Help Net Security - Articles http://www.net-security.org/articles.php Help Net Security - your homepage for all the information security news en-us Copyright since 1998 by HNS staff Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:02 -0400 The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1841 Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips. Is it mor... Mon, 20 May 2013 06:03:09 -0400 Hacking charge stations for electric cars http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1840 The vision of electric cars call for charge stations to perform smart charging as part of a global smart grid. As a result, a charge station is a sophisticated computer that communicates with the elec... Wed, 15 May 2013 05:30:06 -0400 Human sensors: How encouraging user reporting strengthens security http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1839 Despite the pervasiveness of cyber-attacks threatening the enterprise security today, many organizations are still not taking advantage of their most widely deployed security asset: people. Adversa... Tue, 14 May 2013 06:49:51 -0400 Car and electronics shoppers at risk of escrow fraud http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1838 Cars, motorbikes and electronics top the list of items that scammers use most to swindle online shoppers in the growing underworld of escrow fraud, according to our recent study on more than 700 fake ... Mon, 13 May 2013 02:00:15 -0400 Bringing networking and security together through network automation http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1837 The past ten years have seen a proliferation of increasingly complex network devices. Coupled with the recent rise in adoption of BYOD policies, mobile working practices, virtualisation and cloud serv... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:54:03 -0400 The CSO perspective on risk management http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1836 Candy Alexander is the CSO at Long Term Care Partners and volunteers as a member of the International Board of Directors for ISSA. In the past, she was invited to the White House to speak on the impor... Thu, 9 May 2013 05:00:15 -0400 The importance of secure coding http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1835 Jim Manico is the VP of Security Architecture for WhiteHat Security. In this video recorded at Hack In The Box 2013 Amsterdam, Manico illustrates the importance of secure coding and talks about variou... Tue, 7 May 2013 10:00:15 -0400 Do young people care about privacy? http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1834 Everywhere I go, I hear some variation of the claim that “young people today just don’t care about privacy.” This is something that people widely seem to believe is “just true.” The latest claim to th... Fri, 3 May 2013 07:25:47 -0400 Why we need security awareness training programs http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1833 Lately, some of the smartest people in infosec decided that security awareness trainings are a waste of time. Last out is Bruce Schneier, who decided to speak up against awareness training. The cla... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:21 -0400 The age of information highway robbery http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1832 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a widespread problem in the iGaming industry with hackers betting that they can make money from online gambling merchants by threatening to take down t... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:35:42 -0400