RSA 2017: what are you trying to solve?
This year at the RSA Security Conference some 40,000 people packed the halls of the Moscone center in search of solutions (and light up swords) to solve their problems. Whatever the issue, they were looking for a salve to sooth their wounds in a manner of speaking. For all of the vendors hawking their wares there…
Android for cars: Secure connection?
Fast-forward 17 years and there are apps for everything — even your car. Chances are, if an app might make part of your life easier, someone will develop it and plenty of people will use it. Over the past few years, the concept of the connected car has continued to evolve — and become reality….
Bruce Schneier: Public-service technologists are needed to tame the IoT
The internet of things needs to be regulated and soon before it becomes even more of a tool to facilitate cyberattacks, and that means coming up with civic-minded technologists to help formulate government policies, security expert Bruce Schneier told an RSA Conference 2017 audience. The problem is governments lack the technological expertise to understand the…
CrowdStrike Fails In Bid To Stop NSS Labs From Publishing Test Results At RSA
A security vendor’s failed attempt to prevent a report containing details on its product’s capabilities from being released at the RSA conference in San Francisco this week has focused attention on the need for more widely accepted testing and validation services for security technologies. The report is from NSS Labs, a company that bills itself…