Shutting access to passwords
Imagine a mobile device falling into the wrong hands – resulting in the draining of bank accounts co-opting of identities.
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Print Issue: April 02, 2012
Me and my job: Douglas Vitale, information assurance and forensic expert for a major utility company
Douglas Vitale, information assurance and forensic expert for a major utility company.
David can be Goliath
Be patient and give staffers a real chance to show their stuff, says Michael Potters, CEO of the Glenmont Group.
Tightening the fed’s belt: Government Roundtable
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.
The global landscape: International cooperation
The FBI-led takedown of Hong Kong-based P2P site MegaUpload — and the arrests in New Zealand of its leaders — was a big win for law enforcement. But pursuing suspects across borders can be tricky.
Cyber Warfare: The next Cold War
Much of the breach conversation over the past year has been devoted to so-called hacktivists. But nation-state adversaries, bent on looting organizations of intellectual property, are another breed entirely.
Big Data: The big picture
With data proliferating at astonishing rates, organizations are tearing into it, hoping to derive new business value, which, according to Zions CSO Preston Wood, includes better security decision making.
Evolutionary conundrums…
There are a whole host of things driving budget, resources and tweaks to security/risk management programs.
PCI: Getting older, wiser, and more effective
Over the past few years, adoption of and compliance with PCI standards has made it more challenging for criminals to steal large volumes of credit card data.
