There’s a common expectation that the higher you go in any business, the less you see of your customers. But Laurene Hummer, senior offering manager for identity and access management (IAM) services at IBM Security, makes a point of taking every opportunity offered to speak with end users. Laurene works by a motto she learned […]
We think a high-quality and highly secure app is a work of art. As with any artistic endeavor, it takes creativity, resources, training, and talent to create secure code. Maybe it’s a little bit of stretch to compare your software developers to Picasso, but we would argue that there are a lot of similarities between […]
At Trend Micro we’re proud to be walking the talk on gender diversity — from our co-founder and CEO Eva all the way down. It’s always been a keen part of our corporate culture, from the very beginning 30 years ago. But we also realize that there’s still a major diversity challenge facing the industry […]
To complement my recent Java Crypto blog series (“How to get Started Using Java Cryptography Securely“, “Cryptographically Secure Pseudo-Random Number Generator (CSPRNG)“, “Encryption and Decryption in Java Cryptography“, “Message Digests, aka Hashing Functions“), I have been referencing corresponding working code on the GitHub repository. I am happy to announce a brand-new, shiny, modularized, micro-serviced, and […]
Creating a culture that emphasizes a security-first mindset requires more than just updating the vision statement. HR professionals and people managers know very well that creating a sustainable organizational culture that makes any company vision a reality is a never-ending work in progress. Simply introducing the vision and values, and creating a sense of buy-in […]
Although, he’s a well known speaker, Microsoft MVP, fiction author and Trainer, Andy Malone wanted to share some tips and advice on how he got started in the Cybersecurity space. So we asked him 6 simple questions. Feel free to feedback and share any tips you might have. Andy can be seen later in the […]
Apple’s set to up the ante with its transparency report. The same day it dropped the latest version of the twice-yearly document, the company committed to including in future updates government takedown requests for the App Store. The report covering July 1 through December 31 of this year, which is due out in 2019, should […]
The U.S. government isn’t the only one feeling skittish about Kaspersky Lab. On Friday, the Russian security firm’s founder Eugene Kaspersky confronted Twitter’s apparent ban on advertising from the company, a decision it quietly issued in January. No matter how this situation develops, we won’t be doing any more advertising on Twitter this year. The […]
