Perspectives of a former CISO: Disrupted security in digitalization

My passion is the connection of security to the business objectives, and it has been a part of my work with many CISOs across industries as well as my experience as a CISO. This blog series a compilation of my learnings as a CISO, as well as learnings from peers and customers who are actively...

Google Patches ‘High Severity’ Browser Bug

UPDATE Google is urging users to update their Chrome desktop browsers to avoid security issues related to a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Google issued the alert Thursday and said an update for most browsers has been released. “The stable channel has been updated to...

Running an Effective Incident Response Tabletop Exercise

Are you ready for an incident? Are you confident that your team knows the procedures, and that the procedures are actually useful? An incident response tabletop exercise is an excellent way to answer these questions. Below, Ive outlined some steps to help ensure success for your scenario-based...

Government Report Critical of FAA Security Controls

The Federal Aviation Administration has been put on notice that its information security controls are not up to par and that a risk-based program must be implemented from the ground up in order to assure the safety of its networks and passengers in the sky. A scathing Government Accounting Office...

CVE-2013-5429

The Risk Based Access functionality in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager TFIM 6.2.2 before FP9 and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway TFIMBG 6.2.2 before FP9 does not prevent reuse of One Time Password OTP tokens, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to complet...

CVE-2013-5429

The CVE-2013-5429 issue affects IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.2 before FP9 and TFIMBG 6.2.2 before FP9. Vulnerability: Risk Based Access allows reuse of One Time Password (OTP) tokens under certain conditions, enabling a remote authenticated user to complete transactions by lev...

TestingWhiz - Test Automation Tool

TestingWhiz is a test automation tool for web, database, cloud, mobile and web services/API testing from Cygnet Infotech. It has a codeless architecture based on FAST Automation Engine with 290+ readily available test commands that provide easy, intuitive and fast automation solution without...

Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Introduced Without Emergency Presidential Powers Provisions

A bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 yesterday. The bill aims to secure federal and private sector networks that provide essential services or that are deemed “critical” to the nation in some other way. According to a Homeland Security and Government Affairs...

RSA's SecurID Quandry: Replace or Recall?

RSA acknowledged on Monday that a hack at Lockheed Martin was tied to the theft of information on its SecurID tokens. The company offered to replace the tokens for customers, but experts wonder whether RSA should go further and recall SecurID tokens from the market. After acknowledging that forge...

Web site security needs a strategy

Someone begins watching a basketball game and asks who is winning. You might helpfully answer, “Lakers up 76 to 64.” Imagine if instead you said, “The Lakers are 60% from the field, have 12 rebounds, are 8 of 10 from the line, and the average height of the starting lineup is 6’7.” Sure, these are...