CISOs' top three priorities for 2013 are emerging threats, technology trends and filling security gaps, says RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz. But what new strategies should leaders employ to tackle these challenges?
Mobile malware and cloud-based botnets will be top cyberthreats for 2013, says Georgia Tech's Paul Royal. How should organizations address these and other upcoming threats in the New Year?
South Carolina's Revenue Department went nearly a year without a chief information security officer before its tax system was hacked this summer. The agency's chief says the state couldn't find a qualified candidate for the job that pays $100,000 a year.
David Sherry, CISO of Brown University, sees the security leadership role transitioning completely to risk and governance over the next few years. What challenges will leaders face along the way?
Cloud-based botnets and mobile malware are two of 2013's top cyberthreats. What other threats make the list? Georgia Tech's Paul Royal tells how security pros and organizations can prepare.
CISOs increasingly are asked to manage both information security and risk. What new skills and tools do they need to juggle the dual role? David Sherry, CISO of Brown University, shares his views.
Top executives must be transparent with their stakeholders when their IT systems get attacked. Otherwise, their enterprises' reputations could be more severely damaged, says IBM Fellow Luba Cherbakov.
Making an appearance twice a year just to ask for additional budget will not cut it. The CISO needs to make sure the board members know that he or she is a true enabler of the business.
Among Patricia Titus' first priorities as CISO at Symantec: re-focusing the company's security team. One year later, find out how she developed a broader-thinking unit with a new view on security.
Information security leaders increasingly take risk concerns to their boards of directors. But do they accurately articulate their messages? Heartland Payment's CSO warns of the most common mistakes.
Increasingly, security and risk issues have the attention of boards of directors. What are the keys to discussing these topics with the board? John South, CSO of Heartland Payment Systems, shares tips.
Her first nine months on the job included a data breach and a CEO shakeup. Hear how Symantec CISO Patricia Titus has adapted to business change and re-focused the company's security team.
At a time when information security sees record growth - in every sector, there are more open positions than professionals to fill them - ISMG's new Job Board offers new resources to job seekers and employers alike.
Programs from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Maryland come at a time when organizations not only can't find enough IT security professionals to hire to meet their needs, but often lack the leadership to oversee IT security initiatives.
RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz says he spends more time talking to other chief information security officers and IT security practitioners today than he did a decade ago, when he held the same job at Nationwide Insurance Co.
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