CyberSecurity Institute

Schmidt flagged the need to declassify data during his years at the White House and said progress had been made prior to his resignation from the job in May last year. For Schmidt, the suppression of information denies organisations the ability to defend themselves from attack, noting that it can take months for information to be declassified.

From the time the FBI was notified, DHS (Department of Homeland Security) and the Department of Defense all responded [but] it took 102 days from the time it was reported to the time they went out to industry members. If the declassification effort fails — and it is thought to have stalled amid the recent US Congress reshuffle — then Schmidt said the private sector should take charge and share vulnerability and threat data.

In recent years, security researchers have discovered and extensively detailed malware thought to have been developed by nation-states to launch attacks and conduct espionage against foreign interests.

Schmidt said it is also reckless because such attacks can cause collateral damage against critical private infrastructure, and the malware can be reverse-engineered and re-appropriated for further attacks.

Link: http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/330685,five-eyes-push-to-declassify-security-vulnerability-data.aspx?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=SC+Magazine+News+feed

In 2012, Cisco added 11,000 smartphones and tablets companywide and has nearing an equal ratio of mobile devices to staff. “At the end of 2012, there were nearly 60,000 smartphones and tablets in use in the organisation—including just under 14,000 iPads—and all of them were Bring Your Own (BYO).” Cisco execs have been giving regular updates about its BYOD program in recent times, no doubt because it sells UTM appliances, identity management and other services against the trend.

SAP/Sybase blogger Eric Lai, who has been tracking large iPad deployments, noted from a conference in early May last year that Cisco had 21,000 iPhones, 8,144 iPads and 2,000 Cius tablets (it killed the device later that month). Outside a 5,000 device BYOD program, SAP offers staff a range of 10 smart devices and under that program manages 20,000 iPads, 20,000 iPhones, 4,000 Samsung Android devices, and a smaller number of BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices.

Link: http://www.cso.com.au/article/452398/cisco_has_14k_byod_ipads_says_android_malware_big_threat/