SOC 2 + HITRUST: Evolving infosec demands in healthcare
Two-thirds of business associates are not fully prepared to meet the growing marketplace demands regarding controls for protecting healthcare information, such as patient …
No more guilt about your lack of innovation in administrative IT
Helpdesks are mired in mundane tasks that are repeated every day – password resets, user account access and account creations, just to name a few. Manual tasks that really …
Security orchestration and automation: Closing the gap in incident response
Companies in North America are poised to increase their reliance on security orchestration and automation for incident response (IR), according to Enterprise Strategy Group …
A closer look at data breach preparedness
While most organizations have a data breach preparedness plan in place, executives are not updating or practicing the plan regularly and lack confidence in its effectiveness, …
Big Data investments are up, but fewer organizations plan to invest
Big Data investments continue to rise but are showing signs of contracting, according to Gartner. Their survey revealed that 48 percent of companies have invested in Big Data …
Using Big Data for intelligent enterprise security
No industry remains untouched by the potential of Big Data – and the cybersecurity sector is certainly no exception. A recent MarketsandMarkets study predicted the …
Proposed cyber security requirements for New York State seem to be more of the same
This month, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced proposed regulation that requires banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions regulated by …
Security startup confessions: Hiring and firing
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of a European security startup, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …
Boardroom perspectives on cloud implementation
Although there’s a significant uptick in cloud adoption at the enterprise level, companies are missing the full benefit of their cloud adoptions by not factoring their IT …
What’s driving boards of directors to make cyber security a top priority?
Almost half (46 percent) of board members believe compliance regulations help establish stronger security, but nearly 60 percent struggle with meeting increased mandates—a …
Mobile security stripped bare: Why we need to start again
We’re all familiar with the cartoon image of a character stopping a water leak by plugging a finger into the hole, only for another leak to start, needing another finger, and …
By 2018, 25 percent of new mobile apps will talk to IoT devices
With the convergence of devices, bots, things and people, organizations will need to master two dimensions of mobility, according to Gartner. CIOs and IT leaders will need to …
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