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Rik Ferguson
As spokesman for Trend Micro, Ferguson is recognised as an industry thought leader and analyst and is regularly quoted by the international press on issues surrounding information security, cybercrime and technology futures. With over fifteen years experience in the IT Industry with companies such as EDS, McAfee and Xerox, Ferguson’s broad experience enables him to have a clear insight into the challenges and issues facing businesses today. As Solutions Architect for Trend Micro, Rik interacts with CIOs from a wide variety of European and Global multi-national blue chip enterprises, government institutions, law enforcement organisations.
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October 18, 2011
DigiNotar, where did our trust go?
Trust is everything for a security provider says Rik Ferguson
The story that recently caused the biggest stir in IT security and government circles was the compromise at Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
July 11, 2011
Consumerisation is not just a buzzword
Consumerisation has already taken place
Consumerisation is a word I am hearing a lot these days and yet as I type this I realise that it is still a word in its infancy, even my word...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
March 31, 2011
Trust is not in the bind, it is in the bond
Is the user the right thing to authenticate?
In the fight against online crime, banks and other financial institutions have steadily been rolling out new technologies to counter the threat...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
March 08, 2011
The future of Enterprise security
Datacentres will become the new criminal frontier
The increase in workforce mobility, the adoption of virtualisation and cloud computing and the growing acceptance of "Bring Your Own Device" in...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
January 27, 2011
Thoughts on the ENISA Governmental Clouds Report
Cloud is good, but beware
A report released this month by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has investigated the utility and applicability of...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
December 02, 2010
0 day... 0 problem?
The reality is that criminals focus far more acutely on social engineering
Zero-day attacks generate a lot of coverage and consequently occupy the security thinking of many Information Security professionals when planning...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
November 11, 2010
Kicking bot and taking names
Concerted action against botnets is always welcome
There has been much coverage recently of the enforcement activities undertaken by the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit in the Netherlands against 143...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
September 28, 2010
Embed or Empower?
Now is the time for a debate about the "proper place" for security
Now, I don't want to mention any names, but a recent proposed acquisition in the security space has really opened up the debate about the "proper...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
August 26, 2010
Who holds the keys?
How can I maintain control of my data in the cloud?
I was approached recently by a journalist from The Independent newspaper, to comment on the remarks made by Eric Schmidt from Google. Mr Schmidt...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
July 28, 2010
Security in the brave new world
Security vendors need to keep pace with CIO virtualisation plans
VDI, or desktop virtualisation has been "the next big thing" for several years now. The term was coined back in 2005 and pundits have regularly...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
June 29, 2010
Security is not a bolt-on afterthought
The Comfort Zone is for loading and unloading only
I was recently fortunate enough to be invited to present at a conference in Tel Aviv. The title of the conference was "Powering the Cloud"; all...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
May 27, 2010
Email encryption must be prioritised
E-mail: to secure or not too secure, is it even a question?
When discussing the security of e-mail an often used analogy is "e-mail is like sending a postcard" and I would add "written in pencil'. Everyone...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
April 20, 2010
Cloud /klaƱd/ -v. tr. to obscure
Securing the cloud from threats
Businesses and political parties alike have spoken of the need to adopt cloud-based technologies and to make greater use of open source in a bid...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
March 16, 2010
Malice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll described the IT security scenario CIOs face perfectly
Despite best efforts by enterprises and security vendors; recent news stories and the prevailing opinion of executives I talk with both indicate a...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
February 16, 2010
Social networking is coming, so plan your policies
Social Notworking?
Enterprise social networking can take many forms, in-house wikis, blogging platforms, podcasts, vodcasts or full blown social networking...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
January 28, 2010
What's the problem with DLP?
DLP never came to fruition in 2009, but will become critical for CIOs
2008 was the year that major security vendors were in acquisitive mood for Data Leakage Prevention technologies. All expectations were that 2009...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
December 14, 2009
CIOs must control the cloud to ensure security
Trend Micro expert puts his faith in CIOs to make cloud computing a security success
Three quarters of UK CIOs see security as being the major barrier to cloud adoption according to recent research and yet if you take a look at the...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
November 19, 2009
Conservative Technology Forum focusses on data ownership
What will the Tories do if they win?
At the beginning of this week I was invited to be a speaker at the Conservative Technology Forum alongside Liam Maxwell. The meeting was chaired...
Posted by: Rik Ferguson
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Rik Ferguson
As spokesman for Trend Micro, Ferguson is recognised as an industry thought leader and analyst and is regularly quoted by the international press on issues surrounding information security, cybercrime and technology futures. With over fifteen years experience in the IT Industry with companies such as EDS, McAfee and Xerox, Fergusons broad experience enables him to have a clear insight into the challenges and issues facing businesses today.
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