Risk Management Framework.
These three words are likely to bristle hairs upon the necks of information technology professionals across the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and for good reason.
It’s hard to believe that over a decade has passed since PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was first introduced in 2004 as the information security standard for organizations that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Although it’s become a mature industry standard, two problems remain.
It looks like 2016 is set to be the year when Information Security gets serious. This year is predicted to break records in terms of investment in cybersecurity measures, with organizations predicted to allocate nearly nine percent of their entire IT budget to security.
In the past few years a number of high-profile data breaches have garnered widespread media attention resulting in greater general scrutiny and awareness of the need for network security.
Corporate executives can develop enough expertise to comfortably navigate key cybersecurity risk management concepts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework is now available, so how can CSOs and CISOs use it to better frame their cyber efforts and prove their case to the C-Suite?
