Top 10 Information Security Threats of 2010
Each year Kevin Prince, CTO at Perimeter E-Security writes a paper regarding what he feels are the top threats for the coming year. Over the past several years, his papers have not only been insightful, but spot on in nearly everything he has predicted. Perimeter just released the 2010 version and can be [...]
Google Announcement on China
Google made a significant announcement on their blog recently. The blog post is at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html. It has to do with Google potentially pulling out of China altogether. It states that Google is no longer willing to filter results and they appear willing to close up shop in China. According to the [...]
The yin and yang of cybersecurity
The yin and yang of cybersecurity
December 21, 2009 10:00 AM
Howard (right) and Prince (below) say online peace can only come when corporations achieve “cyberbalance.” Photos: Perimeter
On the Internet, the good guys and the bad guys are inextricably connected. But what happens when one side gets the upper hand?
By Doug Howard, chief strategy officer, and [...]
2009 Breaches and Blunders
Kevin Prince, CTO of Perimeter eSecurity recently released a paper on the top 2009 breaches and blunders. See the full article here. There is also lots of talk about it on Twitter. See here.
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Perimeter E-Security Exposes Top Ten Biggest Security Breaches and Blunders of 2009
MILFORD, Conn., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Perimeter [...]
Objectional Sites = Malicious Content
Website with “objectionable content” (e.g. sex, adult content, gambling, drugs) are often times infected with malicious software and links to sites that attempt to exploit end users systems. According to Websense,
50 percent of web pages linked to web sites categorized as “sex” also served malicious content.
69 percent of all web pages with [...]

