Security Leadership and Management

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Cybersecurity breaches make headline news, seemingly on a daily basis. Private data for millions of consumers is compromised at greater frequency. Organizations scramble to remediate damages and restructure their cyber defense tactics. To address this new normal and further protect personal information from data breaches, the European Union will formally implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25, 2018.

The gender wage gap is widening, particularly for women under 40, according to a three-year study by HR analytics and software company Visier.

With all of the attention placed on cybersecurity, where has physical security gone?

In an enterprise with a robust Executive Protection (EP) program, it is the job of that team to ensure the physical safety of the principal and also the principal’s and his or her organization’s reputations.

Many of today’s job descriptions are very different from those from the past. How does a hiring manager evaluate potential candidates in this fast-moving environment?

This month I want to share with you a refreshing thought exercise that came from a discussion with several senior risk and security executives around the construction of their next generation security programs if they had a greenfield opportunity to create it from a blank canvas.

The GDPR restricts how organizations can collect, use and retain personal data, and provides Europeans with certain rights to halt collection, and to obtain copies, correction and, at times, destruction of their data.

Taking place September 23-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, GSX is expected to attract more than 22,000 registrants from more than 100 countries.

A Ponemon Institute study of more than 700 IT and security practitioners around the world found that the risk posed by insider threats is growing year-over-year, costing organizations significant money and resources as the threats continue to be difficult to detect, identify and manage.

Time spent in transit is the most challenging aspect of business travel, according to a report by the GBTA Foundation – the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association.