The New Year is always a time for looking back on the past, and more importantly, looking forward and reflecting on the positive changes we want or need to make in the coming year. McAfee predicts that 2012 will continue to see cybercriminals improving their toolkits in many areas that pose a material threat to Read more…
Tags: cloud security, cyber security awareness, mobile security, new year resolution
A defensive posture no longer suffices for the protection of the devices and data that have become ubiquitous in today’s digital world. Rather than simply rushing to install defenses on computers, in networks, and in the cloud, we urgently need to step back and take a broader view of the security landscape, in order to Read more…
Tags: cloud apps, cloud security, cyberthreats, Hackers, McAfee Security Journal, mobile security, mobile threats, online security, online security education, security landscape
As soon as you contract with a cloud provider, you should be concerned not only with your IT security but the provider’s as well. If you’re a small or medium-sized business you may assume the provider’s security is superior to your own, and you might be right, but make sure you ask the right questions Read more…
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As we move into our last (short) week before the Thanksgiving holiday, I’d like to take this chance to highlight some of the excellent work showcased our 2011 McAfee Security Journal, released this past Tuesday with articles compiled from McAfee Labs researchers and security industry thought leaders. The Journal was created as a venue to Read more…
Tags: cloud security, Friday Security Highlights, Hacktivism, McAfee Security Journal, mobile security
In this week’s blog, McAfee makes the coveted CRN partner list, we recognize our top partners in the Americas, McAfee enhances its cloud security platform, we highlight a key event you’ll want to mark your calendar for and we feature the 12 scams of Christmas, as well as photos from the 2011 McAfee Partner Summit. Read more…
Tags: 12 Scams of Christmas, channel partner, cloud security, data center security, McAfee Channel, McAfee Channel Partner, McAfee Cloud Security Platform, next generation data center, Partner Summit
Last week’s Cloud Expo conference in Santa Clara, California kicked off with some exciting announcements from the Content & Cloud Security team here at McAfee. In his keynote during the show, McAfee Content & Cloud CTO Scott Chasin shed some light on McAfee’s cloud security strategy, noting that the key to McAfee’s next generation of Read more…
Tags: Cloud Expo, cloud security, McAfee Cloud Security Platform
Cloud security is a huge, ever evolving subject that is difficult to cover in a short space, especially with so many different cloud service types and architectures (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, external, internal, and hybrid). However, there are a few cloud security practices that just about any organization should apply when working with the cloud. Don’t Read more…
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I am constantly intrigued by the people who attend large, IT industry events like last month’s McAfee FOCUS 11 and the Cloud Expo in Santa Clara from where I am writing this note. Watching IT people at all levels, overhearing their conversations, and speaking with them reinforces that they are all super-driven to understand and Read more…
Tags: Cloud Expo, cloud security, Focus11, McAfee Cloud Security Platform
If you’re reading this, you probably know a good deal about cloud computing because it’s probably part of your business. Or, you’re reading this because you’ve heard about the cloud and about the business benefits you can recognize by moving to the cloud. Regardless of your background, if you’re like the majority of business leaders, Read more…
Evolution is usually something we see after hundreds of years of gradual change. But with the volume and breadth of technological advancements in the last decade, the process of evolution continues to speed up. As a senior vice president and general manager of McAfee Content & Cloud Security, I am really fortunate to be in Read more…
Tags: Cloud computing, cloud security, enterprise
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