What's ahead for information security professionals in 2010?
Barbara Massa, VP of Global Talent Acquisition at McAfee, Inc. speaks to the results of the new Information Security Today Career Trends Survey, discussing:
How the results speak to the maturity of the information security profession;
The survey's...
When it comes to defending America's crucial IT systems, the key component are the people, says the top cybersecurity leader at the Department of Homeland Security.
"My top goal (for 2010), and nothing else even comes close, is to continue to add to the great core of human capital I've already got," Philip...
Business risks have grown in size and complexity in 2009. How, then, must risk management evolve to meet the challenges of 2010?
James Pajakowski, EVP of Global Risk Solutions with Protiviti, shares his insight on:
The risk management trends for 2010;
How information security professionals must meet the new...
Patrick Gallagher has Cita Furlani's back.
Gallagher, the new director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, praised Furlani, head of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory, for her ITL reorganization plan to encourage more multidisciplinary collaboration with other agency units in developing...
No question, the information security professional's role has evolved in recent years. How, then, has the need for ongoing professional education also changed? And what role must risk management play in today's security organization?
In an exclusive interview, Mark Lobel of PricewaterhouseCoopers and ISACA,...
Back in the 1950s, not too many years removed from World War II, Dickie George was in grade school, and he recalled drills in which pupils hid under their classroom desks in preparation for a bombing attack. Then, he said, people understood threats.
"In today's cyber world, cyber is so much more complicated than a...
We've experienced two waves of the H1N1 pandemic. What lessons have we learned?
Sue Kerr, President of Continuity First, a business continuity/disaster recovery consultancy, talks about how organizations have handled H1N1. She also discusses:
the state of BC/DR;
Challenges facing organizations today;
2010...
For decades from the inside, and now from the outside, Ruby DeMesme has seen the role of the federal government worker evolve over the years.
The former Air Force assistant secretary for manpower, reserve affairs, installation and environment sees information technology as shaping the way government workers perform...
As the government adds new applications to its information systems, the more openings it creates for attackers to gain access, creating a continuing battle between IT security professionals charged with safeguarding the systems and those seeking to cause them damage.
"The more functionality that's there, the more...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology characterizes its new guidance released this past week as transformational, and no one can speak more authoritative about it than Ron Ross, NIST's highly regarded senior computer scientist, information security researcher and FISMA implementation project leader who...
What have been the biggest privacy issues of 2009, and what emerging trends should you watch heading into 2010?
We posed these questions to J. Trevor Hughes, Executive Director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In an exclusive interview, Hughes discusses:
The role of the IAPP;...
As the federal government begins to pilot the use of third-party credentials to authenticate users at three websites, the advocacy group Center for Democracy and Technology this month has published a white paper, Issues for Responsible User-Centric Identity, raising questions it feels must be addressed before...
It's time for information security professionals to give back to their communities - to reach out and educate businesses, schools and citizens about cybersecurity and other relevant issues.
This is the message from John Rossi, professor of systems management/information assurance at National Defense...
Melissa Hathaway, who led President Obama's 60-day cybersecurity policy review, says it would be a mistake to place the nation's top cybersecurity adviser in the Department of Homeland Security, as proposed by an influential senator, and not in the White House.
Asked, in an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com...
Government and business must think creatively to help safeguard America's digital assets, says Melissa Hathaway, the former White House acting senior director for cybersecurity who led President Obama's 60-day cybersecurity policy review.
Hathaway, an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com, cited the innovative...
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