The truth about preventing a breach, like the advanced-persistent-threat attack RSA experienced in 2011, is that an organization can't defend critical systems alone, says RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz.
ISACA just issued COBIT 5 for Information Security, a business-centric approach to governance and IT management. ISACA's Robert Stroud explains what COBIT 5 means to your organization.
Programs from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Maryland come at a time when organizations not only can't find enough IT security professionals to hire to meet their needs, but often lack the leadership to oversee IT security initiatives.
"If I came into this job thinking the way I once thought, I'd be worthless," RSA Chief Information Security Officer Eddie Schwartz says. "If your playbook as CISO has not changed in the last seven years ... you're in deep trouble."
Falsified credentials are a growing concern for organizations, as job applicants fill their resumes with bogus academic degrees and job titles. Attorney Les Rosen offers tips for better screening.
The smart grid is unlike any other type of critical information infrastructure, and its complexity creates a heightened challenge to secure it, says ENISA's Konstantinos Moulinos.
Acquiring information security wares gets more complicated every day - some 1,000 vendors offer 150 categories of products - so it's unreasonable to expect even the most informed chief information security officers to know everything about them.
A successful organization in today's business world has most likely cultivated a "brand." Have you ever thought about creating your own brand to enhance your career?
"The reality is that, if you look across IT, IT people are very good at so many things; they're much better at it in a lot of cases than security people are," RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz says.
Financial institutions store lots of data. But most don't exploit or even know how to manage it. How can institutions get a handle on big data and use it to deter fraud? Zions Bank offers tips.
A new guide has been released by the Information Commissioner's Office to help small and mid-sized businesses improve their IT security. Which threats should most concern them, and how can they use the guide?
Don't be too quick to write off the PATCO court ruling as a victory for banking customers in the debate over ACH/wire fraud liability. The reversal could actually be a win for banks.
The Zeus Trojan is frightening because of its agility, evolution and success at stealing banking credentials. How can institutions fight back? Malware expert Andreas Baumhof offers new ideas.
Two servers that have protected hundreds of thousands of Internet users will be shuttered early next week, meaning that a number of people won't be able to access the Internet. But for most users, the event will go unnoticed. Here's why.
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