Today’s Patch Tuesday release is being overshadowed by a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that can allow remote code execution. The exploit reportedly is currently being used in targeted attacks in the wild. It was reported today in an advisory by Microsoft – the same day they released the monthly patches for March 2010.
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I recently sat down with Anthony Sica, Executive Director of Information Technology at Shiseido America, to get his perspectives on the changing threat landscape and the evolving role of those in charge of Information Technology. For the past six years, Tony has been in charge of infrastructure, end user computing, data centers, and compliance for [...]

Last week, I attended two security-related events in San Francisco. I spoke on the topic of the converging endpoint on a panel at America’s Growth Capital’s 6th Annual Information Security and West Coast Emerging Growth Conference. And I walked the floor at the RSA Conference, where Lumensions exhibited. Here are my thoughts on the key [...]

As I’ve discussed before, one of the requirements of the HITECH Act is for the Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to publish a list of all breaches of healthcare data covered by the HIPAA security rule on a yearly basis. The first such publication has been made, covering the period [...]

As I’ve discussed before, one of the requirements of the HITECH Act is for the Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to publish a list of all breaches of healthcare data covered by the HIPAA security rule on a yearly basis. The first such publication has been made, covering the period [...]