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The cybercriminal underground: Commercial sophistication
Malware builds across an underground infrastructure that rivals any legitimate form of commerce.
SC Magazine, April, 2009
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Database security: Protecting the crown jewels
Universities, banks, SMBs and large brands alike are waking up to the fact
that their databases are no longer safe ...
SC Magazine, February, 2009
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Radcliff is now Editor of new subscription e-zine, www.myIDmatters.net.
October, 2008
Photo Courtesy of Kathy Northcutt
Read my Blog
So here's the deal
Gangsters and terrorists Black Hat elites tearing around the 'Net in a free
for all. That's how I see it. And that's what I'll write about in this blog.
Security Chief Columns
Security Chief: Battling the bad guys
Network World, 11/29/04
Couple complex network security with people's natural gullibility, and it's no
wonder they're getting clobbered.
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Read Radcliff's Security Chief blog about home network security:
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Security capital: Funding & Innovation
The pool of venture capital for IT security is dwindling, but spending for
security is rising. This creates opportunities.
SC Magazine, February, 2009
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Head in the clouds
The latest craze in cloud computing shows great promise, but it is
introducing a host of new security issues.
SC Magazine, November, 2008
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Data Classification 101
The foundation of data-centric protection is knowing what data needs what
level of protection.
StateTech Magazine, October, 2008
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Information AND network protection: Finding the right mix
How to secure critical and regulated data when network defenses aren't
enough.
Networkworld, Oct. 9, 2008
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Portrait of a hacker
The underground network of criminally-oriented hackers and cyber profiteers
are under more pressure from law enforcement.
SC Magazine, Sept. 26, 2008
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Slurping the USB port
Portable media devices are being used to lift
corporate data.
SC Magazine, September, 2008
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The life and death of a virtual machine
If IT managers arenšt careful, the failure to manage virtual machines
throughout their life cycles could erase virtualizationšs benefits.
Networkworld, Aug, 2008
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A fine line
Institutions of higher learning encourage openness on their networks, but
find they must impose controls.
SC Magazine, Aug, 2008
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How to root out rootkits
Find out how and where they hide, what they're hiding, and how you can (and can't) stop them.
Network World , Aug, 2008
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Zero tolerance for bugs
Static analysis provides a thorough examination of code, allowing testers to see problems and descriptions of their impact on security.
SD Times, Aug, 2008
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Bugs gone bad
A wide variety of bugs can cause problems for your system. Here is a list of types of bugs and exploits that companies should keep an eye out for.
SD Times, Aug, 2008
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Fall In Line
Radcliff looks at how the retail sector is faring with PCI DSS.
April, 2008, SC Magazine
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New security threats from every which way
As virtualization, SOA and mobility projects proliferate and converge, they open the enterprise to a rash of troublesome network security problems.
March, 2008, Networkworld
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Health care update
Health care organizations must shake off their HIPAA-induced paralysis and get technical.
March, 2008, SC Magazine
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Firmware: Hacking the Chip
Imagine the day when rootkits, backdoors and other hacker toolkits hide not inside the system software, but in the highly programmable firmware proliferating across the hardware components supporting our information systems.
Feb. 8, 2008, SC Magazine
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E-voting Systems
Radcliff interviews Rush Holt, D-NJ, on his legislation to protect elections in light of scandalously insecure e-voting systems.
Feb. 4, 2008, Computerworld
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Brace Yourself for a Data Breach
It's not a question of whether this will happen to your organization, but of when. Be ready to react.
StateTech Magazine, January, 2008
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Computer Forensics Faces Private Eye Competition
Who has the right to probe digital crime? That very question may be the next battleground between the flatfooted private detective of old and the new-age computer sleuth.
Jan. 2, 2008
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Is FISMA working?
Even as the ink dries on NIST's guidelines for assessment, management frameworks, security controls and mapping/categorization of information systems to security, NIST has already begun Phase II - a Common Criteria-like certification program for assessment and credentialing vendors.
Nov. 1, 2007
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What is Virtualization Software?
Watch an interview with Deb Radcliff on Virtualization Software.
Aug. 20, 2007
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Virtualization security needed - now!
Experts say it's only a matter of time before malware writers weasel their way into the core of a virtual server platform. Here's how to stop them.
Aug. 20, 2007
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ID Card Help
Pentagon Taps Contractors for ID Card Help CSO.
June, 2007
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Developers of Web 2.0 apps must build in security from the start
Web 2.0 is not a specific set of technologies and it's not well-defined, but it amounts to an increased share of data between the client browser and the service side application.
Apr., 2007
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When World of Warcraft spreads to your world
How enterprise networks can take collateral damage
Apr, 2007
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Hear Deb Radcliff at IT Conversations.
Virtual booty has become more important to some online game players than feeding their real bodies in the physical world. Unfortunately, criminals are now beginning to take advantage of this.
Apr. 14, 2007
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The Security Consortium columns at Utica College's online portal (last 3 links).
2007
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Hear Deb Radcliff talk about her visit to the ISS X-Force during a Zero Day
attack that the X-Force team had to respond to.
Networkworld Podcast
Feb. 2, 2007
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On the front lines in the global war on cybercrime with the vulnerability threat team from ISS Network
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Inside the X-Force
Feb. 2, 2007
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