Security Leadership and Management

How the Security Evolution Turns to Prediction

November 1, 2014

Last year the Security 500 Report research identified the Risk-Nado facing security organizations. It pointed out how global risk matrix, the role of security and the expected results were all expanding quickly. As a solution, we identified with the theme of the book (and movie) “Money Ball” and the application of quantifiable mathematics to predict how a player will do in a specific situation.

Making Metrics Stick for Threat Management

Sujata Ramamoorthy

October 14, 2014

Over the past year, the Infosec Team in Cisco’s Threat Response, Intelligence and Development group launched a Unified Security Metrics (USM) program as a way to make sense of volumes of network data and reduce security risk.

California Enacts Student Data Protection Law

October 2, 2014

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), which protects the use of student educational data by third-party vendors.

College Finds Security Awareness Success with Creativity, Videos

Diane Ritchey

October 1, 2014

Training videos can be both effective and fun if you have some imagination and are open to a different approach. The safety and security video that Kishwaukee College in Malta, Illinois, recently developed proves that point.

Investigating Your Search Firm and Consultants

Jerry J. Brennan

Lynn Mattice

October 1, 2014

At some point during your career you will find yourself interacting with a search firm and/or a recruiter who has been assigned a project to fill a professional level security risk related role. This firm may or may not have a specialty security risk related practice and may or may not be a firm that you have ever heard of.

Apple Will No Longer Unlock iOS Devices For Police

September 18, 2014

Apple said it would not unlock encrypted iPhones and iPads for law enforcement under most circumstances.

How Politics in IT Can Put Enterprises at Risk

Dan Ross

September 9, 2014

Every size and type of business is faced with IT and security challenges of ever-increasing variety and complexity.

Report says Homeland Security is Not Prepared for Pandemic

September 9, 2014

A federal investigation has found that the DHS is totally "ill-prepared" for a pandemic.

The Most Influential People in Security 2014

Each year, Security magazine honors top security executives who positively impact the security industry, their organization, their colleagues and their peers.

Diane Ritchey

September 1, 2014

This year’s Most Influential is organized by five categories: Corporate Security Practitioners, Public Sector Security, University/Think Tanks, Cybersecurity and State/Local Government Security.

How to Adjust Security for Hazardous Locations

Many enterprises are looking beyond the U.S. shores to expand into emerging markets.

Claire Meyer

September 1, 2014

Employees traveling abroad often want to spend off-hours and weekends sightseeing, but that doesn’t mean that enterprises can lose track of them during that time.