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SANS survey: IT spending too little time analyzing logs for security clues
Relatively few organizations are making good use of gobs of log data they collect for purposes such as identifying attackers, according to a survey of 600-plus IT professionals by security outfit SANS.
By Ellen Messmer | 03 May, 2012 14:34
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Top FBI cyber cop joins startup CrowdStrike to fight enterprise intrusions
Shawn Henry, who just retired as executive assistant director of the criminal, cyber, response and service branch of the FBI after 24 years there, has been named president of CrowdStrike Services, a division which will focus on incident response and malware assessment. Henry says he accepted the position because he agrees with the company's vision, even though CrowdStrike only debuted a few months ago and its product line won't be out until later this year. CrowdStrike was founded by its CEO George Kurtz and CTO Dmitri Alperovitch, and funded with $26 million from investment firm Warburg Pincus.
By Ellen Messmer | 19 April, 2012 03:40
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Threat of a bullet in the face keeping cybercrooks cautious
Scott Borg, director of a cybersecurity research institute, kicked off the SecureWorld Expo Boston with an uplifting talk about the end of the cybersecurity world as we know it. Sure, more sophisticated threats are on the way, but those in cybersecurity also have new opportunities to defend threats and even enable economic growth.
By Bob Brown | 30 March, 2012 06:36
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Trend Micro overhauls threat-detection product, returns it to customer premises
Trend Micro today announced Deep Discovery, a threat-detection tool designed to monitor network traffic in order to detect signs of stealthy attacks aimed at stealing corporate data.
By Ellen Messmer | 28 February, 2012 03:28
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Startup CrowdStrike promises 'game-changer' in fight vs. advanced persistent threats
Startup CrowdStrike made its debut this week, promising to have a security product out by the second quarter that will target the so-called advanced persistent threat (APT) problem in which stealthy intruders infiltrate networks to steal sensitive data for business or political reasons.
By Ellen Messmer | 24 February, 2012 08:30
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