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Are social media platforms the Jurassic Park of computing?
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Kevin Prince is chief technology officer of Perimeter E-Security.
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Social Networks have grown out of control. Literally. Today, neither users nor social networking companies can control the monsters they have created. Think Jurassic Park: where John Hammond wanted to build something no one else had ever done, a [...]
Host Based Intrusion Prevention
Some people often wonder about the value of host based intrusion prevention systems. There is a good article recently released by Perimeter E-Security on this topic.
The Insider Threat
Insiders pose a huge threat to organizations. Kevin Prince, CTO of Perimeter E-Security has written a white paper on what the real threat is to companies by their employees. The article can be found at http://www.perimeterusa.com/public/files/Protecting-Your-Organization-from-Insider-Threat-WP.pdf
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 [...]
Globalizing the Fight Against a Hostile Internet
Original Article
During my visit to Moscow last week, Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky waxed poetically about the need for a global law enforcement agency to police the Internet against criminals and hackers. In his estimation, the Internet never will be free of threats so long as hackers are able to launch attacks against international [...]
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 [...]
Email Security
According to Websense (State of Internet Security Q1 & Q2 2009), 87.7 percent of email messages were spam during the first half of 2009. While I have seen the percentage by other vendors be higher, it does represent a 3 percent increase over the previous 6 months (again according to Websense).
85.6 percent [...]
Purity 12 Scam or Legit?
Purity 12 Company and Product Review
Purity 12 represents a whole new generation of network marketing company. What should people look for when selecting a network marketing (other wise known as multi-level marketing company)? It is pretty simple but important. There needs to be a solid company with big money backing it. Purity 12 is just [...]