Tag: software

November 20, 2018

Verizon acquired the PrecisionAccess solution and other Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) related assets from privately held Vidder, a company offering trusted and unified access control. Terms of the transaction were not announced. Vidder’s advanced technology is already integrated into Verizon’s […]

November 12, 2018

At the Vision expo in Stuttgart, Germany, Sony’s Imaging & Sensing Solutions division (ISS) showcased its latest ranges of cameras for medical and surveillance apps, embedded vision-friendly systems, polarizing cameras and augmented reality solution known as Mitene. Arnaud Destruels, Marketing […]

November 2, 2018

If you bumped into me on the street, you would probably not guess that I am a cyber security professional. I am, one might say, well-seasoned. Given my history of chasing bad actors who were attacking my mainframe, some may […]

October 12, 2018

So far, so good. That’s the report from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as it rolled out the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) […]

September 21, 2018

There is simply no avoiding it. Every business, regardless of size or type, has entered into “shrink-wrap” or “click-wrap” agreements (i.e., non-negotiable agreements provided with various types of software and cloud services). In most instances, even small organizations are bound […]

August 27, 2018

Traditionally, security was about cost avoidance. It was thought of like insurance – something you have to have in case something bad happens, but not something that would boost the bottom line or attract customers. But in today’s environment, we […]

August 20, 2018

When I started working on computer security, organizations that worried about security were concerned about the security of software that they created themselves and shipped to their customers. Today, a lot has changed – many (most?) organizations that deliver software […]

August 17, 2018

Nokia and China Mobile announced they have successfully completed a 5G single-user downlink test using a third-party device. The two companies said they achieved a peak data rate of 1.4 GB/s in the trial, which conformed with 3GPP-compliant 5G New […]

August 16, 2018

Cisco’s strategy of diversifying into a more software-optimized business is paying off – literally. The software differentiation was perhaps never more obvious than in its most recent set of year-end and fourth quarter results. (Cisco’s 2018 fiscal year ended July […]

July 18, 2018

In a world of increasingly “extreme” sports, I offer the premise that security in a connected world is truly the most extreme team sport of all. Why? Because while it demands a tightly aligned team, often we do not even […]