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On March 17, security vendor RSA (a division of EMC) revealed that its security had been breached and that the stolen data could compromise the effectiveness of its widely used SecurID authentication solution....
April 4, 2011 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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Smartphone malware Droid Dream's infiltration of the Android Market proves that security paranoids aren't delusional: Mobile app security threats are real and we aren't protected. To avoid an incident that drives customers to the competition, industry players must work together to shore up mobile app security.
Mar. 30, 2011 | Report | by Ted Julian
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Last week Amazon debuted its long awaited Appstore for Android. I'd been wondering how third-party app stores would work from a security perspective....
March 29, 2011 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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More people are launching bigger and more sophisticated denial-of-service (DoS) attacks at more targets than ever before. Virtually any organization is a potential target and, unlike other security challenges, firms can?t address DoS attacks without provider assistance. Now that demand is peaking and technology has matured, operators should take advantage of this unique opportunity to drive revenue.
Mar. 7, 2011 | Report | by Ted Julian
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Security researchers today revealed that more than 50 apps in the Official Android Market have been infected with the DroidDream malware....
March 2, 2011 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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This morning security company McAfee issued a white paper detailing cyber attacks from China on global energy companies; an effort it dubbed Night Dragon....
February 10, 2011 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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Verizon's acquisition of Terremark instantly positions it as a leader in the enterprise cloud computing services market. The move enhances its data center and managed services capabilities and adds to its already solid security expertise. Other cloud computing vendors and service providers will need to re-assess their enterprise cloud computing capabilities in response to Verizon's improved competitive position.
Jan. 28, 2011 | Report | by George Hamilton | CO-AUTHORS: Sandra Palumbo, Ted Julian
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By amplifying data leak loss potential and demonstrating the effectiveness of hacktivism, the frenzy around WikiLeaks demands a response from security pros and the security industry. Organizations, particularly in the government and financial services sectors, must update their defenses accordingly. Security vendors and service providers should position themselves for the windfall.
Dec. 30, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian
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Until recently, mobile security threats were largely theoretical. Market fundamentals and recent incidents suggest, however, that the honeymoon is over, and half the security vendors we surveyed say they expect the mobile threat level to be high in two years. To minimize data theft and fraud, as well as costly incident response, enterprises and operators must build their mobile security strategy now.
Dec. 20, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian | CO-AUTHORS: Nick Holland
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2011 is destined to be a big year for 4G, as many operators around the world are set to roll out major LTE, HSPA+ and WiMAX implementations. Here's where Yankee Group sees 4G headed in terms of deployments, adoption and overall impact.
Dec. 6, 2010 | Report | by Jason Armitage | CO-AUTHORS: Carl Howe, Ted Julian, Declan Lonergan, Eugene Signorini, Brian Partridge, Chris Nicoll
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While mobile adoption continues at a heady pace, fulfilling the consumer and enterprise market opportunity requires enhanced security. Significant announcements by Juniper and Symantec, shrewdly targeted at enabling operators with the security capabilities consumers and enterprises need, provide some of the necessary components. Operators must construct their security capabilities now to minimize disruption and maximize revenue.
Nov. 10, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian
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Mobile commerce is rapidly on the rise, but as interest increases, so do security concerns. Vendors, financial firms and retailers must adopt appropriate and innovative security measures to attract the growing number of next-gen consumers,. Tokenization is one such technology?cost-efficient and successful, it?s begging for the industry?s attention.
Sep. 30, 2010 | Live Webinar | by Nick Holland | CO-AUTHORS: Ted Julian
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Crooks and compliance are really putting the squeeze on retailers and anyone else that processes credit card transactions. This is so because not only does credit card theft continue to grow, but with it so is pressure from regulators to protect personal information....
September 27, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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Enterprises are hesitant to move to cloud computing because cloud providers offer less-than-adequate security. If providers embrace "clean clouds," which use the cloud's key attributes to provide far better security than what's considered enterprise-grade today, they can spur adoption.
Sep. 13, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian
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Waning enterprise pessimism over cloud computing is setting the stage for significant market opportunity, but providers need to make their platform bets now and start building solutions. OpenStack's strategy shows promise.
Aug. 19, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian
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By replacing something of value (a credit card number) with something of no value (a random string of numbers), tokenization can bolster security and reduce compliance risk and expense. Though lack of standards and risk of vendor lock-in may hamper adoption, tokenization nonetheless shows promise not only for internal operations, but as a basis for revenue-generating services.
Aug. 2, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian | CO-AUTHORS: Nick Holland
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OpenStack - an open source cloud computing stack announced by Rackspace, NASA, and 25 others - is tearing up the news, the blogsphere, and "the twitter" (as my friend Chris Hoff likes to say ;-))....
July 20, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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The Wall Street Journal revealed this morning that the US government is launching the "Perfect Citizen" program to help detect cyber attacks against critical infrastructure....
July 8, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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It's been a busy morning for security issues. First came reports last night of the iPad/Apple/ATT vulnerability which leaked the e-mail addresses of 100k+ iPad 3G A-listers....
June 10, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian