How to measure security efforts and have your ideas approved
In this interview with Help Net Security, Malcolm Harkins, Chief Security & Trust Officer, Epiphany Systems, talks about the challenges security leaders must face when …
Most CISOs believe that human error is the biggest risk for their organization
53% of CISOs and CSOs in the UK&I reported that their organization suffered at least one significant cyberattack in 2020, with 14% experiencing multiple attacks, a …
Review: The Information Systems Security Officer’s Guide, Third Edition
About the author Dr. Gerald Kovacich has over 40 years of security, criminal and civil investigations, anti-fraud, information warfare, and information systems security …
Review: Becoming a Global Chief Security Executive Officer
“If protecting a business were as simple as deploying technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and secured development life cycle processes, or …
Rackspace CSO on security: It’s time to go back to the fundamentals
Although less sexy, it is time to get back to the fundamentals. And it is this call to action that forms the basis of my 2016 predictions. Simplify and streamline security: …
API security becoming a CXO level concern
Today at Black Hat USA 2015, Akana released the findings of a survey of over 250 security practitioners, including CSOs, CISOs, and security architects.Aimed at quantifying …
When it comes to patient data privacy, compliance and security differ
If a name perfectly underscored a growing issue of concern, it’s Anthem. In February, the health insurance plan provider disclosed cyber attackers had breached its IT …
Consumers increasingly blame companies for data breaches
Moving forward, every company involved in a major data breach—those actually attacked, such as retailers Home Depot, Target, Goodwill and Neiman Marcus, as well as banks, …
BYOD: The why and the how
Brad Keller and Robin Slade are Senior Vice Presidents at The Santa Fe Group. In this interview they talk in detail about the challenges involved in evaluating, deploying and …
Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
George Baker is the Director of Information Security at Exostar. In this interview he talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for …
Brown University CISO on education, BYOD and emerging threats
David Sherry is the CISO at Brown University. He leads the Information Security Group, charged with the development and maintenance of Brown’s information security …
Security pros should listen with their heads, not their hearts
There is a phrase that has become quite popular in information security circles and it goes along the lines of “there are two types of organizations, those that have …