Ericka Chickowski

Dell SecureWorks Close Date: FebruaryPrice: $612 millionClosed right at the start of the year, this deal gives Dell a mature portfolio of managed service capabilities and a better way to engage with SMB and mid-market customers thirsting for turnkey security offerings. Thoma Bravo Buys Tripwire Close Date: May Price: Undisclosed,A private equity firm with some […]

Top Security Breaches Caused by Technology Partners Breached Organization: Lawrence Memorial HospitalThird-Party Involved: Blue Sky Credit, BrickWire LLCData Lost: Names, personal information, health care provider information, credit card numbers and checking account information for 10,000 patientsThe Situation: A third-party burn of two degrees, Lawrence Memorial Hospital was left responsible for a breach of patient financial […]

Incorporate on January 1 Anytime’s a good time to limit liability through incorporation, but the experts recommend the start of the year as a particularly beneficial time to pull the trigger. Incorporate on January 1 Rocket Lawyer Says: "With a filing date of January 1, you’ll save time when filing a tax return for that […]

Corporate Espionage Meets Hacker Tradecraft "We expect to see that the specific Hacker Tradecraft (malware, tools, tactics) , which is developed with government support and for government use, will begin to be shared with non-government/private organizations so that they can target their competitors in the private sector in search of Intellectual Property which is valuable […]

The State of Windows 7 Deployments 2011 56 percent of organizations have begun to deploy Windows 7. No Title Among those, though, deployment is on average only about 10 percent complete. No Title 13 percent of organizations have Windows 7 deployed on less than a quarter of their fleet of PCs. No Title Over a […]

HP Buys Autonomy The acquisition of British company Autonomy is just one of the surprising moves that got former HP CEO Leo Apotheker run out on a rail last September. HP paid an unbelievable $12 billion dollars for the “Meaning Based Computer” leader, infuriating shareholders and putting smirks on the faces of tech analysts everywhere. […]

IP Thieves An Insider Job The average IP thief is a male employee around 37 years old who serves in a technical position, such as an engineer, scientist, technical manager or programmer. No Title Most IP thieves signed an IP agreement. No Title Close to 65 percent of IP thieves were already out the door, […]

FFIEC Online banking institutions will be held accountable to more rigorous security demands from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) in January. That’s when examiners begin assessing financial institutions according to risk assessment best practices including better fraud protection and use of layered security technology to augment the multi-factor authentication laid out by the […]

The Tests For over two years, Nasuni has been testing the largest cloud service providers with a series of five cascading tests. CSPs had to pass the first test in order to move on to the next. CSPs that failed a test dropped out of the field of contenders. Who Passed Amazon S3AT&T Synaptic Storage […]

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PC Connection Buys ValComNew Hampshire-based PC Connection picked up ValCom and got its cloud-based IT service management software, WebSPOC as part of the deal. ValCom will still operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary under the same name. CSI Picks Up HEIT Computer Services Inc. (CSI) acquired HEIT in late summer, hoping to get its head further […]

Poor Firewall Management Leaves Networks Vulnerable to Attack Only 7% of network security pros take the time to automate their firewall audit processes. No Title Approximately 40% of security professionals spend a month or more on firewall audits annually. No Title 85% of security professionals say that at least half of their firewall rule changes […]