the State of Security

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How do you eat an elephant?

by Shawna Turner-Rice

If we were hoping for news related to breaches to slow down now that we were out of 2012, it looks like we’re already out of luck, even though we aren’t out of January. Seeing Symantec and Zappos in the news already this year can make those responsible for protecting their organizations feel like there’s [...]

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Predictability and Visibility: The Cure for Sleepless Nights

Predictability and Visibility: The Cure for Sleepless Nights

by Cindy Valladares

What makes security, risk and compliance officers sleep at night? Key factors include: visibility, predictability, optimization & business alignment.

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Why Security carries a Risk Management umbrella wherever it goes

by Shawna Turner-Rice

Security people used to be stereotyped as geeky people who did obscure things with systems against equally obscure threats. However, you can’t read security news lately and not see references to risk, and then to risk management, regardless of what segment (banking, retail, construction, etc.) you are in. For people just getting familiar with the [...]

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Do we owe high profile breaches a thank you?

by Shawna Turner-Rice

Here we are at the cusp of a New Year; and I’m looking back and waxing philosophical. I’m thinking that paradoxically, having a lot of painful, expensive, high profile breaches actually advanced the state of security, and risk management. A cursory glance across infosec headlines in 2010 and 2011 is covered in highly publicized breaches [...]

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Security and Jetlag – Same Prescription?

by Shawna Turner-Rice

I just did a trip back from Asia, complete with multiple layovers of 3+ hours each; so I’m feeling nicely out of step with my own time zone. When I was surprised with a reminder to publish a blog post, it seemed appropriate to tie the two ideas together. While lots of people swear by [...]

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Predicting the top 10 Infosec Predictions for 2012

Predicting the top 10 Infosec Predictions for 2012

by Dwayne Melancon

This is the time of year when you start seeing lots of predictions about things that will happen next year.  With that in mind, I thought I would predict the predictions I think we’ll see for 2012.

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