Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference Thursday May 17, 2012 – Specialty Pre-Conference Workshops Friday May 18, 2012 Sheraton Downtown Denver 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Annual Rocky Mountain Information Security...

Global Payments' announced that Track 2 data was stolen, which is used by the bank. Track 1 data generally refers to the information reported on the front of a bank card. So if this information was stolen along with that contained in Track 2, it is possible to clone a card...

Here is a list with all the Meterpreter commands that can be used for post exploitation in a penetration testing. help Open Meterpreter usage help run scriptname Run Meterpreter-based scripts; for a full list check the scripts/meterpreter directory...

For my first post here, I decided to go with a rather simple topic that has been exhausted numerous times before. It's time for another one of those blog posts describing the tracking mechanisms employed by social networks. For...

Written by Daniel Kennedy, Research Director for Information Security Endpoint security and data leakage prevention (DLP) dropped to 16th and 17th on the list of top pain points for this wave of research, indicating a mature...

Today’s threat landscape requires CISOs to develop and implement a high-performing information security (IS) program. One of the biggest challenges is not letting the torrent of corporate issues interfere with the overall effectiveness of the IT security team.

The deadline should be treated as an opportunity for your organization to learn and refine their processes and procedures. Like any other virus outbreak, this requires a coordinated effort between security professionals, systems administrators and other stakeholders...

The trick is, when security can't clearly and absolutely get definition on what employees should and shouldn't be allowed to do, they have to implement the law of least privilege overly aggressively and then things get slow, tedious, and everyone complains about security...

Unfortunate consequences occur when companies lose control over confidential assets and experience intentional or unintentional disclosure of the information. In some cases, even the possibility of information leakage can damage reputations and stock prices...

We must consider that compromised satellites are a serious risk, that the exposure could affect communications in the business and military sectors, and could also cause the loss of sensitive and strategic technological information...

The glut of blinking lights and devices that require time and effort to manage has gotten out of control... or so I'm being told. I've not manged a security team in 4 years now, but even back then the glut of boxes, products and solutions was becoming too much to bear. I can only imagine it now...

In his first blog for Info4Security, consultant Jon Roadnight concentrates on the popular subject of Physical Security Information Management.