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Exploit Intelligence Project: Rethinking information security threat analysis

Exploit Intelligence Project: Rethinking information security threat analysis

Date: Oct 07, 2011

Enterprise information security threat analysis is fundamentally flawed, said Dan Guido, security consultant with New York-based consultancy iSEC Partners. In this video presentation, Guido discusses the Exploit Intelligence Project, a research initiative that encourages enterprises to refocus their efforts on a more defined set of relevant threats to make information security more efficient and less costly.

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