Sean Michael Kerner

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Sean Michael Kerner is an Internet consultant, strategist, and writer for several leading IT business web sites.

Why Docker Containers Matter, 6 Years After the Project First Started

Few, if any, 6-year-old technologies have done as much to change the way applications are built and deployed as Docker. Docker, the eponymous name of the container technology and the company behind it, celebrated its six-year anniversary on March 20. From its earliest days, even as just a 1-year-old effort back in 2014, there was no […]

Facebook Admits It Left Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords Exposed

In a shocking admission on March 21, Facebook revealed that it left “hundreds of millions” of user passwords exposed and unencrypted on several internal Facebook systems. Facebook has not publicly disclosed how long the passwords were left unencrypted, though the company stated that it has no evidence that the passwords were ever visible to anyone […]

Pwn2Own Researchers Reveal Oracle, VMware, Apple Zero-Day Exploits

Day in and day out, vendors do their best to keep their software patched and free from zero-day vulnerabilities. Then along comes the annual Pwn2Own competition and within minutes, elite researchers are able to demonstrate new zero-day flaws. The first day of Pwn2Own 2019 on March 20 in Vancouver, Canada, saw researchers reveal new zero-day […]

Key Trends From the Most Exploited Vulnerabilities

While the cyber-security threat landscape is generally thought to change from year to year, some things, as it turns out, remain unchanged. According to a report released March 19 from Recorded Future that analyzes the top vulnerabilities of the past year, one of the key trends is that the same vulnerabilities keep showing up. The […]

Portworx Boosts Cloud-Native Data Security and Disaster Recovery

Portworx announced the latest edition of its namesake cloud-native storage and data management platform on March 20, providing users with new security and disaster recovery capabilities. Portworx Enterprise 2.1 integrates a new feature the company has dubbed PX-Security, which provides granular role-based access controls that go beyond what are natively available in the open-source Kubernetes cloud-native […]

Mozilla Improves Web Browser Security in Firefox 66 Update

Mozilla released the Firefox 66 update on March 19, providing users of the open-source web browser with new features that enhance user experience and improve security. Among Firefox 66’s new features is one that blocks websites from auto-playing sound, which can be an annoyance. Also, the search feature within the browser has been improved with […]

How Spear Phishing Email Is Becoming a Growing Threat

Email security is top of mind for many organizations, with one of the primary threats coming from a type of attack known as spear phishing. Phishing is a well-understood type of email threat where attackers send unsolicited email with some kind of hook to attract and trick a victim into clicking a link that can […]

Why Trust Is Key for Cyber-Security Risk Management

In a video interview with eWEEK, Ghai discusses his views on trust, where the concept of an artificial intelligence “digital twin” fits in and why there could well be a need to redefine industry cyber-security categories to better reflect how risk management technologies should work.

How CloudKnox Is Innovating Identity Authorization Security

Managing identity privileges across multi-cloud environments is not an easy task and is an area that is in need of innovation, according to Balaji Parimi, founder and CEO of CloudKnox Security. Parimi started CloudKnox in 2016 specifically focused on making it easier to manage identities across hybrid cloud environments in an increasingly fragmented market. The […]

VMware Launches Service-Defined Firewall for Intrinsic Security

There are a number of different ways to think about security and how it should be implemented. For Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager for Networking and Security at VMware, security should be an intrinsic capability. An intrinsic security capability is not one that is bolted on, but rather is deeply integrated into […]