Information security

Hello friends! This article is the third in a series of articles by industry experts wherein Roer.com explores the differences and similarities between Information Security and IT Security. In this Q&A session, I ask Dale Pearson, a reknown expert in the field of information security, his views on the topic.

The following article has been compiled by Bev Robb. Bev owns Teksquisite, a Southern Oregon IT Consulting business that specializes in Internet security technologies and social media. She is currently consulting with Virtual World Computing (VWC) on their flagship product Cocoon, a Firefox plug-in that protects Internet users from viruses, malware and online tracking.  She blogs at the Tekblog and the Cocoon blog and currently administers five Facebook fanpages.

Recently published research by McAfee, which shows a shocking, multi-year attack campaign against more than 70 governmental organizations in the US and other Western nations, highlights the security problems faced by public sector agencies, says Venafi, a provider of industry-leading Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) solutions. Security experts believe this may be the largest coordinated attack ever launched. The involved hackers have over the past, several years worked successfully to infiltrate the computer networks of thousands of companies, organizations and governments, stealing reams of intellectual property, military information and state secrets.