by Andrew Plato | Sep 14, 2018 | Breaches, Compliance, Human Factors, Opinion, 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...
by Andrew Plato | 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...
by Andrew Plato | Sep 11, 2014 | Business of Security, Opinion, PCI, Security Leadership, Security Management, Uncategorized
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...
by Andrew Plato | Dec 16, 2013 | Industry Analysis, Politics, Psychology of Security, Security Management, Uncategorized
It is that reflective time of year when every IT security blog publishes their top ten list of new technologies, great ideas, or other attempts at profound prophecy. Not wanting to seem left out of the running, Anitian has a list of ten things that we should stop...
by Andrew Plato | Aug 18, 2013 | Business of Security, Penetration Testing, Security Management, Uncategorized
The curriculum of business schools are filled with case studies of companies that took short cuts to become competitive and accomplished the exact opposite. For the information security world, there is a similar “penny-wise, pound-foolish” behavior in the notorious...
by Andrew Plato | Jul 5, 2012 | Business of Security, Security Management, Uncategorized
They speak of a mythical land. A place where innovation, ingenuity and great ideas turn to dust. Where pale-faced marketing hipsters transform ingenuity into press releases to realign the brand. In this hallowed place, titans fall and giants wither. The name of...
