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Unified Access Control: A Cyber Game-Changer

October 25, 2016

As the age of the Internet is hitting a crescendo, cyber vulnerability is no longer a growing concern; it is a reality most businesses will face in the near future without adequate network protection.

Is Your Access Control System a Gateway for Hackers?

With access control systems being prime entry points to hacking IT and OT systems, security professionals need to stress protecting security systems.

Scott Lindley

October 11, 2016

Contactless card-based access control systems were developed to better protect facilities from unauthorized visitors, but it didn't take long for hackers to learn how to fool the system.

Assessing Cybersecurity Risk Through CISO and C-Suite Collaboration

Defining an organization's cybersecurity risk is a team effort.

Sean Curran David Chaddock

October 11, 2016

While an organization’s CISO focuses on cybersecurity, they depend on the C-suite to combine business operations and necessary security measures to find success.

Back to School Security for iPads in the Classroom

Nicholas Ptacek

September 27, 2016

While the tools available to educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom are now better than ever before, there are still security considerations to take into account when implementing a digital curriculum

Cost of Cyber Incidents Not Large Compared with Other Business Losses

September 27, 2016

The cost of a typical cyber breach to an American company is much less than generally estimated, providing one possible explanation for why companies do not invest more to improve computer security, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

How Continuous Is Continuous Monitoring?

Steven Chabinsky

September 1, 2016

To quote Shakespeare, “What’s in a name?”

Looking for Clues: Improved Network Anomaly and Event Detection

Steven Chabinsky

August 1, 2016

This article is the twelfth in our ongoing series exploring the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

2016 Technology Report: New Security Solutions and Risks Go Hand-in-Hand

Security’s Tool Box: Bigger, Better and Sometimes Bad Edged

Bill Zalud

January 1, 2016

Technology moves quickly, as military and commercial tools and toys merge with security applications to create both new solutions and risks for the enterprise. What should you be on the lookout for this year?

How Unified Device Management Is Critical to BYOD Enterprises

Murtuza Choilawala

November 1, 2014

Eight months: That’s the average amount of time most IT security breaches go unnoticed. Security enterprises need to establish not only ways to protect themselves from these breaches but ways to uncover them in real-time, before they become major business disruptions. And as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and mobility continue to transform the way we do business, many security managers and IT executives are finding that if they don’t initiate a robust security policy, employees are likely to use personal laptops and mobile devices to conduct business anyway.

Security Implications of the Electric Smart Grid

Robert Billings Jr. Marie Wright Ph.D.

September 4, 2014

As critical infrastructure in the United States becomes more dependent on networked systems, such as the smart grid, the electricity industry is at risk for new avenues of attack.