Sep 14, 2018 | Breaches, Compliance, Human Factors, Opinion, RSA Conference, RSAC 2018, Security Leadership, Security Management
In her keynote at the RSA Conference this year, futurist and game designer Jane McGonigal said: any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous. In the post-RSAC recovery period, I pondered the future trends in information security and built my...
Mar 5, 2018 | Compliance, Security Management
Is compliance slowing you down? Read about our compliance services or reach out directly with any questions about your journey to compliance. Do you ever feel like your job involves a lot of hammering on the same few key points over and over? Well, that’s the way it...
Nov 11, 2014 | Security Management, Vulnerability Management
Attackers exploit weakness. This age-old concept applies equally to castles and battleships, as it does to applications and networks. The more vulnerabilities a network has, the easier it is to attack and compromise. Nearly all of the recent high-profile attacks...
Sep 11, 2014 | Business of Security, Industry Analysis, Opinion, PCI, Security Leadership, Security Management
Every week it seems a new breach is announced with a big load of credit cards or healthcare data popping up on the various criminal exchanges. This erodes confidence in retailers and healthcare providers everywhere, as well as the integrity of the PCI DSS. Consumers...
Sep 9, 2014 | Security Leadership, Security Management
What makes a successful IT security leader? Intelligence, experience, integrity? With 20 years of experience working with security people, I’ve had the fortune to see both highly successful security programs as well as highly dysfunctional ones. The...
Aug 12, 2014 | Breaches, Security Leadership, Security Management
There has been a lot of hiring and firing within Target’s executive leadership after their publicly acknowledged data breach earlier this year. The CEO and CIO officially resigned, though were likely pressured to leave their positions as damage control all the bad...
