Virtualization platforms are software. All software has flaws. Therefore, virtualization platforms have flaws. Simple logic, right? The major virtualization platform vendors, VMware, Xen (now Citrix), and Microsoft, have all had several vulnerabilities over the last few years. However, the major components of a virtualization infrastructure and the IT strategy related to deployment and maintenance [...]

As enterprises seek to protect data from cybercriminals, internal theft or even accidental loss, encryption and key management have become increasingly important and proven weapons in the security arsenal for data stored in databases, files and applications, and for data in transit. No one needs to be reminded of the many high-profile, reputation-damaging and [...]

The outbreak of potential data breach reports in the UK prompts obvious and inevitable questions: How can these things happen in the first place? How many more times is personal information lost without anyone’s acknowledgement and, some would argue most importantly, what can be done to secure the corporate defences?
Mobile computing allows individuals [...]

The firewall is a mature technology, right? Then why do those who manage it feel like they’re running a daycare overrun with little savages?
Firewalls are a mature technology, right? Most companies have at least one, if not several. And since an established knowledge base exists to tap for issues and PCI DSS 1.1 and [...]

It happens in a moment – playing with my mobile before going into a meeting; I put it down for a moment and suddenly my host is standing in front of me. Two hours later I’m desperately searching for my phone. Rush back to reception but it’s not there. Here I am in Dubai and [...]