Snort rules require extensive testing before going live. In this tip, Judy Novak illustrates how to test Snort rules with Scapy.

Most organizations would agree that their most valuable IT assets reside within applications and databases. Most would probably also agree that these are areas that have the weakest levels of security, making them the prime target for malicious insiders. This is a difficult problem to address, but it's not impossible.

Building up an effective career network that will accelerate the growth of your career may be difficult. In this tip, Lee Kushner and Michael Murray discuss points you should keep in mind when defining your own career network.

The relationship between PCI compliance and risk management is a volatile one. In this tip, authors Dr. Anton Chuvakin and Branden Williams explain how PCI compliance affects overall risk assessment.

A new form of malware that is being used to attack credit card data has been sighted. In this tip, Nick Lewis introduces the malware and discusses how you can protect you data from its advances.

Outsourcing critical data to a cloud service provider should not be taken lightly. There are several issues you want to get clear of before choosing a provider. In this tip, David Mortman details questions you should be asking.

Deploying security precautions on endpoints of any data loss prevention system may just be the most important step. In this tip, Rich Mogull gives five things to keep in mind during this critical step.

Emails have long been one of the most prevalent vectors of attack for cyber criminals to spread worms, Trojans and viruses. Today, of all the malware distributed globally, 12% are passed through emails, reports NSS Labs in January 2009. While emails themselves are rarely malicious and can be open and read safely by users, email attachments may hide malicious programs that, if unleashed, can compromise a machine.

Are you satisfied with your job or are you just waiting for the opportunity to leave? In this tip, Lee Kushner and Mike Murray discuss ways on how you can be content with your career choice.

Late last year, Microsoft issued a patch to fix the vulnerability in its Server Message Block. Nick Lewis reviews the patch and discusses whether you should implement it or completely disable SMB.