Responding to network attacks

Though they’re not going away anytime soon — and every security geek in the IT department knows it — distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks still cause great panic in most organizations hit by them. This being the case, it bears underscoring the importance of planning ahead so that you don’t get caught flatfooted when the next […]

Communication, culture and information security

Since my earliest days working in Silicon Valley, I have been involved in computer security incident response management. And so it was with great pleasure that I accepted a keynote speaking opportunity at the upcoming annual meeting of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) during 28 June-3 July 2009 in nearby Kyoto, […]