Why Collaboration Across Industries is Key to Better Security

When it comes to information security, there is power in numbers.  More organizations across more industries are seeing the value in banding together to improve information security. Here are a few recent examples: Competitors Cisco and IBM Security are working together to address the growing global threat of cybercrime. Eight of the largest U.S. banks…

Will Your Firm Be the Next One Hit by a DDoS Attack?

New trends in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are emerging every day. Are you in the know? DDoS attacks can be carried out by a variety of criminals, ranging from individual hackers to organized crime rings and government agencies. In general, however, the crooks’ methods are the same: Use multiple compromised computer systems to attack a…