Network Security Podcast

Martin and Rich are away at RSA — and I’m all alone. Well, actually, I have a special guest host: Jamie Arlen (a.k.a. Myrcurial) — and boy did we have a lot to talk about. Tonight’s show is a bigun’, clocking in at about 50 minutes. So, apologies for the lengthy show and file.

Network Security Podcast, Episode 187, March 3, 2010
Time:  51:05

Show Notes:

• RSA: Securing cloud computing is industry responsibility says Art Coviello
• Google Joins the Cloud Security Alliance
• Report: The Command Structure of the Aurora Botnet:History, Patterns, and Findings (Damballa)
• Authorities bust 3 in infection of 13M computers
• Verizon Incident Metrics Framework Released
• Open Wi-Fi ‘outlawed’ by Digital Economy Bill
• Tonight’s music:  Another Devil’s Fool by Freeky Clean

One of the things I don’t believe we see enough of in the security field is independent testing.  Vendors of all stripes make claims about what their products do, and without independent testing it’s hard to tell if they’re the cream of the crop or a bad apple.  ICSA Labs is one of the few companies that do the sort of testing that’s needed to provide the information to tell the two extremes apart.  I took a few minutes to sit down with Andy Hayter of ICSA Labs to talk about anti-virus testing, education of consumers and a new initiative to use the testing ICSA does in the real world.  For the sake of transparency, ICSA is a part of Verizon, the company I work for as well.

NSP-RSAC2010-ICSALabs.mp3