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The Encryption Storm on the Horizon

The issues over encrypted data faced by Telegram in Russia and Apple in China could portend a conflict in the U.S. soon.

Encryption

Andy Ellis Has Your Back

Akamai CSO Andy Ellis takes an uncommon approach to his job, distributing responsibility for security across the organization.

Network Security, CISO

The Faces Change, But the Crypto Problem Remains the Same

The FBI and NSA desire to weaken encryption is still the same, despite change at the top of the agencies.

Encryption

IoT Security: Hard Problem, No Easy Answers

It’s easy to talk the security talk, but it isn’t so easy to walk the walk. We learned that the hard way at a IoT security workshop during the 2018 Security Analyst Summit. We were asked to design a security product to protect an average household’s collection of IoT devices.

Iot Security

Vulnerability Disclosure Doesn’t Mean Scaring Users

The disclosure this week of several new vulnerabilities in AMD chips--without any technical details--has again raised concerns about the way some researchers choose to deal with vendors on vulnerability research.

Vulnerability Disclosure