Oct 27, 2013 | Business of Security, Language of Security, Security Leadership, Security Management
“I told you this would happen!” The board room goes silent as the executive team contemplates the events unfolding before them. There has been a serious data breach and the situation is escalating. Everybody is tense. The security team’s warnings about server...
Aug 18, 2013 | Business of Security, Penetration Testing, Security Analytics, Security Management
The curriculum of business schools are filled with case studies of companies that took short cuts to become competitive and accomplished the exact opposite. For the information security world, there is a similar “penny-wise, pound-foolish” behavior in the notorious...
Mar 19, 2013 | Business of Security, RSA Conference, RSAC 2013
Reflecting upon RSA2013, there is a lingering wanting. Like a meal that fills you up, but leaves you unsatisfied. There is a quiet battle being waged at the big security conferences like RSA, BlackHat, Defcon and such. This is not a battle of exploits or force, but...
Dec 5, 2012 | Business of Security, Human Factors, Mobile Security, Psychology of Security
Every year, like clockwork, various infosec pundits, gurus, authors, and blowhards release their “top” lists of security threats. And like clockwork, they invariably focus on all manner of sensationalist, headline grabbing issues, which on average, have little to do...
Jul 5, 2012 | Business of Security, Security Management
They speak of a mythical land. A place where innovation, ingenuity and great ideas turn to dust. Where pale-faced marketing hipsters transform ingenuity into press releases to realign the brand. In this hallowed place, titans fall and giants wither. The name of...
May 21, 2012 | Business of Security, Human Factors, Language of Security, Security Management
In the ten years Anitian has been working incident response and digital forensic cases, our analysts have observed many ingenious ways to break into systems and applications. However, they rarely encounter an ingenious root cause for the vulnerabilities. After all...
