Cisco Sourcefire recently announced that their Snort open source IDS/IPS 2.9.7 will now support free application visibility and control, called OpenAppID.  It will be fully integrated into the current Snort framework and offers a new application preprocessor and keyword 'appid' that can be used in any Snort rule.  OpenAppID will launch ... Read More

I've attended the Black Hat Security conference in Las Vegas for many, many years now. It is by far the best security event each year and this year was no exception. Each year seems to go something like this for me: I attend the conference and get educated on all ... Read More

Today the PCI council released its PCI DSS VIRTUALIZATION GUIDELINES Information Supplement. This supplement does not add any new requirements to the standard but rather provides guidance on how to interpret the PCI DSS 2.0 standard in a virtual environment. It covers hypervisor, virtual machine, cloud computing, virtual networking and ... Read More

With the release of PCI version 2.0 last October and the first formal v2.0 feedback period coming up in November this new Board has their work cut out for them. Also on their plate will be advising on virtualization, touchless payment, mobile payment, encryption, tokenization, scoping, and several other emerging ... Read More

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is all the rage right now in corporate IT circles. Everyone it seems is rushing to find the perfect MDM that balances security, functionality and ease of use. IT is scrambling to figure out how to best allow and control both corporate and personal mobile devices ... Read More

The absolute explosion of VDI deployments recently is driving security teams nuts. Everyone is scrambling to figure out which VDI solution is the most secure, what security features they have and most importantly how can I securely roll out VDI. I couldn't find a comprehensive security review of the two ... Read More

Today Cisco announced the ASA Services module for its Catalyst 6500 switching line. This module runs the same code as the other Cisco ASA form factors so going forward you'll have the same code base across all of your ASA platforms. Here are the specs for the ASA-SM firewall as ... Read More

Mobile Device Management(MDM) is a hot topic in businesses the world over right now. As is no surprise, the proliferation of iPhone, Android, iPad and other smart mobile devices are driving the need for solutions that can secure these devices. Several start-ups, as well as a few established players, are ... Read More

The annual, and 20th anniversary, RSA security conference in San Francisco is fast approaching. It runs from February 14th-18th at the moscone center. It is looking to be a great show this year with lots of exciting announcements sure to be made by the various security vendors, especially Cisco. Here ... Read More