A spate of high-profile, high-impact cyber breaches at several of the largest financial institutions in the United States has brought attention to a point that cybersecurity professionals have long taken as an article of faith: boards of directors need to take an active role in the management of cyber risk.
Yet,...
As stated in a recent issue of the FDIC's Supervisory Insights, the risks presented by cyber attacks have become "one of the most critical challenges [in the last decade] facing the financial services sector due to the frequency and increasing sophistication of cyber attacks." In just a year's time, 2014 to 2015,...
Regardless of how many security controls are placed on a network and the components that are involved in making a network operate, there will always be vulnerabilities in a connected world. So, what do you do in an environment that allows for such risk of compromise?
One of the best methods of protecting...
The need for PCI-DSS compliance is being embraced in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with adoption of PCI standards increasing dramatically over the last five years, says Dharshan Shanthamurthy, CEO of SISA Information Security, who shares insights about why PCI adoption is likely to continue to grow.
As many as 250,000 credentials for Remote Desktop Protocol servers around the world may have been offered for sale on the now-shuttered xDedic cybercrime marketplace. So what can organizations do to mitigate related risks and avoid a major network intrusion?
CISOs are facing some of the biggest challenges,
regardless of company size, with
fast-changing technologies such as cloud
and security risk growing at an exponential
rate.
Download this interview with Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot to gain his insight on:
The biggest challenges facing CISOs today
Advice for...
Boards need more information about cybersecurity than ever before. Do you know how to present it effectively?
Cybersecurity briefings used to be considered inconsequential; a box to check off the list. But today, boards have to consider the regulatory, fiduciary, organizational, and personal liability that could...
Executive recruiter Bill Liguori helps many organizations find CISOs. What skills are these companies looking for today? Find out in this in-depth interview.
The U.S. Congress delves into the issue of whether CISOs should report to CIOs, a topic that leads the Friday, May 27, 2016, edition of the ISMG Security Report, an on-demand audio report offered every Tuesday and Friday.
At a May 25 Congressional hearing to gain input regarding a bill that would elevate the role of CISO at the Department of Health and Human Services, legislators learn that there is no one-size-fits-all pecking order for CISOs at healthcare organizations in the private sector.
Close on the heels of the QNB leak, the same attackers have published data that appears to be from UAE-based InvestBank. The dump appears to contain payment card data, as well as a large number of sensitive, internal files relating to the bank's employees and systems.
A bipartisan bill proposing to elevate the position of CISO within the Department of Health and Human Services seeks to emulate moves that some larger private sector organizations - mostly outside of healthcare - have made in recent years.
Denise Hayman, vice president at the security firm Neustar, offers in-depth advice to women interested in launching an information security career in this audio interview.
Are you making the most of all the intelligence available to you today? What are the practical aspects of plugging abstract threat intelligence into your specific business use cases? Deloitte's Parthasarathy shares deeper insight.
David Finn, a former healthcare CIO, says he agreed to join a new Department of Health and Human Services cybersecurity task force because he supports its mission of involving representatives of all healthcare sectors in the effort to tackle challenges. In this interview, he outlines key security issues.
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