Stories by: Mathias Thurman

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    Stopping the mobile madness 09/08/2011 00:43:00

    I love my iPad, but I hate what it represents.
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    Giving cloud storage the axe 07/06/2011 01:47:00

    Want to know what keeps me, my company's go-to security guy, awake at night? Many things, I can assure you, but lately the No. 1 threat to a good night's sleep has been the proliferation of Software as a Service (SaaS)at my company.
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    Opinion: Webmail gets hacked, corporate passwords exposed 10/05/2011 02:57:00

    This week, one of our C-level executives suffered a personal security incident that spilled over to the workplace. Here's what happened.
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    Security manager's journal: Keeping in-house code safe 19/04/2011 05:12:00

    We have a major problem, which explains why I'm sitting in an airport right now. I'm heading off to visit some third parties that develop portions of our software for us.
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    New firewalls should increase protection 08/03/2011 07:06:00

    This week, my company began deploying new firewalls. The old ones have been in place for more than six years; the new ones will allow us to take advantage of the next generation of features.
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    Security Manager's Journal: Getting a handle on the data 08/02/2011 05:38:00

    Three months into my new job, I've had a chance to assess the landscape and establish some priorities. No. 1 will be the way we handle data.
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    Lifting rocks and seeing what dangers lurk beneath 25/01/2011 03:43:00

    I'm still getting acquainted with my new company. As a security manager, that means I'm seeking out all the risks that are lurking in various functional areas.
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    Security Manager: First task is to tighten up SaaS security 07/12/2010 06:41:00

    After just a couple of weeks at my new post, I'm already finding plenty of things to do.
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    Security manager's journal: Heading for the clouds 23/11/2010 05:38:00

    What makes a good information security professional? I think it's starting at the bottom and working your way up, occupying various positions along the way and obtaining skills in every one of them. It's understanding the business and having the ability to influence others. It's having a breadth of knowledge in various business sectors.
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    Security Manager's Journal: Without patch management, you are nothing. 08/06/2010 01:19:00

    Does it all come down to patch management? As a security manager, I pursue many initiatives, striving to protect the company on many fronts. But patch management is a key metric of our risk exposure, since there is a direct correlation between security incidents and patch compliance. So, in a way, it does all come down to something as basic as patch management, because if we fail there, we can't be secure.
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    Better security for not quite everyone 03/11/2009 04:56:00

    It's scary to think how much sensitive or even valuable information can be gleaned from an untended PC, even one whose user just walked away for a few minutes. That's the sort of thing that security managers fret about but the rest of the world hardly notices.
 
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