Regulatory compliance requirements and concerns over data compromises have elevated the importance of information security issues in corporate boardrooms, according to panelists at the 32nd annual conference organized by the Computer Security Institute. And that trend is lending urgency to the need for security managers to adopt a more business-oriented approach to their jobs.

Users pushing for a consolidation of multiple risk management tools

Jeff Jedras - December 8, 2005

A tool consolidation trend may be coming to the enterprise risk management (ERM) space, but some observers caution while this is a good idea the market may not be ready yet.

Does zero-day mean zero response?

Warren Lee - December 8, 2005

The time it takes for a known vulnerability to be exploited by some sort of malware has fallen precipitously in the past three years. From the time that the vulnerability became known, the Slammer worm took six months to hit, Sasser took three weeks, and the Witty worm took two days. One of 2005

New dimensions in intrusion defence

Victor R. Garza - December 8, 2005

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Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) Part 2

MohammadMoein Shafi and Arash Habibi Lashkari - March 5, 2024

This second article of the Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) series delves into Microsoft's Windows Phone, a mobile OS that has undergone significant changes...