RSA 2008: Blanketing security
The annual RSA Conference on information security opens this week in San Francisco, featuring such hot topics as cybersecurity, cryptography, and warrantless wiretapping. Speakers include Symantec's John Thompson, Microsoft's Craig Mundie, and former Vice President Al Gore. To stay on top of the latest news from RSA Conference 2008, check back here for CNET's continuously updated coverage.
IBM's end-to-end security play
Big Blue has organized its security portfolio in a way that meets enterprise requirements at the board level--and not just in the security products test lab.
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Nuggets from RSA
Security market is tipping toward big vendors, analyst Jon Oltsik says. That's bad news for security widget vendors--and there are still a lot of them around.
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Press barred from Gore's RSA speech
As a speaker this year at RSA 2008 conference, I felt I was right to blog the speech. But why all the secrecy in the first place?
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Gore's RSA talk updates 'Inconvenient Truth'
As he closes this year's RSA 2008, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore redoubles his efforts to warn the planet about global warming.
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Malcolm Gladwell tells security folks: Don't think too much
Author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, warns security professionals at RSA 2008 not to let too much data cloud their judgment.
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Avoiding the Big One. It's not all that hard
The takeaway from RSA 2008 wasn't too different from years' past: When it comes to security, individuals and companies need to get serious about best practices. What's the holdup?
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Expert says flawed e-voting systems need constant audits
Panelist at RSA 2008 says election officials are stuck with flawed electronic voting systems and the only solution is to require audits after every election.
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At RSA, what's old is new again
Security industry, still struggling with basic problems such as compliance, identity, and data security, is going "back to the drawing board."
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Echo Boom hackers: Shame
Part three of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation.
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Bruce Schneier's new view on Security Theater
At the RSA Conference this week, security expert Bruce Schneier offered a revised--and more mature--opinion of the role of so-called Security Theater as part of a new conceptual foundation for the psychology of security.
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Mac security not so much about the Mac
The days of worms and viruses that targeted a specific operating system are as dated as The Spice Girls, as security threats move online to target the browser and phishing scams.
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Echo Boom hackers: A dangerous game
Part 2 of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation. How do those in the Echo Generation use online social media for hacks?
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Breaking into a power station in three easy steps
Security expert Ira Winkler explains how you can break into a power station and take over the power grid.
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Who trumps bin Laden as a cyberthreat? Look in the mirror
At the RSA 2008 conference, experts say the battle to shore up the nation's cybersecurity defenses turns on a more serious effort to instill best practices.
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Cryptographers speak of threats, voting, and Blu-Ray rumors
Annual cryptographers' panel at RSA conference offers insights into the coming year.
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Microsoft's Stirling released in public beta
Company's security suite enables administrators to push policies out across PCs, servers, and other computers that access the Internet.
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Homeland Security secretary proposes 'Manhattan Project'
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says Silicon Valley should send "best and brightest" to work with government on preventing cyberattacks.
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Microsoft message to security world: Trust Us
Craig Mundie, Redmond's research and strategy chief, lays out the company's latest security vision and says "Discuss."
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Tech lobbying groups CSIA, ITAA merge
Together they will enhance efforts to shape security policy in Washington, D.C., says Symantec CEO John Thompson.
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Symantec CEO talks ID management, the future
A future goal for the security industry is to be become content aware, says John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec.
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Meet the Echo Boom hackers
Part One of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation.
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IBM introduces security for virtual computing environments
At RSA 2008, IBM will unveil "Phantom" initiative for securing virtual environments. The company also will unveil details of IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager, which automates the management of encryption keys.
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Google, other search companies won't like it--too bad
When it comes to computer privacy, nascent move by European regulators to change data retention policies is a harbinger of what will happen this side of the Atlantic.
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Hitachi acquires M-Tech
Addition of ID Management software vendor rounds out Hitachi's biometrics, RFID, and smart card security services.
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A funny thing happened on the way to RSA registration...
Computers used for the registration system at the security conference can't handle special characters.
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Anticipating RSA 2008
There are few big moments expected at next week's security conference in San Francisco, but that could mean more surprises.
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