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The Threat of the Insider: A Matter of National Security & Corporate Survival
Man’s effort to protect his secrets and the attempts of his foes to access them can be traced back throughout recorded history. With the advent of the digital era, however, governments and corporations alike face the challenges of higher stakes and greater exposure – a combination that can have catastrophic…
Emergent Awarded 2011 Inc. 500 Ranking
Great news this week with the announcement of Emergent making the Inc. 500. It's a huge achievement for us and one that's especially meaningful to Emergent Consulting. We started Emergent Consulting as a division of Emergent last year with a belief that we could help our clients with innovative security…
Symantec Control Compliance Suite
Don't wait until there is an audit finding or a security breach to start thinking about your organization's security compliance. Symantec's Control Compliance Suite provides management with a consolidated view of the organization's compliance stance and provides the technical staff with specific non-compliant findings for remediation. When mentioning the word…
De-Prioritization of IT Security in Organizations
Emergent Consulting is pleased to welcome guest blogger, K.C. Yerrid, who has extensive experience in internet security. K.C. touches on recent developments with LulzSec, whose recent exploits have drawn so much attention. K.C.'s assessment will surely provide food for thought, so please read and let us know what you think. …
RSA and Lockheed Martin: Practical Lessons Learned the Hard Way
RSA has the responsibility to protect data that puts their customers at risk. Equally important, but rarely discussed, is the fact that customers of security vendors have the responsibility to evaluate the internal security posture of potential security providers. Customers, even those as sophisticated as Lockheed Martin, rarely address their…
Lessons Learned: The Sony PlayStation Network Breach
Sony today reported a 2nd breach of 8500 accounts on the the heels of the unauthorized disclosure of over 70 million records orginally reported by Sony on April 22nd 2011. These security breaches included the exposure of credit card information directly from the Sony PlayStation Network. These large scale incidents…
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