News, analysis and context on enterprise technology for the CTO
I just read a great article on DarkReading.com called "A Tale Of Two Hacks" by the experienced, seasoned cyber security thought leader and mentor Tom Parker of Securicon. Tom is a good balance to those in the press who form a bit of an echo chamber. He also helps cancel out some of the pseudo experts in the field (the guys who claim to be experts but really have nothing to show for it). Please read the entire article, but a snippet of … [Read more...]
NetWitness is a company we have been tracking for quite a while. The firm had roots in the mission needs of federal enterprises with sensitive information protection needs. Its intellectual property and visionary team combined made quite a contribution to network defense. We watched as the firm moved from a beginning in forensics to a mature, full-spectrum visualization and analysis provider. Now every enterprise either runs NetWitness or wishes they … [Read more...]
Last week, General Alexander (director of NSA and commander, USCYBERCOM) spoke at the RSA conference in San Francisco. He pointed out the the explosion of technology over the past 10 years. That users went from an average of 250MB of personal files, to over 128GB. The fact that 70% of Americans online are on Facebook - that 600M users worldwide are as well. This, mixed with the huge advances in programming (Watson and Deep Blue) lets us know that we do … [Read more...]