Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Author

Stories by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Article | 5/10/2011 Fail a security audit already -- it's good for you

Failing an audit sounds like the last thing any company wants to happen. But that's because audits are seen by many as the goal of a security program....

Article | 8/09/2011 Competing for privacy in a social media world

For years, Facebook users have been clamoring for better privacy controls and clarity, while Facebook engineers oscillate between improvements and maj...

Article | 2/05/2011 How to be an effective security buyer

In previous columns I have repeatedly emphasized the importance of interoperability and the danger of security fragmentation. Security is so fragmente...

Article | 14/04/2011 Security fragmentation needs to end

A new week, a new rash of attacks against security vendors, email marketers and banks. It would be easy to point fingers and laugh at the irony, espec...

Article | 18/03/2011 Security will rescue cloud computing

Whenever the topic of security is mentioned in the context of cloud computing, it is usually discussed as the "big barrier" to adoption. The perceived...

Article | 17/12/2010 More censorship, data breaches and devices: Security predictions for 2011

This past year has been a doozy in the security world.

Article | 22/09/2010 The missing piece of cloud security?

<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/antonopoulos.html">Cloud computing,</a> especially <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/20...

Article | 1/09/2010 Security-as-a-service growing

When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no". But if you ask some follow up questions...

Article | 21/05/2010 Our growing security quagmire

Information security was always an esoteric field but with personal computing came personal security issues, culminating in the identity theft problem...

Article | 27/04/2010 Google's privacy afterthought

A few days ago, 10 privacy commissioners from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Israel, Ireland, The Netherlands and New Zeal...

Article | 13/01/2010 Mobile malware will test Android and iPhone

2009 ushered in mobile malware with the first (and second) iPhone worm appearing just before Christmas.

Article | 12/11/2009 iPhone security problems bring new risks

In just four days, not one but two worms targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the same vulnerability, a default password in the...

Article | 15/04/2009 UC security: When the shoe won't fit, compress the foot

If your security model is location-centric and depends on keeping things separate, how do you respond to a disruptive technology like unified communic...

Article | 6/01/2009 Security predictions for 2009

My predictions for information security in 2009 are just predictions, not recommendations. I am trying to guess what will happen, not suggesting what ...

Article | 23/07/2008 No excuses -- encrypt all laptops

Every year, more than 5,000 laptops are lost in taxis in London, New York, Chicago and other large cities. According to our research, in 2008 companie...