Taylor Armerding is an award-winning journalist who left the declining field of mainstream newspapers in 2011 to write in the explosively expanding field of information security. He has previously written for CSO Online and the Sophos blog Naked Security. When he’s not writing he hikes, bikes, golfs, and plays bluegrass music. Follow him on Twitter @tarmerding2.
Having the right application security toolchain is the most effective way to build security in, which is critical to securing modern apps against attacks.
Posted in Agile, CI/CD & DevOps, Software Architecture & Design
Bug bounty programs are becoming more popular. Do they work? What are the pitfalls of crowdsourcing application security testing? Our experts weigh in.
Posted in Web Application Security
Being an IT sales engineer isn’t as glamorous as it seems—but the satisfaction of solving customer problems and performing well under pressure is unmatched.
Posted in Application Security
The DevOps / security relationship is often tense—but does it have to be? At RSA 2019, Tanya Janca explained how teams can play nice, and why they ought to.
Posted in Agile, CI/CD & DevOps
Selective encryption backdoors don’t work; the laws of mathematics don’t know or care who you are. But the concept was still under intense debate at RSA 2019.
Posted in Application Security
Even though auto software security is important to the industry, a new report shows that the lack of resources means connected cars can be dangerously unsafe.
Posted in Automotive Cyber Security
The Anthem data breach in 2014–2015 was the largest healthcare data breach ever. But healthcare cyber security has improved since then.
Posted in Data Breach Security, Healthcare Security & Privacy
In the automotive industry, security is safety. And auto software security testing, like all security testing, needs to shift left to be effective.
Posted in Automotive Cyber Security
With the new PCI standards, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council intends to reduce credit card fraud. But the new standards may not be enough.
Posted in Financial Cyber Security, Software Compliance, Quality & Standards
Connected car security is a priority of the automotive industry, according to a recent report. But the shortage of resources and skills is a challenge.
Posted in Automotive Cyber Security
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