March 19, 2013
Security professionals must toe the delicate line of assessing and responding to legitimate risk and being mindful of an organization's needs. Working in their favor is belief that protecting sensitive data is a fundamental component of any business operation.
April 03, 2012
Boardrooms are finally buzzing with serious discussion around cyber security as countless high-profile breaches have produced massive loss.
April 02, 2012
At a recent SC Magazine Roundtable, gov't security pros bemoaned the difficulty in obtaining resources. But instead of crying over spilled milk, they traded ideas for mitigating risk in a down economy.
April 02, 2012
There are a whole host of things driving budget, resources and tweaks to security/risk management programs.
Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET, discusses the hot topics at this year's RSA Conference 2012, including BYOD, attacks on social networks, and resource challenges in today's economy.
"Budgets are low, while threats are increasing," said Hugh Njemanze, CTO and VP of worldwide research and development at HP Enterprise Security, at this year's RSA Conference 2012.
While the nation's economy remains in the tank, the information security market appears to be avoiding a major slowdown.
As the threat landscape worsens, efforts by security professionals to defend networks are hampered by tight budgets, participants on a panel agreed at Wednesday's SC Congress New York.
Not surprisingly based on the recent headlines, a new survey shows that 90 percent of organizations have been hit by at least one data breach in the past year.
March 01, 2011
SC Magazine has recognized Scott Sysol of CUNA Mutual Group as CSO of the Year for his work around data privacy, risk reduction, enterprise-wide IT controls and tapeless backup.
Tools that better classify data, provide deep-packet inspection and offer risk management for organizations migrating to the cloud are three solutions areas ready to make their mark in the security industry, predicted a panel of CISOs on Tuesday.
February 01, 2011
Still facing budgetary pressures, security execs must apply unique thinking to security spend, which might mean studying metrics, making friends and passing compliance on the cheap.
January 28, 2011
With the economy gradually lifting out of its slumber, information security professionals must convince budget bosses that they can't operate on a shoestring spending plan for much longer.
December 01, 2010
The financial crisis will have a lasting impact, but some organizations have found ways of doing more with less.
September 01, 2010
It is difficult to measure exactly what the ROI is for security, particularly when you haven't suffered any type of breach, says McAfee's Alex Thurber.
April 27, 2010
If CSOs only have budget to make one technology purchase, they should consider a firewall upgrade.
A new report from Forrester Research's consulting arm reveals that organizations are focusing too much on compliance and not nearly enough on protecting valuable proprietary information.
