Author Archives: David Gibson
How the biggest DDOS attack in history could have been easily avoided, or not
The recent DDOS attacks aimed at Spamhaus hammer home three very important points that we must learn in our new digital society: 1.) How dependent we are on digital communication, 2.) How interdependent our networks have become, and 3). How … Continue reading
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Shared folders, like coconuts, don’t migrate by themselves
Our new survey on domain and data migrations shows that 95% of organizations move data at least once a year, for any of several reasons— infrastructure upgrades, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. For such a common task, very few organizations (4%) … Continue reading
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Your Data is a Mirror
Imagine if the constitution of the United States had been drafted in Microsoft Word, with track changes and comments turned on, and each revision stored in SharePoint or Evernote. Imagine if the founding fathers had had email and we could … Continue reading
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Introducing Varonis Data Transport Engine
For years, Varonis customers have been using Varonis DatAdvantage and the IDU Classification Framework to find data sets that they want to move or delete—stale data, active data, sensitive data, data belonging to department X or Y. Being able to … Continue reading
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Near-Field Authentication over Avian Carrier
I read about “chirp” the other day – a new iPhone app that lets you share pictures and links from your phone with an audible tone that sounds like—surprise—a bird chirp. Here’s how it works: You open up the chirp … Continue reading
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Vote Now on the Finalists for the 2012 Varonis Data Governance Awards
In May 2012, Varonis launched its first customer awards program – the Varonis Data Governance Awards. Entry has now closed, and we are delighted with the response we received and the outstanding strength of the different entries. We have reviewed … Continue reading
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Richard Stiennon on Packet Capture
About a decade ago I was fortunate enough to take a course at SANS on using Snort and tcpdump, taught by Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak, and Marty Roesch. It was hands-down one of the best courses of any kind that … Continue reading
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80% of Organizations are Scared of Moving to the Cloud
New research from IDG and Varonis reveals that even though 70% of organizations would like to use cloud sync services, only 20% allow cloud file sync because of security concerns. What are they worried about? 51% are worried about correct … Continue reading
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