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Mobile Enterprise: Stay Ahead of BYOD
Published Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:43 PM by April Tellez
You're a security IT professional and you think you've taken the steps to get your network secure. You feel confident- safe even- as you walk the corridors of your organization. Then across the office, you hear a sound - it's faint at first...

RISKSA: Cyber criminals smarter, have more money
Published Friday, May 10, 2013 5:37 PM by April Tellez
The investment that companies are putting into protecting their networks from cyber criminals may be largely ineffective due to mobile devices, says Jason Clark, chief security and strategy officer at Websense Inc., an organisation that protects companies...
ITWeb: Innovative thinking needed for info security
Published Wednesday, May 08, 2013 5:32 PM by April Tellez
Many companies are still following outdated principles when it comes to information security. So says Websense chief information security and strategy officer Jason Clark, speaking at the ITWeb Security Summit yesterday. "It is costing us way too...

Information Week: 6 steps for a successful data security control implementation
Published Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:40 PM by April Tellez
The only thing more challenging than seeing something in the dark is explaining what you can see to others. That's how I characterize the often-difficult process of explaining the importance of data security to your executives and employees. Clearly...
InfoPackets: Phishing Attackers Take Aim At Online Gamers
Published Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:53 PM by April Tellez
Gamers, Game Services, Face Growing Security Threats And with games like Diablo III and SimCity forcing gamers to create online accounts as a way to avoid piracy, more and more people are headed online all of the time. The problem: not all of them know...

CSO Magazine: Locked and loaded, online gamers draw phishing attackers
Published Friday, April 26, 2013 1:33 PM by April Tellez
In-game items held in those accounts can also be sold by phishers for real-world cash, it continued.Ã'Â Depending upon how much information is revealed, the victims can even have their real-life identities stolen. "Online games are...
CSO Magazine: Websense fights cyber crime post Boston Marathon blasts
Published Tuesday, April 23, 2013 1:31 PM by April Tellez
The Websense ThreatSeeker Network is blocking email-borne campaigns to avoid unsuspecting recipients going to malicious websites post events at Boston Marathon. Cyber criminals are busy while the world is still stunned at the explosions at Boston Marathon...

SC Magazine: New Java exploit on the loose following recent security update
Published Tuesday, April 23, 2013 1:29 PM by April Tellez
Oracle's security update last week included 42 fixes for bugs in Java and an improved notification system to help users determine the trustworthiness of Java programs before executing them. On Tuesday, SCMagazine.com reached out to Oracle, Java's...
CIOL: Websense sounds caution on new spam campaign
Published Friday, April 12, 2013 1:27 PM by April Tellez
Websense Security Labs has cautioned Interent users of malicious email spam to cash in on the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Websense ThreatSeeker Network have detected that attackers are sending malicious email spam with a...

GCN: Is the next big cyber threat lurking in government systems?
Published Tuesday, April 09, 2013 1:20 PM by April Tellez
Defining "legacy software" can be difficult. Some would argue that any software in use can be called legacy, because if you're using it, it's already old. Most would agree that any software still in use that is not supported by its developer...