SecurityFocus was an online
computer security
Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and computer network, n ...
news portal and purveyor of
information security
Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...
services. Home to the well-known
Bugtraq mailing list, SecurityFocus columnists and writers included former
Department of Justice cybercrime
Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or Computer network, networks. It has been variously defined as "a crime committed on a computer network, especially the Internet"; Cyberc ...
prosecutor
Mark Rasch, and hacker-turned-journalist
Kevin Poulsen.
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Internet properties disestablished in 2002
Computer security organizations
Gen Digital acquisitions
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