What cyber security threats should enterprises look out for in 2022? Ransomware, nation states, social media and the shifting reliance on a remote workforce made headlines in 2021. Bad actors will learn from this year’s successful tactics, retool, and pivot them into next year’s campaigns wielding the potential to wreak more havoc in all our lives. Skilled engineers and security architects from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye offer a preview of how the threatscape might look…

One of my first tasks after leaving NSA for private industry in the early 90s was to write my new company’s information security policy. I’m not sure my previous job as a cryptanalyst left me qualified for this, but I was viewed as the security guy. So, I attacked the task with vim and vigor. That first information security policy I wrote was a thing of beauty. I scoured the Orange Book and other resources…

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the massive increase in using cloud computing services. As the world progresses through its online evolution, cloud computing services have become more of a necessity. However, along with businesses, cybercriminals have also seen this virtualization as a means of snagging more prey. The rapid increase in cloud computing services has made organizations face novel security challenges. One survey revealed that within the last 18 months alone, 79% of organizations experienced…

The United States is planning to create a new government department that will deal with matters of digital policy and cybersecurity.  On Monday, Secretary of State Tony Blinken announced plans for the State Department to launch a Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, in an email to the department’s workforce.  In the email, Blinken reportedly stated: “This structure will provide us with greater leadership and accountability to drive the diplomatic agenda with the interagency and abroad and…

What goes better together than focaccia, pizza, and old friends? For VMworld this year, I hosted three legends of VMware at my house in San Jose for an exciting, food-filled discussion on all things past and future about the company and cloud. Watch it here. If you weren’t around at the early stages of the company, here’s a recap of the contributions from this group: Steve Herrod worked on the original PHD research for VMware,…