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The state of computer security is in continual change. The only constant in this game is the very dynamic nature of defense and offense. If you are a defender you will always have a hard job. You will always need to be on the lookout for ways to succeed in the face of a dynamic, never ending threat. This special report is a summary of the Cyber Security category of the CTOvision.com blog. This means it is a summary of pieces we know and care … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1RzIXRj3Z0 While PCs will likely remain with us for a long time, the PC era has come to a close. Bob Gourley discussed this transition and the rise of mobile in an interview with IDG’s Bill Laberis at the HP Protect 2011 conference on Monday, September 12, 2011. Though there are currently 1.2 billion PCs in the world, there are 4 billion active cell phone accounts, a growing proportion of which are smartphones. … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhttnIOmDp8 We've already established that perfect security is impossibly in cyberspace, especially with the move to the cloud, the consumerization of IT, and the rise of mobile. Still, even with current transformations, IT can still get more secure as it evolves. Recently, HP announced an enterprise security strategy to address these new challenges, which was described in an interview by IDG's Bill Laberis at the HP … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPWhaEhOUo Whenever the topic of cloud computing comes up, cloud security isn't far behind. Survey after survey has shown it to be a top CIO concern, but how much of that concern is legitimate? CTOvision's Bob Gourley and Tom Reilly, Vice President and General Manger of Enterprise Security at HP separated myth from reality on cloud security in an interview with IDG's Bill Laberis at the HP Protect 2011 … [Read more...]
In this week's Blog Talk Radio, Bob Gourley and John Dodge talk about the new avenues of attack in the cyber world. In addition, they hit on the #cloudsecurity tweets of the week on Twitter. Highlights of the re-tweets are an interview with CIA CTO Gus Hunt and some thoughts on moving from a private cloud to a public cloud. The two also hit on topics like HP's integrated suite of security tools and the importance of testing applications, especially web … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rF3Q2ewa4E In an interview at the HP Protect 2011 conference on Monday, September 12, 2011. Bob Gourley and Tom Reilly, Vice President and General Manger of Enterprise Security at HP, discussed two studies on cyber crime from the Ponemon Institute and Coleman Parks. The median cost to an organization due to cyber attack was $5.9 million a year, 56% more than last year, and the time it takes to resolve the attack … [Read more...]
A just-released GAO report says Federal CIOs do not have the authority they need to do their jobs - and serve the public. Should federal CIOs be given more power? What stands in their way? Enterprise CIO Forum community manager John Dodge and Bob Gourley, CTOvision.com editor-in-chief who used to work for the federal government, explore the problem of un-empowered CIOs in Federal IT. Listen to internet radio with ECIOForum on Blog Talk Radio … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of3CfNJ84oQ Bob Gourley and HP's Andrzej Kawalec, CTO of Enterprise Security continued to discuss emerging security issues at the HP Protect 2011 conference on Monday, September 12, 2011, exploring problems with traditional approaches to enterprise security. Andrzej began by defining the customary enterprise security approach. We've been taking a very reactive stance to cybersecurity, focusing on responding to … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEzmXrs0mdA Another discussion from the HP Protect 2011 conference on Monday, September 12, 2011 featured Bob Gourley and HP's Andrzej Kawalec, CTO of Enterprise Security, discussing the evolving enterprise threat environment and how it can be mitigated. Bob and Andrzej agreed on three major emerging challenges in enterprise cybersecurity. The first is simply the nature of the threat, which is growing in … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBO38WdztXc On Monday, September 12, 2011, Crucial Point's Bob Gourley met with cyber security industry leaders at the National Harbor Gaylord Convention Center near Washington D.C. during the HP Protect 2011 conference. This event brings together the most significant enterprise cybersecurity capabilities, including highly regarded capabilities like ArcSight and Netwitness and HP Fortify. The event is also an … [Read more...]