2014 Industry Innovators: Perimeter defense
This is another market area that has seen a lot of change over the past few years.
This is another market area that has seen a lot of change over the past few years.
The reality of ubiquitous reliance on ICT has given rise to the criticality of cyber security, says Cisco CSO Edna Conway.
This is a group that has a very wide reach. We found that there is a lot of “business as usual” in this group and not a lot of really eye-popping innovation.
Access control is a fairly broad category that includes identification, authentication and authorization.
These tools address the rash of large-scale attacks and can fend off those to come, says Peter Stephenson.
Cooperation is required to advance the profession, says Towerwall’s Candy Alexander.
Hang around IT security long enough and several of the same names keep popping up. With good reason. They have both vision and influence and they aren’t afraid to use them.
These explorers’ findings of critical vulnerabilities – from Heartbleed to Shellshock – have generated excitement, along with awareness, and made an indelible mark on security.
Blessed are the influencers for they will make a true difference – through policy, vision, drive, innovation and ideas – in the course of information security. What sets our selection apart is that they’ve held significant sway on the direction of IT security.
These professionals have done everything from cryptography to founding an influential security conference.