The cloud’s dirty secret
Enterprise security teams need to get involved early in the decision-making process in cloud initiatives.
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Print Issue: March 01, 2011
Post-WikiLeaks: Back to basics
Dust off your company’s risk assessment process and make sure it is up to date because this is where your approach to defending against a WikiLeaks type of threat is going to start.
Feeding frenzy: M&A activity in IT security
Ravenous merger-and-acquisition activity is telling of a desire by organizations to consolidate their security and operational tasks, especially as threats increase.
Embedded in danger: Web-enabled devices
Name a device and, chances are, it soon will have the capability to connect to the internet, if it does not already. Yet, with this web enablement comes a slew of risks for the enterprise.
SC Magazine’s CSO of the Year
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.
The face of things to come
This month, we get a chance to take a peek into the future, as well as viewing the current state of information assurance (IA) practice.
Skills in demand: Identity and access management
Every consulting firm that we are working with is requesting pros with identity and access management skills, says Joyce Brocaglia, CEO of Alta Associates.
Me and my job: Fares Alraie of Royal Bank of Canada
Development teams often ignore application security requirements in order to meet all their hard-pressed deadlines and requirements, says Fares Alraie software security specialist at the Royal Bank of Canada.
ESET hires a new CEO, CloudPassage launches, plus other company news.
A roundup of company hires, partnerships and acquisitions in February.
Requiring ISPs to retain user logs
Privacy advocates appear to be on the losing end of an initiative from the Department of Justice mandating the retention of user data by internet service providers (ISPs).
