Sean Michael Kerner

LAS VEGAS—Western Union has been in business since 1851, moving messages and money across the United States and around the world. Over its long history, Western Union has faced its share of security threats, and the modern IT security threat landscape is one of them. Speaking at the Interop conference here, Mike Kalac, the chief […]

LAS VEGAS—Over the last seven years, Rebecca Jacoby has served as the CIO of networking giant Cisco. In an exclusive video interview with eWEEK, Jacoby detailed what the role of CIO is all about and how policy is a key part of success. Jacoby said that the role of the CIO is to help deliver […]

Cloud security startup Sookasa is emerging from stealth mode today, with the launch of its cloud security technology that aims to solve the challenge of distributed file security. To fuel product and market development, Sookasa has raised $5 million in a Series A round of funding being announced today. The company had previously raised $1.65 […]

LAS VEGAS—Most CIOs are primarily concerned about making sure IT works and minimizes risk for the organization. Larry Quinlan, CIO of consulting firm Deloitte, also wants IT to be cool and to be a key part of every organization’s culture and corporate strategy. “I’m not talking about cloud or big data, I’m talking about passion,” […]

LAS VEGAS—The definition of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and how the cloud computing paradigm are evolving seem to be in the eyes of the beholder, according to members of a panel of cloud vendors at the Cloud Connect Summit, which was co-located with the Interop conference. Mark Russinovich, a technical Fellow at Microsoft, said he sees different […]

Reports that the NSA’s involvement with RSA Security’s cryptographic tools was greater than first claimed raise many questions. The issue is complicated and requires a detailed look. In December 2013, a Reuters report alleged that RSA Security had accepted $10 million from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in an effort that ultimately served to […]

The Target data breach will not be claiming security vendor Trustwave as one of its victims after all. On March 24, a class-action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois by Trustmark National Bank and Green Bank naming Trustwave alongside retailer Target in their complaint. The legal action against Target […]

It wasn’t all that long ago that the U.S National Security Agency (NSA) was often referred to as “No Such Agency.” The super-secret intelligence division of the U.S. has long lived in the shadows, but that changed dramatically during the era of Gen. Keith Alexander. Alexander’s last day as the head of the NSA was […]

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, formally released the Linux 3.14 kernel March 30. The new 3.14 Linux kernel follows the Linux 3.13 kernel that was released in January. Given that the new kernel carries the release number 3.14, which is a number that is also well-known as the mathematical Pi constant, there was early […]

GNOME 3.12 Open-Source Linux Desktop Gets Bevy of New Features By: Sean Michael Kerner GNOME Software Gets Rated The Software application now makes it easier for users to find and rate applications. Logs Get a New User Interface Logs are an important part of any operating system, and with GNOME 3.12, the new Logs application […]

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization that aims to improve cloud security through a variety of activities. Sitting in the CEO chair of the CSA is Jim Reavis, who is tasked with leading the organization and moving the state of cloud security forward. In a video interview with eWEEK, Reavis explained […]

The open-source oVirt virtualization project debuted its 3.4 release on March 27, providing users with new features to meet the expanding needs of workload virtualization. The oVirt open-source project is led by enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat and serves as the basis for the commercially supported Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) product, which competes with […]