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Entries from Realtime Community | Messaging and Web Security tagged with 'vulnerability assessment'


Real Compliance Requires Technical Expertise

Network World published an interview with an Ex-Bear Stearns CISO on compliance which raises some pressing questions but I think falls short on the right answer....

IBM Security Pushing a Good Idea with a Terrible Name

Security is broken, or at least that's the word from Stuart McIrvine, director of IBM’s Corporate Security Strategy, and IBM is going to help fix it. Judging from the limited information we have so far, IBM is on the right...

New Oracle Vulnerabilities Reported

I work with Oracle database every day and the news today is exactly what I never want to hear. From ComputerWorld's Expert finds 'stupid' vulnerabilities in Oracle 11g were have reports of poor programming as well as design flaws. Then...

Data Breaches, Monitoring and Microsoft Changing Security Vendor's Market

A few stories recently are indicating a shift in the center of gravity in the security market. First, there is Symante CEO's comments on Microsoft's downward pressure on the desktop security market. Then there is Monster.com's recent announcement that they'd...

Automated Vulnerability Assessment Can Only Go So Far

In response to the attack on hosted Ubuntu servers, I mentioned that automated tools can help system admins keep up with vulnerability monitoring. A new article by David M. Piscitello of Core Competence at SearchNetworking points out the limits of...

Automatic Application Vulnerability Assessment

Automated vulnerability assessment can complement manual efforts to find and correct vulnerabilities in application code. In this podcast, Matt Moynahan, CEO of Veracode, discusses key issues in vulnerability testing, including: What is the process of automated application vulnerability analysis? What...

Scanning for SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities in Web database applications can provide the means to steal large quantities of proprietary and confidential information. A common class of vulnerabilities is SQL Injection attacks. Detecting the full range of SQL injection vulnerabilities is not trivial but fortunately...

Evaluating Web Scanning Tools with OWASP Site Generator

Continuing this week's discussion of Open Web Application Security Project projects, I'll disucss the OWASP Site Generator tool. The Site Generator is used to generate dynamic Web sites with known vulnerabilities using XML configuration files. The program can be used...

Attack on Vulnerability Disclosures Part 2: They Actually Do Some Good, Just Not What is Intended

I have a few more thoughts on yesterday's post about vulnerability disclosures. While I agree with Ranum that the rush to make public every vulnerability under the sun has not necessarily improved software security, it has certainly raised awareness of...

Securing Web Applications: The Open Web Application Security Project

Management practices are an important part of the security mosaic and a number of such frameworks are justifiably popular, especially ISO-17799 and COBIT. Other useful best practices are less well known than they should be. The Open Web Application Security...

Scathing Attack on Vulnerability Disclosures

Are vulnerability disclosures really improving security? ‘Vulnerability a day projects’ have made headlines but are we better off? Marcus Ranum says emphatically NO! In a piece published in CSO, he argues: Do you remember the original premise of the disclosure...

Protecting Messaging with Network Appliances

Network appliances can add to a defense in depth strategy with email filtering, IP reputation filtering, intrusion prevention, vulnerability assessment, as well as other services. This podcasts discussses what role network appliance play in messaging security, discusses some pros and...

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