Bill Brenner

Articles by Bill Brenner

Is it time to ditch the antivirus?

IT Security 101 dictates that everyone needs AV to keep malware and data thieves at bay, but for some an antivirus software is obsolete and an obstacle to a more perfect defence

Survival strategies for the security company

Many customers are putting security in the backburner. But the economy will eventually revive, security firms will thrive when that moment comes if they use the bad times to create and perfect their offerings

Do laid-off workers become data thieves?

If enterprise security shops are only now discovering the insider threat and the need for a layered defense with tighter access controls, they have bigger problems than the current recession

IT security spend on the rise

Despite the economic recession, security gets the bigger slice of IT budget according to a Forrester Research survey

Penetration testing: dead in 2009?

Is the practice of penetration testing headed the way of desktop publishing and the PDA? Well probably not dead as is dead and gone, it just won't be as cool as it was before. Here's a look at the possible reincarnation of penetration testing

Five mistakes security pros would make again

Security administrators sound off on best "mistakes" of their professional careers.

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