The Security Industry Association (SIA) opened registration for its annual public policy conference, SIA GovSummit. 

There’s a C- on your report card, but you’re not alone: The 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card found that the world’s information security practitioners gave global cybersecurity readiness an overall score of 70 percent – a six-point drop over 2016.

To borrow from the Nobel Prize winning songwriter, the (security) times, they are a-changin’. Growing complexity is one of today’s IT’s biggest security challenges.

One in four U.S. consumers (26 percent) have had their personal medical information stolen from technology systems, according to results of a survey from Accenture. 

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has empaneled a steering committee of security industry professionals to guide its efforts to assist in fostering the careers of young professionals under its program SIA RISE.

Alabama has the highest percentage of engaged workers in the U.S., at 37%. Delaware, Kentucky and Louisiana follow closely, at 36%. 

While CEOs around the world feel they have plenty to worry about in the year ahead, their confidence in their own growth prospects and their outlook for the global economy are back on the rise.

Americans believe they are as or more knowledgeable about cybersecurity than Trump, Clinton, IT Departments and mothers everywhere; yet 54 percent trust in online marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon.

CompTIA unveiled a vendor-neutral certification, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA+), the first of its kind to bring behavioral analytics to the forefront of assessing cyber threats.

Only three percent of organizations have the technology and only 10 percent have the skills in place to address today’s top attack types.