Sean Michael Kerner

Security vendor Veracode and NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) Governance Services released a study today that examines the role of cyber-security in the boardroom. Over the course of the last year, cyber-security has increasingly become top of mind for many, including corporate boardroom executives. “We got some interesting results,” Chris Wysopal, co-founder and CTO at […]

At the core of many modern security mechanisms of online security is the TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol and the Certificate Authorities (CAs) that sell and manage SSL/TLS certificates. One such CA is DigiCert which helps to secure some of the largest and most well-known organizations in the world, including IBM, Sony, Facebook VMware, Intel […]

Fedora 22 Advances Linux for Cloud, Workstations, Servers by Sean Michael Kerner Fedora 22 Comes in Three Flavors As was the case with Fedora 21, Fedora 22 offers three distinct products: Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server and Fedora Cloud editions. DNF Replaces Yum Yum was the predecessor package manager used for Fedora distribution releases prior to […]

As data breaches continue to grow in number globally, so too are the associated costs. The Ponemon Institute’s 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study, sponsored by IBM, reports that the average total cost for a data breach now stands at $3.8 million. On a per record basis, the report found that the average cost for […]

The latest data breach victim is the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which disclosed May 26 that information on 100,000 American taxpayers is at risk. The IRS reported that the breach came by way of its Get Transcript application, which is currently unavailable. The Get Transcript service enables taxpayers to obtain a statement of their tax […]

Security is a key concern across all sectors of modern IT and is often noted as a primary barrier to adoption for cloud computing. Security was a key focus of many sessions at the OpenStack Summit, which ran from May 18 to May 22 in Vancouver, B.C. Several sessions covered how to properly deploy and […]

VANCOUVER, B.C.—At the OpenStack Summit here, one of the big directions revealed for the future of the open-source cloud platform is the “Big Tent” approach that encompasses many more projects. The move to a Big Tent will have a significant impact on vendors in the OpenStack ecosystem, including Red Hat. Helping to lead Red Hat’s […]

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Cisco is one of the leading participants in the open-source OpenStack ecosystem and is also helping encourage others to participate. At the OpenStack Summit here, Lew Tucker, vice president and CTO of cloud computing at Cisco, discussed the company’s cloud efforts, including OpenStack and intercloud, in a video interview with eWEEK. Cisco first officially […]

OpenStack Summit Showcases ‘Big Tent’ Plans, Containers and More by Sean Michael Kerner Vancouver Venue Sets a Spectacular Scene The Vancouver convention center hosted the OpenStack Summit and Liberty Design Summit, providing attendees with beautiful outdoor views. Federation Enables the ‘OpenStack-Powered Planet’ Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation, detailed the notion of the […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Building a company from freely available software might not seem like the most logical idea, but it’s one that is working for many vendors in the OpenStack cloud ecosystem. In a panel session at the OpenStack Summit here, the founders of cloud storage vendor SwiftStack, cloud database vendor Tesora, cloud vendor Piston Cloud […]

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield publicly revealed on May 20 that it was the victim of a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of up to 1.1 million Americans. The CareFirst breach is the third major Blue Cross Blue Shield health care breach disclosed this year, after Anthem (affecting 80 million customers) and Premera […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–At the OpenStack Summit here, the OpenStack Foundation has launched a number of new initiatives designed to secure the open-source cloud platform’s continued success. In a video interview with eWEEK, Alan Clark, chairman of the board at the OpenStack Foundation and director of Industry Initiatives, Emerging Standards and Open Source at SUSE, detailed […]