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12/09/2005
How To Be A Survivor (SC Magazine)
StillSecure customer Joe Adams, Director of IT at Nuclear Fuels Corporation, discusses his use of StillSecure’s Strata Guard first as an intrusion detection system then transitioned into deploying the prevention capabilities within the solution throughout his network.
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11/29/2005
3 QUESTIONS: Rules Consortium Important in 'Hybrid' Open Source Era (IT Business Edge)
Alan Shimel, Chief Strategy Officer at StillSecure, discusses his motivations in seeking leadership position on the Open Source Snort Rules Consortium (OSSRC), what he plans to accomplish while on the OSSRC Board of Directors, and the importance of keeping open source technology under General Public License (GPL) in this Q&A session with IT Business Edge.
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11/17/2005
Coming Soon: Next Generation Security (Effective-Government)
This article features a presentation given by Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience, at the 2005 Federal Information Assurance Conference (FIAC) regarding the next-generation of security integration. “Full security integration, as detailed by Gartner, calls for an adaptive security architecture in which controls are not so much plugged in or operated separately as they are orchestrated.”
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11/08/2005
StillSecure CTO Outlines Biggest Network Security Vulnerabilities (TechNewsWorld)
This Q&A with Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience of StillSecure discusses security trends of note, why some points of the network are especially vulnerable, and how companies can protect their networks from the enemy.
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11/07/2005
Security Dashboard (Federal Computer Week)
This article describes the importance of security dashboards to provide an at-a-glance view of an agency's security posture. StillSecure’s stoplight logo is featured as a preferable graphic to depict this. StillSecure CTO and VP of Customer Experience, Mitchell Ashley says that dashboards should identify how cybersecurity risks relate to an organization\'s workflow and operations.
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11/04/2005
CEO Roundtable: What is the Most Challenging SOX Issue Today? (SOX Compliance Journal)
Rajat Bhargava, President and CEO of StillSecure, discusses two primary challenges in solving Sarbanes Oxley compliance issues. The first is extracting technical requirements from non-technical regulation and the second is synchronization of departments.
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10/25/2005
Open Source Is Alive and Well with Commercial Developers (TopTechNews)
This feature article describes the proliferation of open source code within commercial products. Alan Shimel, Chief Strategy Officer at StillSecure, discusses StillSecure’s strategy for using this technology and why leveraging open source technology is seen as a best practices approach.
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10/24/2005
Betting on Security (Government Computer News (GCN))
This case study covers the Washington State Gambling Commission's use of Strata Guard. It sheds light on the pros and cons of implementing an intrusion prevention system (IPS) over an intrusion detection system (IDS). The Commission's transition from open-source technologies to Strata Guard is also discussed.
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10/17/2005
VISA PCI Best Practices for All Organizations (SOX Compliance Journal)
This article authored by Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience, discusses the new VISA CISP regulation that took effect mid-2005 that ensures credit card merchants, members, and service providers protect the data they hold about VISA cardholders. Ashley writes, “What sets VISA CISP’s Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard apart from similar government regulations is specificity… VISA PCI is built upon two fundamental tenants of network security best practices: defense in depth and layered security.”
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10/05/2005
Endpoint Security: StillSecure's CTO Mitchell Ashley (IT-Observer)
In this Q&A, Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience at StillSecure, defines endpoint security, discusses its challenges, and provides businesses with tips to ensure and implement endpoint security.
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09/29/2005
IT Security is Still Just Part of the (Bigger) Job (Public Sector Institute E-letter)
Feature surrounding StillSecure’s 2005 Security Management Survey discusses how organizational structure impacts security. “Most tellingly, the survey found that almost all security professionals (82 percent) are responsible for a mix of networking and security as opposed to one or the other.”
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09/12/2005
Open Source Security Gets Second Look (Top Tech News)
In this case study, StillSecure’s customer Washington State Gambling Commission discusses their transition from purely open source technology to their implementation of Strata Guard to save time and money.
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08/26/2005
Windows Flaw May Let Hackers Hide Code From AV Scanners (TechWeb)
Article discusses how extra long registry keys allow a hiding place for malicious code. StillSecure’s Safe Access is one of few products that detects this vulnerability. Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience at StillSecure says, “We built our product to accommodate unusual or anomalous entries. To keep up with attackers, you definitely have to think outside of the box, because they do.
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08/19/2005
Five Quick Money-Saving Tips (Processor)
Cover article featuring five, quick, cost saving tips for implementing IT security by Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience at StillSecure.
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08/10/2005
3 Questions: Security Organizations Studied (IT Business Edge's Fortifying Network Security)
Q&A conducted with Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience at StillSecure regarding a survey that looks at how organizational structure affects how companies contend with network security challenges.
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08/09/2005
Q&A: The State of Endpoint Security (Enterprise Systems Journal)
Mitchell Ashley, CTO and VP of Customer Experience at StillSecure makes sense of the endpoint security market in this Q&A with Security Strategies.
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08/01/2005
Buyer’s Guide to Vulnerability Assessment Scanner (Network Computing)
Network Computing states StillSecure VAM is “an all-in-one solution that integrates patch management capabilities.” The Buyer’s Guide also features VAM’s functionality to “track local administrators within a large institution, allowing association of IP ranges or hosts with those responsible for them.”
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07/26/2005
Survey says IT Security Still Maturing as a Profession (Government Computer News)
StillSecure 2005 Security Management Survey finds IT security professionals wear many hats and answer to many masters. Alan Shimel, Chief Strategy Officer at StillSecure said “regulatory pressures appear to be pushing responsibility for IT security out of the IT shop and toward the business side of the house.” The survey also found that business demands are the number one inhibitor to IT security.
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06/27/2005
Five Steps to Managing Risk (Federal Computer Week)
StillSecure CTO Mitchell Ashley recommends organizations should first secure their most important systems from the greatest risks. Article also highlights StillSecure’s vulnerability management platform - VAM – that provides a centralized solution to reduce labor cost and time.
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06/17/2005
StillSecure Updates its Product Suites (Security Pipeline)
Article announces major launches to the StillSecure suite of solutions. StillSecure is cited as a comprehensive alternative to other security companies.
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06/16/2005
Patch Tuesday Sees 12 New Fixes (TechNewsWorld)
Article covers a busy Microsoft Patch Tuesday marking one of the largest bundles of fixes yet. Mitchell Ashley, CTO of StillSecure, is quoted throughout the article.
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06/16/2005
The Path to Integrated Network Security (eBizQ)
This bylined article by Mitchell Ashley, CTO of StillSecure, gives insight on the security market and the growing trend towards integration and the layered security model.
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06/06/2005
Vendors Tout Vulnerability Mgmt. Wares (Network World)
Article announces upgrades to StillSecure’s VAM, Safe Access and Strata Guard while quoting Chirs Asaro from New England School of Law, a StillSecure customer.
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06/06/2005
StillSecure Touts Flagship Updates (Computer Reseller News)
Article features new updates in StillSecure’s suite saying they enable VARs to more easily integrate other products or data sources with their product lines. StillSecure’s partners, Don Wisdom of Datalink Networks and Kevin Prince of Red Cliff Solutions are quoted in this article.
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05/11/2005
Serious Microsoft Windows flaws remain unpatched (SearchSecurity.com)
This online news article focuses on Microsoft vulnerabilities that will remain unpatched for at least a month. Mitchell Ashley, CTO of StillSecure, is quoted.
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05/06/2005
The Security SMEs Require (Processor Magazine)
Features StillSecure Safe Access for it’s ability to test and protect networks from noncompliant endpoints and it’s capacity to offer multiple testing options.
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04/26/2005
Assessing Endpoint Security Options (Network Defense Magazine)
Bylined article by StillSecure’s CTO Mitchell Ashley. Mr. Ashley discusses the three primary considerations when assessing endpoint security options. He says that foreign endpoints pose a greater risk than corporate-owned machines because their security is unknown and likely to be inadequate or non-existent.
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04/01/2005
Rights of Passage (Information Security)
Article reviews Safe Access v2.0 as part of an endpoint security bake-off. StillSecure Safe Access v2.0 was recognized for the "most promising architecture, no agents to push to desktops; highly scalable."
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03/23/2005
Open-source approach finds financial backing (The Denver Post)
Article features StillSecure and other Colorado companies who are apart of the growing open-source movement.
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03/18/2005
Snort (rules) for Sale (SearchSecurity.com)
Article discusses recent licensing changes for Open source IDS Snort and includes quotes from StillSecure.
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03/14/2005
Security Log (Computerworld)
Article features Safe Access v3.0, which provides agent-less, ActiveX, and StillSecure agent options for testing endpoint devices.
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03/14/2005
Product Previews (InfoWorld)
Article features Safe Access v3.0, which provides agent-less, ActiveX, and StillSecure Agent options for testing endpoint devices.
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03/14/2005
Viruses taking flight; Worms and viruses are going mobile and attacking wireless phones and PDAs. Here are the steps IT can take now, and what to expect from vendors (InfoWorld)
Article discusses the prevalence of worms and viruses on wireless networks and provides readers with recommendations for solutions like Safe Access that help secure wireless devices.
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02/28/2005
How Secure is Your Computer? (Denver Post)
Article features honeypot project conducted by StillSecure to determine various security threats in Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems.
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02/28/2005
StillSecure Beefs Up Endpoint Compliance Testing (Computer Reseller News)
Article features the launch of StillSecure Safe Access v3.0, the industry’s first truly agent-less and agent-based solution for testing endpoint devices.
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02/21/2005
Data Protection Top of Mind (VARBusiness)
Article highlights results of StillSecure’s 2005 IT Security Adoption Survey.
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02/01/2005
Best of 2004 (SC Magazine)
Article highlights the best products of 2004 as rated by SC Magazine’s product reviewers; Border Guard is rated Best of 2004 in the intrusion prevention category.
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01/25/2005
The Entire Enterprise on IT’s Shoulder (SearchSecurity.com)
Q&A with Mitchell Ashley, CTO of StillSecure, discussing trends in network security that resulted from StillSecure’s 2005 IT Security Adoption Survey
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01/14/2005
Welcome to the big time; IE isn't alone -- Firefox and Mozilla aren't completely immune to security flaws (InfoWorld Magazine)
Article highlights security trends of the past and future, including findings from StillSecure’s 2005 IT Security Adoption Survey
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01/03/2005
Cottage Industry of Contractors Grows to Help Firms Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley, by Ross Wehner (Denver Post)
Sarbanes-Oxley article highlighting the increased demand for consulting firms, lawyers, software vendors and staffing companies; includes commentary from Mitchell Ashley, CTO of StillSecure.
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