CIOs must lead the move to transform government services
Faced with relentless pressure to reduce costs and improve the performance of government agencies, CIOs must choose between maintaining current operations or transforming …
How competitive is your cybersecurity team?
SecureWorld Insight, a partnership with Ponemon Institute and SecureWorld Expo, identified compensation for eight categories of information security staff – from CISOs …
What CIOs can expect in 2014
While the 3rd platform of mobile, social, big data, and cloud services is just beginning to mature, it will require an entirely different set of IT skills and roles — many of …
Overcoming the data privacy obstacle to cloud based test and development
How many times have data security and privacy constraints brought your key application development initiatives to a screeching halt? It usually occurs right around the time …
Innovations that will shape network security
Headline after headline, some company reports a cyber incident and hangs its head in shame. While it is disappointing, strong businesses have strong leaders that show us how …
The enemy within
Recent high-profile cases in the press have called attention to the threat the trusted insider can pose to the security of an organization. A recent survey highlighted that …
A look at security effectiveness by industry
BitSight analyzed security ratings for over 70 Fortune 200 companies in four industries – energy, finance, retail and technology. The objective was to uncover …
Half of SMBs don’t see cyber attacks as a significant risk
Many SMBs are potentially putting their organizations at risk because of uncertainty about the state of their security and threats faced from cyber attacks. According to the …
A look at IT security health checks
Over the past few days, one thing got my attention which I think in many ways sums up the state of our industry. While on a shopping trip with my wife, she noticed a billboard …
7 must-have technical security controls for any budget
Prioritizing items on a security budget can be difficult. Here’s seven key technical controls every IT shop should include in a security budget. 1. Perimeters defenses …
Fear of attacks leads to highly emotional decision making
Recent publicity about cyberattacks and data security breaches has increased IT risk awareness among CIOs, CISOs and senior business executives. However, Gartner’s 2013 …
IT leaders on the state of IT spending
New research highlights an increasing optimism in the technology spending landscape. Nearly 900 IT leaders (CIOs, IT VPs, IT directors, IT hiring managers) were polled by …