Author: John Smith

John Smith, principal solution architect at Veracode, calls on vendors to ensure that companies can derive actionable intelligence from cyber analytics solutions. The number and complexity of cyber threats are constantly evolving. And traditional automated solutions, whether simple vulnerability scanning programmes or anti-virus solutions, are increasingly challenged by the new threats. Companies are now looking to new solutions to help them navigate this dangerous cyber climate. Cybersecurity analytics are becoming an increasingly popular solution, but with every layer of the IT environment demanding its own analysis many companies end up inundated with data. This often leaves IT directors overwhelmed, deriving…

You may have seen news that US Food and Drug Administration is now “strongly encouraging” hospitals not to use a leading brand of drug pump over hacking fears. The BBC story is here for more details. John Smith, Principal Solution Architect at Veracode commented on the FDA issues warnings to hospitals over hackable drug infusion pumps. John Smith, Principal Solution Architect at Veracode :  It is unsurprising that the FDA is urging healthcare facilities to switch from Hospira’s Symbiq Infusion System to alternative infusion systems “as soon as possible” considering its reported vulnerability. Information security professionals have been citing hypothetical examples similar…

You may have seen news this weekend that the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan Howe said on Sky News that Police are just “skimming the surface” in their efforts to tackle cybercrime. Comment below from John Smith, Solution Architects at Veracode, the application security specialists. John Smith, Solution Architects at Veracode : It is encouraging to hear the Police recognise the massive scope of cybercrime and the significant feat that the police face in dealing with it, following this weekend’s comments from Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan Howe on how the British police are “only skimming the surface”…