Security Top Stories

Beyond Passwords: How Security Can Improve Identity in 2018

In 2018, enterprises will increasingly look to a future beyond passwords.

March 15, 2018

IT security leaders are calling for an end to the complex password. They foresee biometrics, dual-factor authentication and eventually a new “whole person” approach to identity as being among the not-too-distant remedies for password malaise.

Five Strategies of an Effective Domestic Violence Prevention Program on Campus

Gregory Richter

March 14, 2018

With the recent tragedies that have occurred on campuses as a result of domestic violence, now is a good time for schools to evaluate or re-evaluate their institution’s readiness and response capabilities to threats and incidents of domestic violence.

How Sexual Misconduct Threatens the Security Industry

Real and Reputational Risk

Julie Anne Friend

March 13, 2018

Security professionals are tasked with addressing reputational risk as well as physical risk, but are our own departments and industry doing enough to avoid being a risk to the enterprise as a whole? It’s time to take a good, hard look at your workplace and ask if it is inclusive, supportive and fair.

Exploring the Wide-Ranging IoT Risks in Healthcare

While impacts may vary, risk mitigation strategies work in all domains.

Clyde Hewitt

March 13, 2018

In today’s world, the Internet of Things (IoT) is ubiquitous and holds great potential, but also brings security concerns. While IoT devices are being used across industries, the healthcare industry’s experiences with insecure devices provide valuable lessons to heed.

Drones: A Security Tool, Threat and Challenge

Benefits, risks, challenges and advice for drones in enterprises in 2018.

Sarah Ludwig

March 9, 2018

There are many ways drones can help enterprise security teams to manage their risk mitigation efforts more efficiently, safely and cost-effectively

Active Shooter at Stoneman Douglas– A Survivor’s Experience and Potential Implications to School Safety

Oren Alter Yuval Alter

March 8, 2018

I just came out of a meeting addressing campus lockdowns and mass notification when my phone started buzzing. The Broward County Sheriff Department’s Alertify message stared me in the face – Active Shooter at my daughter’s school.

Beyond Talking the Talk: Building Cybersecurity into a Company’s DNA

Wesley Simpson

March 8, 2018

Security is constant. It’s fast-paced with a high burnout rate, and many companies continue to struggle with implementing basic security controls.

How to Effectively Utilize Mass Notification

Best Practices, Challenges and a Look at How Two Organizations Are Handling Mass Notification.

Sarah Ludwig

March 6, 2018

Between the mudslides in California and both Hawaii’s and Japan’s false missile warnings, mass notification has been at the forefront of recent news.

Big Data’s Big Peril: Security

Bill Bradley

March 6, 2018

We live in a world that is more digitally connected than ever before, and this trend will continue well into the foreseeable future.

ISC West 2018 Product Review - Security Magazine

2018 ISC West Product Preview: A Broader Security Technology Roadmap

The Newest Security Solutions at ISC West 2018

Claire Meyer

March 1, 2018

From April 10 to 13, 2018, a cross-section of the entire security industry will collect in Las Vegas for one of the biggest annual security tradeshows in the U.S. – ISC West.