SAN FRANCISCO -- Security pros need mechanisms to sift security event data and predict attackers' next moves, creating an intelligence-driven program that's more agile than current signature-based defenses. That was the message delivered by Art Coviello, executive vice president of RSA, the security division of EMC, during his keynote address Tuesday at RSA Conference 2012.

Mar 8 2012 1:10PM GMT RSA Conference 2012, RSA 2012, Security Squad Security Squad [35:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Pete Lindstrom of Spire Security joins the editorial team in a discussion about the themes that emerged at RSA Conference 2012. Big data resonated at this year's conference, but what does it mean?

SAN FRANCISCO -- A panel of mobile security experts painted a bleak picture of the state of mobile application security, warning IT security professionals that the potential exists for the emergence of weaponized mobile apps on Google Android and Apple iOS devices.

Bruce Schneier's latest book, Liars and Outliers, is a departure from his previous landmark books on cryptography and information security. In Liars and Outliers, Schneier pulls back from technology and looks at trust and security and how those very human concepts have evolved in concert with the development of cooperative societies to build the trust and security mechanisms we have today.

SAN FRANCISCO - Oddly enough, when listening to Dan Kaminsky speak about information security, it's possible to feel really smart and really dumb at the same time: Dumb because few in the industry can ever hope to comprehend advanced concepts like DNSSEC and homomorphic encryption as well as he does, and smart because of his ability to analyze security issues through a unique prism that somehow turns vexing problems into fascinating revelations.

Cloud computing is an inevitable shift in IT that security teams can't stop, but innovative security pros can figure out ways to ensure it's adopted safely. That was the message conveyed by a panel of security executives at the RSA Conference 2012 on Wednesday.

Feb 29 2012 10:32PM GMT Security, RSA 2012, Coviello, malware, pwned RSA Conference 2012 feels like a big ol' group therapy session. Small circles of friends, larger circles of industry peers, huddled masses freeing themselves of a collective weight on their shoulders. No longer do they have to lie to themselves, their colleagues or bosses.