National Intelligence office wants to perfect the art of security deception

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Network World Security Alert Jun 10, 2016 National Intelligence office wants to perfect the art of security deception This week the advanced technology developers from the Intelligence Advance Research Projects Activity (IARPA) office put out a Request For Information about how to best develop better denial and deception technologies – such as honeypots or deception servers for example -- that would bolster cyber security. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • When you isolate your industrial control systems don't forget about DNS • IoT pushes IT security to the brink • Forget fingerprints; Iris scans could validate mobile payments • SplunkLive! makes for revealing IT management showcase • Why you don't have to fix every vulnerability • Do it now! From SHA-1 to SHA-2 in 8 steps • US intelligence unit to advance management of virtual desktop security, systems • Securing your car from cyberattacks is becoming a big business • Endpoint detection and response: What's important? White Paper: Cisco Systems 5 Steps For Securing The Data Center: Why Traditional Security May Not Work Datacenter admins face a significant challenge: They need to secure the datacenter without compromising the performance and functionality that new datacenter environments enable. Learn about the 5 steps you need to take to secure your data center. Read More ▶ When you isolate your industrial control systems don't forget about DNS Many organizations that run industrial control systems, whether they're manufacturers or public utilities, strive to isolate them from the Internet, but sometimes forget to disallow Domain Name System (DNS) traffic, which provides a stealthy way for malware to exfiltrate data. Read More ▶ IoT pushes IT security to the brink The Internet of Things (IoT) offers many possible benefits for organizations and consumers—with unprecedented connectivity of countless products, appliances and assets that can share all sorts of information. IoT also presents a number of potential security threats that organizations need to address. Read More ▶ Forget fingerprints; Iris scans could validate mobile payments Newer biometrics technologies beyond the use of fingerprint scans could boost adoption rates for mobile payments. Read More ▶ SplunkLive! makes for revealing IT management showcase With a company and product name like Splunk, you've gotta hang a bit loose, as I found upon sitting in at the company's SplunkLive! event in Boston this week. Read More ▶ Why you don't have to fix every vulnerability Not every vulnerability results in high risk, here are a few scenarios in which immediate changes are not necessarily needed. Read More ▶ Do it now! From SHA-1 to SHA-2 in 8 steps The clock is ticking for organizations to complete their SHA-1 migration. 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