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• It’s Time to Re-evaluate Host-based Security

  I’ve said it for a few years now, but host-based antivirus is really not working out anymore.  Not with its reliance on signatures to detect malware. Recently, several prominent antivirus vendors have experienced problems with faulty virus definitions: ...( read more ) Share Post: Read More... Posted Monday, May 10, 2010 2:00 PM from Talking Out Loud with ASB : BrainWave News | (Comments Off) Filed under: BrainWave News, Software, Business, Technology, Integration, Malware, Vulnerabilities, Management, Information Security, Automation

• Lessons from 2009: Functionality still trumps Security

  Yes, you heard me correctly… We still think about personal and corporate security only as an afterthought. Despite all the regulatory and industry compliance that has been created and updated in the past 15 years, as we close out this decade, we are hardly...( read more ) Share Post: Read More... Posted Thursday, December 31, 2009 6:34 PM from Talking Out Loud with ASB : BrainWave News | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security, BrainWave News, Rants, Business, Integration, Malware, Management, Leadership, Compliance, 2009, Information Security

• Searching for Return on Security Investments

  There are several major challenges to the successful implementation of good information security in many organizations today.  It is not because business owners do not think that security is important.  No, the issues exist because they do not...( read more ) Share Post: Read More... Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 4:45 PM from Talking Out Loud with ASB : BrainWave News | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security, BrainWave News, Business, Technology, Malware, Vulnerabilities, Career, Management, Leadership, Compliance, Risk Mitigation

• We’re Back In The Worm Zone

  The Conficker worm continues to make headlines , not only because it has been so elusive over the past 5 or so months, but because it is configured to do something special on April 1, 2009.  For a disturbingly large number of individuals and organizations,...( read more ) Share Post: Read More... Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 12:34 PM from Talking Out Loud with ASB : BrainWave News | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security, BrainWave News, Windows, Malware, Vulnerabilities

• Yes, Security Is Still Important in 2009

  Quite frankly, it’s even more important than it has been in the past.   This morning, I was reading some articles on information security, including news about the Conficker worm .  You know, we haven’t had a really good worm in 3 or 4...( read more ) Share Post: Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 10:25 AM from Talking Out Loud with ASB : BrainWave News | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security, BrainWave News, Business, Windows, Malware, Vulnerabilities, News, Worms