May 9, 2012 - Ever wonder how some of your favorite apps work together seamlessly, integrating key data points across platforms? How about the financial information you just pulled from a cloud-based CRM through your company’s ERP portal? The answer is the near invisible (continue reading...) Read more
May 8, 2012 - There is no such thing as perfect security. As CEO and President of McAfee, I saw first-hand how some of the largest companies with the most sophisticated security programs were routinely compromised. They were diligent. They were compliant. It wasn’t (continue reading...) Read more
May 8, 2012 - In modern high-density server environments, high switching and routing capacities are an absolute necessity. But while consolidation, virtualization and cloud computing have been driving up network performance for years, very few security solutions have been built to meet these (continue reading...) Read more
May 7, 2012 - That little brat whose sole pleasure used to be dragging toys as he/she followed you around the house has suddenly discovered an amazing world! The world of unlimited opportunities, games, learning, socializing and discovery-the world of magic, the world of (continue reading...) Read more
May 7, 2012 - In my previous post in this series, I looked at security considerations when enabling Big Data for your business. In collecting, accessing and providing parallel analytics across multiple data sets, you may be inadvertently opening the door to malware (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2012 - The advantages of cloud computing – new levels of cost efficiency, rapid deployment and self-service are much talked about. Yet, while cloud computing remains a top executive priority, security factors are inhibiting broadscale adoption. Very recent Intel Peer (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2012 - This week, our McAfee team is gearing up to attend Interop 2012, May 8-10 in Las Vegas! If you’re at the show, stop by our booth #421 where VP of Network Security Greg Brown and myself will be (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2012 - Phishing occurs when scammers send emails that appear to have been sent by legitimate, trusted organizations in order to lure recipients into clicking links and entering login data and other credentials. SMiShing is a version of phishing in which (continue reading...) Read more
May 2, 2012 - Spammers send unwanted emails or texts that are both annoying and frightening. Most spam messages are useless advertisements selling stuff you don’t need or want. In 1995, 8,069 unique pieces of malware were detected. One out of 20 emails were spam, and (continue reading...) Read more
May 1, 2012 - We kicked off our April #SecChat discussion by asking what security factors our community believed were inhibiting organizations from adopting cloud for the data center. The topic of control was quickly touched upon, as @LabNuke pointed out (continue reading...) Read more
April 30, 2012 - I am a sucker for online shopping and my current obsession is with books. When you have Fishpond, Book Depository and Borders offering free delivery in addition to highly reduced prices, well – it’s a marriage made (continue reading...) Read more
April 30, 2012 - Big Data holds a lot of promise – from the potential to change business models to the ability to rapidly refine services and goods that traditionally took years of industry speculation. But the utilization of Big Data isn’t just about (continue reading...) Read more
April 26, 2012 - With the world’s 10th largest economy and 5th largest population, Brazil’s economic acceleration and technical growth are second only to China when it comes to emerging economies. Not unsurprisingly, this rapid acceleration of economic power and supporting technology has made (continue reading...) Read more
April 26, 2012 - Candy stores have always had an air of nostalgia about them, and many well-known candy shops have been around for generations. McKeesport Candy Co., one of the oldest wholesale candy companies in the nation, was one of the first (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - “A Strategic Inflection Point is that which causes you to make a fundamental change in business strategy. Nothing less is sufficient.” This quote came from Andy Grove, Intel Co-founder and former CEO. And, while he said this at an annual meeting (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - You want to use cloud services, and you want to do so securely. The notion of secure cloud computing has seemed like a pipe dream in recent history, with most believing it just isn’t possible to put data in (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - Go through your smartphone right now. Look at each app and seriously consider whether you need it. If not, delete it. Then, determine which of the free apps are worth upgrading to the paid versions, since free apps that contain (continue reading...) Read more
April 24, 2012 - This morning, we announced McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), an enterprise-class SIEM with true, real-time situational awareness. At its best, situational awareness in IT security is real-time knowledge of every bad actor and potentially damaging event in the changing environment (continue reading...) Read more
April 23, 2012 - Now that we Moms are becoming tech-savvy, it would be cool to be conversant with the terms related to gadgets we use. One term frequently bandied around is that of apps. Quite a few people have hazy notions about an (continue reading...) Read more
April 23, 2012 - Since last week, we have seen many specially crafted files exploiting CVE-2012-0158, a vulnerability in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office and some other Microsoft products. This exploit can be implemented in a variety of file formats, including RTF, Word, and Excel (continue reading...) Read more