Investing in network security can seem never-ending.  After all, the threats never cease.  How to direct finite security resources will always be top of mind for enterprises. Sometimes part of the answer lies in going back to the basics, and I am not talking about firewalls, IPS, and DDOS protection.

Recent recommendations have been simple, tried, and true. Revisiting some old school approaches can significantly strengthen the security posture of the enterprise.More...

We didn't find out about a white paper on Bring Your Own Device Security until after we had written our post about the new Sprint Device Management addition to the Professional Mobility Services portfolio, but it has some interesting data that complements what we had to say.

The white paper, available at Webtorials (registration is no longer required), is based on a survey of more than 500 IT professionals – 60 percent of whom represent enterprises. We would have loved to have had the results of this survey broken out by size of organization, so we could focus on the enterprise responses, but with that high a percentage of enterprise respondents, the results probably provide a reasonably good picture of the enterprise BYOD security landscape. More...

Cyber war, cyber-terror. It sounds frightening out there. Yet the scariest security breach may be the one you don’t know about. The accidental security breach is the one that is not malicious, at least from the users’ stand point. The unsuspecting user happens onto an event and inadvertently creates a risky situation. More...

While most of the corporate world went into Holiday Hibernation for the last two weeks of the year, we continued to scour the webscape on your behalf. And it’s a good thing we did, because there are at least a couple of interesting items you might have missed.

Both of these fit a common theme, and it’s something that should be on your front burner this year. In the face of increased cybercrime and intrusions, if there is going to be a Year of Security, 2012 should be it. More...

The abundance and velocity at which new technology is integrated into the enterprise ecosystem no doubt keeps the best of IT up at night. The reality seems like Mission Impossible, says NetworkWorld. The technology tsunami is creating an exacerbating security situation. As risks increase, how can enterprise IT prepare for the future? More...