You may have a missing component in your defenses if you are not protecting your proprietary data. Either by malicious effort or accidental incompetence, users can send customer, financial, secret or sensitive information out of your network via almost unlimited channels. Network World takes a look at three products designed to stop that dangerous flow.
Publications
A European Wind
The new U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield, new European data privacy rules, Brexit, and globalization are combining to create interesting times for U.S. companies doing business across borders.
Tenable Blog
If you are making decisions on how to spend the last of your FY 2016 IT budget, there are low-cost, high-impact products and services available that can improve your security status and make your life easier in the coming year.
Google Cardboard Overview: VR On The Cheap
Imagine if you will, standing on the surface of the moon, overlooking a crater from your lunar rover, listening to mission control chatter. Or don’t. Instead of imagining it, just order a cheap Google Cardboard VR set instead; stick your phone in it, and start exploring the solar system, museums, tourist spots, coral reefs and … Continue reading Google Cardboard Overview: VR On The Cheap
Tenable Blog: Cyber Hygiene Education: Cybersecurity Summer Projects
This week the Tenable blog is focused on higher education, and why summer break is a good time for schools to focus on cybersecurity projects for the coming year. Threat hunting, vulnerability management and the core value of continuous visibility are essential goals that school systems should commit to over the long, hot summer.
NextGov Emerging Technology Column: What the heck is a Quantum Computer?
This week in NextGov, TWB author John Breeden II answers some of his fan mail, and the most asked question of the day: What the heck is a quantum computer? This week he attempts to explain the weird, quirky and physics-defying world that makes up this fascinating new science, and shows why it has got the government so worried.
Securing the nation’s electoral infrastructure
Given the diversity of the nation’s election systems and voting technology, there is no easy fix to ensure security. On the other hand, that diversity makes rigging a national election a significant challenge for would-be attackers.
Tenable Blog
Organizations must secure their SCADA networks while enabling access to those who need it. Here are some tips for meeting security requirements for your critical infrastructure.
NextGov: How long can government encryption hold against quantum computers?
If you think that quantum computers are the stuff of science fiction, you might be surprised to learn that there are several powerful ones operating right now, and if they realize their full potential, current government encryption levels might not be enough. NIST is even trying to preemptively develop quantum-resistant encryption. Tune into NextGov for the opening shots of the quantum versus encryption war.
The final push to the HTTPS-only standard for federal websites
With less than six months to the deadline for agencies to implement HTTPS on all public-facing websites, nearly half of .gov sites remain unprotected. Deploying the secure protocol should be one of the easier security mandates for agencies to meet.