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Join @McAfeeBusiness for #SecChat this Thursday 1/19: Share Your 2012 Threat Predictions

Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:37pm by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

Last month, McAfee Labs released its 2012 threat predictions report, taking its annual stab at predicting the course of our industry in the coming year. The McAfee researchers foresaw several new scenarios and significant evolutions in some of the most established threat vectors, including industrial threats, embedded hardware, hacktivism, virtual currency systems and more. During Read more…

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December #SecChat Recap: Building an Effective Enterprise Security Awareness Program

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 11:11am by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

As all IT professionals are painfully aware, it is impossible to ignore the role of people in an organization’s information security program. Information security, like everything else, is at its core a human enterprise influenced by factors that impact the individual. During our December #SecChat, we set out to address this topic with our followers, Read more…

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Friday Security Highlights: Security Awareness Tips from Dr. Manzer’s Security Consulting

Friday, December 9, 2011 at 3:31pm by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

Let’s be honest – everyone thinks they’ve got a great web security solution these days. Why wouldn’t they? It’s scary out there. I love this video for a couple of reasons. First, it’s worth more than a few good laughs (“Honestly, are you friends with anyone in Africa?”). And second, it’s a funny take on Read more…

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Six Ways To Protect Your Enterprise From Scams This Holiday Season

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 7:02pm by Leon Erlanger
Leon Erlanger

Holiday season is like any other time of year for IT security except moreso. Users shop, hunt for bargains, book travel, and check and manipulate their bank accounts a lot more than they do the rest of the year. They’re also often stressed and strapped for cash, so they’re more susceptible to phishing, fake promotions Read more…

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#SecChat Next Thursday 12/8: The Holiday Threat Landscape

Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 9:26am by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

In early November, McAfee released its “Twelve Scams of Christmas”, a rundown of the 12 most dangerous online scams this holiday season. The list included mobile malware, malicious apps, and phony Facebook promotions and contests, among other threats. With so many vulnerabilities surrounding us, all it takes is just one weak link in the chain Read more…

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October #SecChat Recap: Physical & Virtual Security for the Next-Generation Data Center

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 1:09pm by Evelyn de Souza
Evelyn de Souza

Last week, we hosted our monthly Twitter #SecChat on data center security, focusing on questions of physical and virtual security in the face of a modern environment that is going through rapid transformation. While the industry is being driven by trends in virtualization, cloud computing and more, data centers are now not only called upon Read more…

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#SecChat This Thursday – Securing the Next Generation Data Center

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:15am by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

The modern data center is in transformation. Driven by industry trends in virtualization, cloud computing and green IT, data centers are now called upon to store, process and secure more information than ever before. Still, the data center remains the heart and soul of an enterprise’s technical infrastructure, and gaps in security can result in Read more…

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Join Us for #SecChat Thursday on McAfee and Intel DeepSAFE Technology

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 2:40pm by Ed Metcalf
Ed Metcalf

This month at Intel’s Developer Forum in San Francisco, McAfee unveiled DeepSAFE with Intel, a new security technology that sits beyond the operating system, close to the silicon, and allows for a unique vantage point in the computing stack to better protect systems. During our next #SecChat this Thursday, we’re opening up the discussion around Read more…

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Friday Security Highlights: Security Breach Showcase

Friday, August 26, 2011 at 1:32pm by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

Welcome to another week in infosec with Friday Security Highlights. Yesterday from the @McAfeeBusiness Twitter handle, we live-tweeted the Dark Reading & InformationWeek virtual session The Aftermath of a Security Breach – Getting the Ship Righted Again. We tuned in as speakers and infosec thought leaders Jerry Johnson (@jerryjpnnl), Ernest McDuffie, and Rich Mogull (@rmogull) Read more…

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July #SecChat Recap – Security Conferences

Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 2:13pm by Brian Contos
Brian Contos

Last month, we hosted our monthly #SecChat on Security Conferences – what makes them worthwhile and how they can be improved. We wanted to gain insight from you, the attendees and presenters, into what conference organizers are doing right and wrong, and how mainstream security events will need to evolve in order to stay relevant Read more…

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