LinkedIn contends it had on staff world-class security experts when nearly 6.5 million members' hashed passwords were pilfered, although the social media company has neither a chief information officer nor chief information security officer.
Developing a culture of responsibility could go a long way in helping business, not-for-profits and governments secure their organizations' information resources.
"If they can do it against RSA, that makes most of the other companies vulnerable," says Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the military's Cyber Command commander and National Security Agency director.
The concept of time supported dueling views, presented at a congressional hearing, on the need for more stringent government regulations to protect the nation's critical information infrastructure.
As we close out one year and begin another, we look back at IT security lessons that emerged over the past 12 months. Here are five that should resonate in the coming year.
A wave of security breaches serves as a catalyst for all types of organizations to assess the need for cyber insurance. Here's the story of one institution that saw the threat and took out a $10 million policy.
The Finnish security provider F-Secure concludes the attack e-mail doesn't look too complicated. In fact, it's very simple. But the exploit inside Excel was a zero-day attack at the time and RSA couldn't have protected against it by patching its systems.
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