AI’s Biggest Impact in the Data Center is Cybersecurity
Self-driving cars may be getting all the attention, but the big impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the enterprise is in cybersecurity, and…
Attackers Have a New Way to Damage Data Center Infrastructure
A new kind of malware goes after industrial safety systems that provide emergency shutdown capabilities. It can cause damage or shut down operations. The malware…
VMware-Carbon Black Partnership Expected to Close Data Center Security Gaps
Short on security professionals, enterprises are desperate for more automation of security processes as their infrastructure gets more complex while cyberattacks grow in number and…
Despite Takedowns, Botnets Aren’t Going Away Any Time Soon
Last week, authorities from the US, Germany, Belarus, and the European Union took down the Andromeda botnet and arrested its mastermind. It’s a big deal,…
Why Traditional Security Info and Event Management Tools No Longer Cut It
Traditionally, security information and event management (SIEM) systems collect data from enterprise networks, applications, and logs from operating systems, databases, and other sources. Doing that…
How the Cloud Killed the Firewall
The traditional firewall is dead or at the very least dying. Cloud and hybrid environments, mobile access, and online applications have made it all but…
Data Center Security: Honey Pots and the Art of Deceiving Hackers
Honey pots — lures full of tempting information designed to catch intruders — can give data center security professionals insight into what attackers are looking…
What IP? Ex-con’s Security Firm Offers to Solve Hollywood’s Piracy Problem
A small cybersecurity startup based in Irvine, California, is promising the Holy Grail for the entertainment industry — a secure way to share videos, films,…
New Chip Design Gains Traction as Fix for Major Data Center Security Hole
If your data is encrypted both when it’s stored in databases and when it travels from place to place, you might think you’ve got all…
AI Starts Making Inroads into Data Center Security
Data center operators are starting to deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to improve cybersecurity, and few are even building their own security AI…
The Huge Security Threat of Misconfigured Cloud and How to Fix It
Earlier this month, Patient Home Monitoring Corp. exposed more than 150,000 patient records as a result of a misconfiguration in its Amazon S3 cloud storage…
Is It Time for Data Center Managers to Say Goodbye to Kaspersky?
Last month, the US Department of Homeland Security recommended that government agencies stop using security software from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. Best Buy, Office Depot, and…
How Worms Get inside Data Centers and What Can Be Done about Them
Worms have been around since the early days of computers. They’re a type of malware that propagates without any human intervention — no need to…
How to Fight the New Breed of DDoS Attacks on Data Centers
As we said in last week’s article on the rise of Distributed Denial of Service attacks on company networks, the attacks have evolved, becoming bigger…
Why DDoS Attacks are on the Rise
Distributed denial of services attacks are becoming big business. Once the domain of bored teenagers engaging in some wanton cybervandalism, they’re now a favorite tool…
Cloudflare Stops Charging More for Bigger DDoS Attacks
One year ago, security researcher and blogger Brian Krebs was hit by a massive DDoS attack, so big that his host booted him off their…
China’s Quantum Net Advance Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Enterprise Security
Chinese companies actively productizing quantum key distribution, which pushes communications security to a new level Earlier this month, China’s official news agency Xinhua announced the…
Ransomware Grows Up, Goes After Data Centers
Attacks on enterprise infrastructure reach unprecedented scale and ransomware payload Think your data center is safe from ransomware attacks because the attackers only go after…
VMware Builds Data Center Security into the Virtual Infrastructure
Anti-malware defenses are struggling to keep up with constant floods of new, fast-evolving attacks but one thing that could help is if the infrastructure itself…
It’s Time to Replace Your Encryption-Key Spreadsheet
When a company stores critical data, whether in its own data center or in the cloud, encryption key management is vital to keeping that data…
Are Encrypted Lockboxes for Data Centers Worth the Usability Cost?
The idea is simple. First, you encrypt all your data and put the key somewhere safe. Then you send the data off to a data…
10 Things Data Center Operators Can Do to Prepare for GDPR
As we explained in an article earlier this week, the new European General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect next May, has wide-reaching implications…
What Europe’s New Data Protection Law Means for Data Center Operators
The new European General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect next May and applies to any company, anywhere in the world, that collects sensitive data…
Quantum Computing Could Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete
Researchers at top university and corporate labs around the world are in a furious race to create the first practical, usable quantum computer. Quantum computers…