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How to lead an economical and efficient infosec program

August 7, 2020

Today's challenging reality presents an opportunity for CISO’s to reevaluate the economics and efficiencies of their current infosec program. To do so, CISO’s must narrow their focus on maximizing their return on investments and shift to a risk-based prioritization strategy. No matter the situation, CISO’s are always expected to meet goals and drive results. Even though security professionals cannot reduce risk to zero, they can reduce risk significantly by first eliminating the most impactful risks facing their organization. Below, I discuss the four critical steps of leading an economical and efficient information security program while following a risk-based approach.

Outsourcing Data: Don't Take a Fairytale Approach

The good, the bad and the ugly: Standard contractual clauses after Schrems II

Mike Slipsky

Saad Gul

August 7, 2020

Countless businesses export data from the European Union to the United States. Does your human resources office have information on European employees? The sales department information on European clients? That is personal data. The question is if data exports can continue in the wake of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) ruling in the “Schrems II” case.

The Uncharted Path for New Security Leaders

Hiring a CISO: The evolving role of your security executive

Karen Turrini

Douglas Gladstone

August 6, 2020

Before COVID, cybersecurity was a concern for businesses everywhere. In fact, in Microsoft’s 2019 Global Risk Perception Survey, 57 percent of companies ranked cybersecurity as a higher risk than economic uncertainty and brand reputation or damage. Looking ahead, what does all of this mean for the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)? Not only is it more important than ever before, but the role has shifted since the start of COVID.

Authentication vs. authorization | Why we need authorization standards and what it means for enterprise cybersecurity

I witnessed the transition from bespoke authentication to standards-based authentication. It’s time to do the same for authorization.

Bill Mann

August 6, 2020

Twenty years ago, almost everything in the IT world was on-premises: hardware and software, including the tools you used to verify who your users were and what they could do in your systems. In today’s cloud-native world, almost nothing is on-prem, and because of the explosion of apps, remote users and devices, it has become a considerably more complicated task, by orders of magnitude, to verify the identity of a user — or a service — and determine policies that say what they are and aren’t allowed to do.

Making the business case for security by design

Rodney Joffe

August 6, 2020

Organizations need to evolve their thinking around cybersecurity to stay ahead of these changing threats. A holistic approach that effectively builds security into all infrastructure and processes from the ground up is cost-effective and necessary to safeguard valuable employee and customer data. This requires an overall shift in philosophy – and adopting the concept of security by design is a key first step.

SANS Institute outlines path to effective security metrics use

August 6, 2020

Metrics for security are in wide use in organizations today, with more than 80 percent of respondents to a new SANS Institute survey claiming some level of maturity on their effective use of security metrics.

Colorado State University raises 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast to 24 named storms

August 6, 2020

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could be one of the most active on record, according to a new outlook by Colorado State University.

Security of TikTok: How does a Microsoft acquisition change things?

Sam Rubin

August 6, 2020

Security fears linger around the wildly popular, Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, and discussions are in the works for the platform to potentially be acquired by Microsoft. Should users be concerned in the interim? Will a change of ownership to a U.S.-based company allay security and privacy fears?

Celebrating Women’s Growing Roles and Presence in Security

Donna Kobazaruk

August 6, 2020

Do an image search using the terms “security manager,” “security director,” “CSO” or “security professional,” and the results will be fairly predictable. With its roots in law enforcement, the security industry has long been dominated by men, whether in management, sales, or technical positions.

Eric Holmquist named Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer at Customers Bank

August 5, 2020

Eric Holmquist joined Customers Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Holmquist has more than thirty-five years of financial industry expertise, spanning enterprise risk management, executive reporting, information management programs, and is skilled in creating operational efficiency and risk alignment.