RSA 2008: Blanketing security
The annual RSA Conference on information security opens this week
in San Francisco, featuring such hot topics as cybersecurity, cryptography, and
warrantless wiretapping. Speakers include Symantec's John Thompson,
Microsoft's Craig Mundie, and former Vice President Al Gore. To stay on top of
the latest news from RSA Conference 2008, check back here for CNET's
continuously updated coverage.
Big Blue has organized its security portfolio in a way that meets enterprise requirements at the board level--and not just in the security products test lab.
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Posted By: Jon Oltsik
Apr 18 2008
Security market is tipping toward big vendors, analyst Jon Oltsik says. That's bad news for security widget vendors--and there are still a lot of them around.
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Posted By: Jon Oltsik
Apr 15 2008
As a speaker this year at RSA 2008 conference, I felt I was right to blog the speech. But why all the secrecy in the first place?
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 11 2008
As he closes this year's RSA 2008, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore redoubles his efforts to warn the planet about global warming.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 11 2008
Author of
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, warns security professionals at RSA 2008 not to let too much data cloud their judgment.
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 10 2008
The takeaway from RSA 2008 wasn't too different from years' past: When it comes to security, individuals and companies need to get serious about best practices. What's the holdup?
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Posted By: Charles Cooper
Apr 10 2008
Panelist at RSA 2008 says election officials are stuck with flawed electronic voting systems and the only solution is to require audits after every election.
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 10 2008
Security industry, still struggling with basic problems such as compliance, identity, and data security, is going "back to the drawing board."
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Posted By: Jon Oltsik
Apr 10 2008
Part three of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 10 2008
At the RSA Conference this week, security expert Bruce Schneier offered a revised--and more mature--opinion of the role of so-called Security Theater as part of a new conceptual foundation for the psychology of security.
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Posted By: Peter Glaskowsky
Apr 9 2008
The days of worms and viruses that targeted a specific operating system are as dated as The Spice Girls, as security threats move online to target the browser and phishing scams.
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Posted By: Tom Krazit
Apr 9 2008
Part 2 of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation. How do those in the Echo Generation use online social media for hacks?
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 9 2008
Security expert Ira Winkler explains how you can break into a power station and take over the power grid.
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 8 2008
At the RSA 2008 conference, experts say the battle to shore up the nation's cybersecurity defenses turns on a more serious effort to instill best practices.
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Posted By: Charles Cooper
Apr 8 2008
Annual cryptographers' panel at RSA conference offers insights into the coming year.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 8 2008
Company's security suite enables administrators to push policies out across PCs, servers, and other computers that access the Internet.
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 8 2008
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says Silicon Valley should send "best and brightest" to work with government on preventing cyberattacks.
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 8 2008
Craig Mundie, Redmond's research and strategy chief, lays out the company's latest security vision and says "Discuss."
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 8 2008
Together they will enhance efforts to shape security policy in Washington, D.C., says Symantec CEO John Thompson.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 8 2008
A future goal for the security industry is to be become content aware, says John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 8 2008
Part One of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 8 2008
At RSA 2008, IBM will unveil "Phantom" initiative for securing virtual environments. The company also will unveil details of IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager, which automates the management of encryption keys.
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Posted By: Elinor Mills
Apr 7 2008
When it comes to computer privacy, nascent move by European regulators to change data retention policies is a harbinger of what will happen this side of the Atlantic.
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Posted By: Charles Cooper
Apr 7 2008
Addition of ID Management software vendor rounds out Hitachi's biometrics, RFID, and smart card security services.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 7 2008
Computers used for the registration system at the security conference can't handle special characters.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 7 2008
There are few big moments expected at next week's security conference in San Francisco, but that could mean more surprises.
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Posted By: Robert Vamosi
Apr 4 2008
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