NSA Looks to IT Industry to Harden Vulnerable U.S. Nets
U.S. intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, are increasingly turning to commercial solutions in their efforts to head off the alarming number of cyber attacks that culminated in ...Full Article
Researchers Endorse ‘Quantum-Safe’ Cloud Security
With cyber attacks on IT infrastructure growing more sophisticated and costly by the day, researchers are looking for new ways to stay ahead of hackers by strengthening encryption. Among ...Full Article
Machine Learning Leveraged to Spot Ransomware
Everyone seemingly is complaining about the spread of ransomware, and now somebody is trying to do something about it using machine learning-based behavioral analytics techniques to track suspicious behavior ...Full Article
Protection in the ‘Data Path’ for Security across Hybrid Environments
Bracket Computing, the hot, highly funded hybrid cloud security platform company, today announced extensions to its “Computing Cell” cloud workload protection platform, a container-like “bubble” that enables “fluid” data ...Full Article
Security Concerns Easing For Cloud Deployment
Promoters of software-defined datacenters insist this is year that the IT strategy gains traction and, according to one upbeat survey, becomes a fixture in U.S. enterprises. A key reason ...Full Article
Conflicted Feelings: Concerns About Cloud Security Growing, But So Is Trust
Organizations are racing to the cloud at an accelerating pace – with growing anxiety. Concerns about cloud security are the core finding of a new study from Intel Security ...Full Article
Consider a ‘Genetically Diverse’ Security Strategy
Worldwide, the HPC market is booming as the industry enters the era of exascale-size data sets, and supercomputing applications expand beyond the academic and scientific world into financial services, ...Full Article
Hospital Ransomware Attacks Spark IT Security Debate
A series of ransomware attacks directed at U.S. hospitals is highlighting the vulnerability of private health records as hackers prey on healthcare facilities with the ability to pay. The ...Full Article
CoreOS Targets Container Image Security
Application container pioneers continue to roll out new security features as micro-services shift to primetime. The latest comes from upstart CoreOS, which introduced a new container image analyzer designed ...Full Article
IBM Bolsters Security Unit With Latest Cyber Deal
IBM moved to beef up its ability to respond to cyber attacks through the acquisition of "incident response" specialist Resilient Systems Inc. The deal underscores growing security concerns as ...Full Article