Security teams consulted too late on digital transformation

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Network World Security Alert Jul 20, 2016 Security teams consulted too late on digital transformation A new survey finds 76 percent of IT professionals with responsibility for security feel their security teams are brought in too late to have a meaningful impact on digital transformation projects. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Getting a handle on spam emanating from generic top-level domains • DARPA tackling reusable, modular chipset technology • Newest Guccifer 2.0 DNC dump included personal info about celebrities and CEOs • Security software that uses 'code hooking' opens the door to hackers • Cyber attacks are on the rise • Carbon Black buys Confer for next-gen anti-virus • Crypto: Nominated to the Cybersecurity Canon White Paper: CDW Corporation Comprehensive Security Assessment Even as organizations get smarter about guarding their information systems and data, attackers inevitably find new ways in. One of the best defenses against intruders is to learn to play their game. CDW's Comprehensive Security Assessment (CSA) uncovers vulnerabilities by using the same strategies to breach systems that cybercriminals use. Learn more today! Read More ▶ Getting a handle on spam emanating from generic top-level domains Generic top-level domains are often used for spam and malware attacks. There are steps they can take, though, to reduce the amount. Read More ▶ DARPA tackling reusable, modular chipset technology Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week said they were looking for information on how to build interface standards that would enable modular design and practical circuit blocks that could be reused to greatly shorten electronics development time and cost. Read More ▶ Newest Guccifer 2.0 DNC dump included personal info about celebrities and CEOs Besides political dirt, the latest leak from the DNC breach included phone numbers, email and physical addresses for celebrity Democratic donors and CEOs. Read More ▶ Security software that uses 'code hooking' opens the door to hackers Code-hooking techniques used by security, performance, virtualization and other types of programs to monitor third-party processes have introduced vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit. Read More ▶ Cyber attacks are on the rise New data from an Arbor Networks study show the number and size of cyber attacks are increasing. Read More ▶ Carbon Black buys Confer for next-gen anti-virus Carbon Black has bought Confer to boost its protection for network endpoints using a behavioral form of antivirus combined with cloud analysis of threats rather than traditional signature-based software. Read More ▶ Crypto: Nominated to the Cybersecurity Canon Crypto, Steven Levy's classic about privacy technology pioneers, is recommended reading for all cybersecurity professionals and should be inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon. Read More ▶ Sponsor Article: CDW Corporation Guarantee a Successful Data Center Firewall Deployment Read this CDW blog to learn how you can better protect your organization's data center with next-generation firewall deployments. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS Integration projects that went terribly wrong 10 advanced endpoint protection tools Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. 19 free cloud storage options 2. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 3. Credibility and trust: Microsoft blows it 4. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 5. 7 free tools every network needs 6. How Forbes inadvertently proved the anti-malware value of ad blockers 7. 9 Common Spanning Tree Mistakes 8. 6 free network vulnerability scanners 9. Ten operating systems for the Raspberry Pi 10. 10 biggest home networking mistakes (and how to fix them)

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