Cisco's Giancarlo and IBM's Mills: Actually, a certain amount of complexity can be 'worth it'
- Gartner Symposium/ITxpo - San Francisco, CA - The main attraction on Day 2 of Gartner's semi-annual confab was what Gartner calls a Mastermind Panel. These sessions are where one or more of Gartner's rock star researchers go on the big stage to put vendor executives on the hot seat...
- Tags: Charlie Giancarlo
- Blog posts 2005-05-17
- Microsoft Metaphors
- I am metaphorically challenged. One of the best ways to communicate difficult concepts quickly and succinctly is in the form of a metaphor. Four years as an industry analyst did little to help me overcome my inability to generate metaphors on the fly. I have to think about...
- Tags: Metaphor, Microsoft Corp., PCWorld Pescatore, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2005-02-17
- Third buy's a charm for Microsoft?
- Third buy's a charm for Microsoft?"could position Microsoft as a player in the corporate security market"Now there's the problem...With it's OS on 95% of the computers in the world, and a major chunk of the server market, they already ARE the corporate security market.Only when that is understood will we...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Now Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., security, MSAS, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-02-09
- Gartner : Holding off on non-NX systems buys is "right thing to do"
- In an e-mail exhange, Gartner Group vice president and research fellow John Pescatore concurs with my recommendation that buyers hold off on purchases of any systems including clients and servers that don't have the hardware needed to enable the Data Execution Prevention DEP technology found in the soon-to-be released Service Pack 2...
- Tags: Service Pack 2
- Blog posts 2004-08-07
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