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Rob is news director in the Security Media Group where he helps prioritize and build cohesive news coverage across the group's websites in the TechTarget portfolio. As a news reporter and editor for SearchSecurity.com, he produces news stories daily on breaking cybersecurity news and trending topics as well as topical podcasts and videos. He is producer of SearchSecurity's Security Wire Weekly podcast. Since joining TechTarget in July 2003, Rob has covered SAP, Oracle and the database industry for SearchDatabase.com, SearchSAP.com and SearchOracle.com. Prior to joining TechTarget, Rob was a newspaper reporter for five years at The Day in New London, Conn., where he wrote a variety of crime, general news, government and business stories while covering towns in Southeastern Connecticut. A military veteran, Rob served four years with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Forces Police in Kaiserslautern Germany. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of Connecticut.
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Contributions from Robert Westervelt, News Director
- Citigroup attack highlights insufficient authorization
- Citigroup acknowledges data security breach
- Lagging IPv6 security, flaws could hamper transition
- Cigital acquires Consciere, brings in security vets
- RSA responds to SecurID attack, plans token replacement
- Experts call for reassessment following SecurID attacks
- Breaches show need for better data security management
- Reduce virtualization security risks: Think physical
- Smartphone theft: loss outweighs malware risk
- PCI DSS survey finds need for credit card tokenization
- ICASI publishes new vulnerability reporting framework
- VMware acquires Shavlik Technologies
- Social networks a haven for account credentials
- Microsoft charts flaw disclosure decline in 2010
- Tripwire acquired by investment firm
- Juniper Networks finds rise in Android phone malware
- Microsoft revamps Exploitability Index
- Maiffret: Attack mitigation can reduce attack surface
- Sony attack: Sony expands scope of its data breach
- Attackers focus on Mac OS X with crimeware toolkit
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