Illena Armstrong

 
Illena Armstrong is editor-in-chief of SC Magazine, the leading business magazine for the information security industry, where she manages editorial staff in New York and Michigan. She is responsible for overseeing the award-winning monthly publication and its many other editorial offerings, including scmagazineus.com, the SC Magazine Canada monthly digital editions, numerous eConferences, webcasts, newsletters and physical events in the United States and Canada, and more. She has spoken and moderated at a number of industry events, including SC World Congress, SC Congress Canada, SC Magazine Roundtables, the RSA Conference, the Techno Security Conference and others. On her watch, SC Magazine has won 20 awards, including Magazine of the Year 2009, from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Before her stint at SC Magazine, she worked for various newspapers and magazines in New England and the southern United States.
 

Recent Articles

Sponsored video: Chris Wilkinson of immixGroup on public sector defense

September 22, 2011

Illena Armstrong, editor-in-chief of SC Magazine, asks Chris Wilkinson, senior manager of cyber security technologies at immixGroup, to describe how government agencies must adapt their defense strategies in light of today's threat landscape.
 

Sponsored video: Bryan Smoltz of Zenprise on mobile

September 22, 2011

Bryan Smoltz, director of business development at Zenprise, the HP Protect 2011 "Emerging Vendor" winner, describes to SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong how organizations must strike the balance between embracing mobile devices and properly managing them.
 

Sponsored video: Tom Reilly of HP on security investment

September 22, 2011

SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong sits down with Tom Reilly, VP and general manager, HP Enterprise Security Products, to discuss how corporations' increased reliance on virtualization, applications and mobile devices create new surface areas for attack, and what CSOs must do to make the business case for information security and risk management funding.
 

A flight or fight response?

September 01, 2011

Transparency after a breach does more than save face.
 

Accounting for transaction assurance

August 01, 2011

With data breaches becoming an everyday occurrence, technologies that help to minimize online fraud are more indispensable than ever, says Illena Armsttrong, editor-in-chief, SC Magazine.
 

You might be next: Data breaches

July 01, 2011

CISOs must concede they eventually will see their infrastructures compromised.
 

Finding a cure for breach fatigue

June 01, 2011

There probably always will be some indifference to breach notifications, but I'd like to hope that today's average, technology-reliant consumer isn't blissfully trusting that businesses and the government have their best interests in mind.
 

What to learn from the RSA breach

May 02, 2011

The recent social engineering attack on RSA has dominated industry talk, with some dubbing coverage of the incident a media circus.
 

Are you ready for some action?

April 01, 2011

Despite the lip service given to the nebulous concept of partnerships between public and private entities, what really has seen the light of day?
 

Next-generation firewalls and increasing network visiblity

March 11, 2011

SPONSORED VIDEO: Michelle Cobb of Skybox Security chats with SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong on the RSA Conference showroom floor in San Francisco. Cobb discusses the importance of next-generation firewalls to protect systems from attack and reveals what organizations should prioritize in 2011, including identifying risks proactive, operationalizing security and automating controls.