Sean Michael Kerner

The open-source OpenStack cloud platform has the support of many of the world’s leading IT vendors, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Intel, AT&T, Cisco and Red Hat, but does it have the support of enterprises? A new study from IDG Connect, sponsored by Red Hat, shows growth and demand for the OpenStack cloud. The survey found […]

WordPress recently updated to version 3.6.1 fixing a number of security vulnerabilities. I have no direct visibility into the specific number of how many of the 71 million WordPress deployments have updated to the latest version, but I know for a fact that not all of them have. In fact, there are many vulnerable, unpatched […]

Verizon is enhancing its cloud-based Universal Identity Services (UIS) offering with new features that aim to make it easier for enterprises to benefit from two-factor authentication technologies. Tracy Hulver, senior identity strategist for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, explained that the UIS update makes the service simpler for users. The UIS can connect with enterprise identity systems, […]

OpenStack has always included networking capabilities, though initially those capabilities were somewhat limited and only available inside of the Nova Compute project. The OpenStack Quantum project got started in 2011 and was recently renamed Neutron. The Quantum/Neutron project was originally started by Dan Wendlandt, who currently serves as Director of Product Management for OpenStack at […]

VMware is serious about its participation in the open-source OpenStack cloud effort and is a major contributor to the new Havana release. – See more at: http://www.eweek.com/cloud/vmware-doubles-down-on-openstack-havana-cloud.html#sthash.FiKjDvZr.dpuf Read the full story at eWeek: VMware Doubles Down on OpenStack Havana Cloud Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

CipherCloud this week announced its Searchable Strong Encryption (SSE) offering, which aims to balance the need for access with the need for security. Pravin Kothari, founder and CEO of CipherCloud, explained to eWEEK that SSE leverages his firm’s encryption gateway. The CipherCloud encryption gateway encrypts data in real time as it flows from the user […]

Cisco first announced its intention to acquire Sourcefire on July 23rd of this year. The deal has Cisco paying $76 dollars per Sourcefire share for a total acquisition cost of $2.7 billion. Now that the acquisition has officially closed, Sourcefire’s assets and people become part of the Cisco Security Group, led by SVP Chris Young. […]

There was an interesting story last week on SFGate about some new Stanford University research into how sensors on smartphones could be used for tracking people. To make a long story short, the researchers found that every smartphone that has an accelerometer movement sensor has a unique digital fingerprint. That is, through careful analysis, subtle […]

The OpenStack Foundation was officially launched in September 2012 in a bid to provide an open governance model for OpenStack. OpenStack is an open-source cloud platform originally started by Rackspace and NASA in 2010 that has since become a much bigger effort with widespread industry participation. Allan Clark, currently serves as the chairman of the […]

“I was wrong, costs aren’t going to go down, they will keep going up for a time” – Larry Ponemon, founder of the Ponemon Institute commenting on his Cost of Cybercrime study (eWEEK) “As difficult as people want to make cybercrime, there really are only really a few steps.The bad guy has to get in, […]

David Koretz sold his security company Mykonos to Juniper Networks in 2012 for $80 million. Koretz is now the VP of Products and General Manager for the Counter Security Group at Juniper. In a video interview with Enterprise Networking Planet, Koretz explained what his mandate is at Juniper and where he sees the next wave […]

TORONTO – The security business is full of different terms and methodologies for describing the threat model. In a presentation at the SecTor conference this week, Chris Pogue, director of Digital Forensics and Incident Responce at Trustwave, explained his firm’s simple four-step model for defining cybercrime. “As difficult as people want to make cybercrime, there […]