Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

LinkedIn's 2Q earnings call reveals that the company spent between $500,000 to $1 million on forensic work surrounding a recent data compromise.

The apps used on mobile devices connected to its network contained sensitive data, so a medical device manufacturer needed to ensure that access control and authorization policies were enforced.

Many of today's applications are designed to work over any port, which increases chances they won't be blocked by firewalls.

IT business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) specialists have been in great and continuously growing demand, says Prescient Solutions' Jerry Irvine.

The evasiveness of Flame may have been what prevented traditional AV technology from catching it sooner.

Sensing that the now-revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 has a chance at passing in the Senate, a number of senators are rushing to include amendments, which includes added privacy provisions and a federal breach notification clause.

In a rare acquisition, Apple has acquired Melbourne, Fla.-based mobile and network security firm AuthenTec for $356 million.

SC Magazine catches up with Marcia Hofmann, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who provides some legal guidance for researchers in the industry.