Why you should be spending more on security

Three ways a CSO can stop being the bad guy. Pizza restaurant targeted for supporting Indiana's 'religious freedom' law. CSO Update April 02, 2015 Why you should be spending more on security As the cost and likelihood of security breaches increases, CIOs need to boost security measures -- and spending -- to mitigate the risk to your business. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Three ways a CSO can stop being the bad guy 2. Pizza restaurant targeted for supporting Indiana's 'religious freedom' law 3. Should you be afraid of text messages? 4. Over 100,000 devices can be used to amplify DDoS attacks via multicast DNS 5. Obama approves sanctions against hackers with new executive order 6. 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Three ways a CSO can stop being the bad guy Some security executives are redefining their roles to become people who say "yes," and restructuring their departments around becoming enablers of business, instead of always being the folks who say "no" READ MORE Pizza restaurant targeted for supporting Indiana's 'religious freedom' law They were the first restaurant owners in Indiana to come out in support of Indiana's controversial "religious freedom" bill, signed into law last week by Governor Mike Pence. However, the O'Connor family and their business, Memories Pizza, quickly came under attack online. READ MORE Resource compliments of: Fortinet Data Center Security: Speed, Capacity and Ultra-low Latency This introductory white paper outlines basic considerations for securing Data Center Networks. As the modern Data Center evolves to embrace Virtualization, Cloud and BYOD, organizations must protect against new threat vectors and advanced attacks while also keeping up with increasing bandwidth and Next-Generation Network architectures. Learn more now: Should you be afraid of text messages? Are you worried about hackers stealing millions of your customer records? According to one security vendor, you should be more worried about your employees spilling corporate secrets via text message, 160 characters at a time READ MORE Over 100,000 devices can be used to amplify DDoS attacks via multicast DNS Over 100,000 devices have a misconfigured service called multicast DNS that accepts requests from the Internet and can potentially be abused to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. READ MORE White Paper: ServiceNow Transform IT: Transform the Enterprise This paper provides IT leaders with insight into three IT imperatives that 24 CIOs and senior IT executives used to reposition IT and transform the enterprise. Read Now Obama approves sanctions against hackers with new executive order President Obama has signed an executive order that authorizes the U.S. government to impose sanctions against those responsible acts of cyber crime, as well as those who helped support it. READ MORE New malware program used in attacks against energy sector companies The Trojan program is used for reconnaissance and distribution of additional malware, researchers from Symantec say READ MORE White Paper: ServiceNow Orchestration For Modern IT: Helping IT Accelerate Business Modern IT requires an evolved approach to orchestration that erases the barriers separating people, process and technology. Learn how ServiceNow Orchestration empowers IT organizations to do all of this and more. 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