Selim Aissi, Ellie Mae's Chief Security Officer, has been selected CISO of the Year.

Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, director of the University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity, will serve on the newly established Florida Cybersecurity Task Force.

Today, the average American leaves the house with a smartphone that has more computing power than the systems that landed humans on the moon. The Internet of Things (IoT) enables refrigerators to tell you that you’re running out of milk and cars to provide assisted driving. The reality is that the knowledge economy is in full swing, and the modern world’s relationship with technology has advanced to a state where nearly all aspects of our daily lives are touched by the internet. 

As threats from the cyber and physical realms become increasingly prevalent and complex, enterprise security teams must arm themselves with an integrated approach to security operations—one that incorporates cybersecurity, physical security and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

The Internet Security Alliance (ISA) and The European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa) announced a partnership to develop a handbook on cyber-risk management for European corporate boards of directors.

From the standpoint of risk analysis, recency bias—that is, an overwhelming focus on events that have happened most recently—is one of the most nefarious psychological blinders.

The United States Senate passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to bolster cybersecurity in the public and private sector. 

How is Mary Ludford, Vice President and Deputy Chief Security Officer for the Corporate and Information Security Services business unit at Exelon Corporation, mitigating and managing risk on a daily basis?

Several state agencies, boards, commissions and universities are allegedly failing to adhere to state cybersecurity laws, leaving Mississippians’ personal data vulnerable to hackers.