With the recent attack on Sony, followed by an attack on Xbox networks, clearly indicates that security is still not taken seriously by even organisation expected to be leader in their respective industries.
Intel shows of its own IOT platform and it looks promisingly secure. Will need to wait and see the actual devices hit the market and whether they are able to leverage the security provided by this platform.
Having started my career with 'C' programming language, I always felt I was biased towards it. Having looked at many other programming languages, including higher languages like Perl, Python, PHP, C++,
For years, business organizations followed a rather reactive approach to managing IT security. Every time there was a new type of attack, security vendors would come up with a new solution to combat that threat.