Custom vs. Off-the-shelf Educational Software

Educational institutions and businesses looking to implement technology-driven learning solutions often face a key decision: should they invest…...

PCI DSS 4.0: Get Audit-Ready for the New Requirements

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS originated in 2004 and is managed by the PCI Security Standards Council to ensure security for the global payment industry. This mandate applies to all entities worldwide that store, process, or transmit payment cardholder data or sensitive...

Mitigating Risk with Custom First-Party Software and Application Components: A CISOs’ Guide

What is First-Party Software Anyway? First-party software, unlike off-the-shelf ‘Third-Party’ software, is custom open-source software OSS and applications created by organizations to stitch together existing software to meet custom business needs. Nearly every company today uses some form of...

DELL EMC Repository Manager has an unspecified vulnerability

DELL EMC Repository Manager is an application within the Dell OpenManage product portfolio from Dell USA that allows IT administrators to easily manage system updates.Dell Repository Manager provides a searchable interface for creating custom software collections that are A security vulnerability...

Software Security Programs May Not Be Worth the Investment for Many Companies

SAN FRANCISCO–The discipline of software security has been gaining traction in a lot of organizations both large and small in recent years, thanks in part to the success that vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe and others have had with it. However, for many companies, the time and money spent on...

Illiterate Ethiopian kids hack Motorola Xoom

About five months ago, OLPC Project started a little experiment. They chose a village in Ethiopia where the literacy rate was nearly 0% and decided to drop off a bunch of Motorola Xooms there. The One Laptop Per Child project started as a way of delivering technology and resources to schools in...