May was an action-packed month and I'm happy to report that with the onset of summer, the truly severe threats seem to have subsided (for now). That's not to say this month was without incident – that's impossible in our industry.

Medical Center sees reduction in malware threats from 2-3 per week to zero and less IT time spent 'putting out fires' with Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite.

Paul Henry, Security and Forensics Analyst for Lumension, discusses the impact of the June 2012 Patch Tuesday releases.

It's a New Day – In this month's review of cyber security happenings, I've taken a departure from the regular flow of things. The last week or so has generated some pretty interesting news headlines and to offer you insight into what's going on, I've invited my colleague Richard Stiennon, author and security industry expert with IT-Harvest to join me.

Paul Henry, Security and Forensics Analyst for Lumension, discusses the impact of the May 2012 Patch Tuesday releases.

April was a busy month for those of us that follow cybersecurity happenings. Tune in to my take on the last 30 days and as always, please share your thoughts on these topics and/or include any other news I may have left out.

Time and again, we've heard IT teams lament over how security continues to challenge the operational aspects of an organization. And these issues will not likely resolve themselves. While there isn't a silver bullet that will 'fix' this situation, there are best practices that will definitely improve security and increase operational efficiency. For some tips, we went to Mike Rothman, industry analyst and President at Securosis.

We're back with part II in our podcast series on security versus operations with Mike Rothman, president and analyst with Securosis. In this post, Mike and I will discuss getting back to the basics of endpoint security, as small and mid-size organizations should not even consider employing in-depth cyber security measures until they have the basic preventative measures in place.

This is the kick-off to a three-part podcast series with industry analyst and president of Securosis, Mike Rothman. Based on a discussion we had at this year's RSA Conference, I asked Mike about how to identify the distinctions between security and operations specifically within the SMB market, the best way to approach the enforcement of policies and how to include security as a key function within the existing structure.

Paul Henry, Security and Forensics Analyst for Lumension, discusses the impact of the April 2012 Patch Tuesday releases.