Information Security
Managing My Company’s Security is a Nightmare
May 17, 2013 Added by:Luis Corrons
IT Departments are very often one step behind users, and unfortunately in most cases there is no real control over all devices on the corporate network. Despite perimeter solutions still being a necessity, the corporate perimeter must now expand to include new devices (mainly smartphones and tablets) that also handle confidential corporate information.
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Complimentary IT Security Resources [May 13, 2013]
May 13, 2013 Added by:InfosecIsland News
As an Infosec Island reader, we are pleased to offer you the following complimentary IT security resources for the week of May 13, 2013.
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Do You Have a Vendor Security Check List? You Should!
May 09, 2013 Added by:Michael Fornal
A security check list is a list of security controls that a vendor or application must meet. These controls can range from how storage back up is to be done, to password complexity requirements. Having a checklist can help you in deciding if the application or vendor conforms to your company’s security requirements.
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Deconstructing 'Defensible' - Too Many Assets, not Enough Resources
April 19, 2013 Added by:Rafal Los
In just about every organization (with little exception) there are more things to defend than there are resources to defend with. Remember playing the game of Risk, when you were a kid? Maybe you still have the game now... amazing how close to that board game your life in InfoSec is now, isn't it?
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DLP and Business Needs
April 16, 2013 Added by:Scott Thomas
Most non-IT people know about DLP only when the IT organization contacts them to let them know they did something they shouldn't have. For those of us that have to deal with the policies, the alerts, and sending those notices, it can be more complicated.
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New Approaches for Blocking Zero-Day Exploits to Prevent APTs
April 16, 2013 Added by:George Tubin
Cybercriminals continue to develop new methods to bypass security controls in order to install malware on corporate endpoints. An endpoint protection approach that provides both effectiveness and manageability must begin with an understanding of the attack vectors that require mitigation.
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Are We Ready to be Consumers of Security Intelligence?
April 15, 2013 Added by:Tripwire Inc
Security teams need the right skills in order to ‘ready’ themselves for action, and before we get to engage in some some really advanced security intelligence, big data analysis, haddop, threat intelligence and a myriad of other buzz words, we will need to be able to accomplish the basics first.
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Enter the CISO: Torchbearer of Security and Risk Management
April 06, 2013 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
In a convergence culture, accountability for risk is accepted across the organization, and when that happens, risk management becomes a priority to the business, informing strategy and objectives. By helping identify and mitigate risk across finance, operations and IT, the CISO puts security in context of what could affect profit.
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Defending the Corporate Domain: Strategy and Tactics
March 27, 2013 Added by:Rafal Los
Strategy without accompanying tactics is a lost cause. Tactics without a solid footing in strategy is an expensive lost cause. The maturity of an organization's security team is directly proportional to their ability to have a foundational strategy and be able to implement tactical measures and feedback to adjust to changing conditions in order to defend adequately.
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Congress is Hurting the U.S. Regarding Cybersecurity
March 19, 2013 Added by:Joel Harding
If Congress doesn’t wake up and begin asking serious questions around cybersecurity, their inattention is going to cause us great harm in the coming years.
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The Castle Has No Walls - Introducing Defensibility as an Enterprise Security Goal
March 19, 2013 Added by:Rafal Los
It's time to retire the "castle" analogy when it comes to talking about how real Information Security should behave. I still hear it used a lot, and if you walked around the show floor at RSA 2013 you noticed there is still a tremendous amount of focus and vendor push around 'keeping the bad guys out.'
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Ben Rothke on the Five Habits of Highly Secure Organizations
March 18, 2013 Added by:Tripwire Inc
There are five habits of highly secure organizations, said Ben Rothke (@benrothke), Manager – Corporate Services Information Security at Wyndham Worldwide.
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Despite a Decade of Security Upgrades, Windows Vulnerabilities Still Exist
February 22, 2013 Added by:Mark Austin
Windows 8 is touted, rightfully so, for being the most secure Windows operating system yet. However, it would be a mistake to believe that Windows 8 does not require external security enhancements.
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New York Times Attacks Show Need For New Security Defenses
February 01, 2013 Added by:Infosec Island
The recent attacks against the New York Times allegedly carried out by the Chinese military highlight the importance of layered security to protect sensitive systems and data.
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Security Analytics: Hype or Huge?
February 01, 2013 Added by:Simon Moffatt
This complex chain of correlated "security big data", can be used in a manner of ways from post-incident analysis and trend analytics as well as for the mapping of internal data to external threat intelligence. Big data is here to stay and security analytics just needs to figure out the best way to use it...
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Android Phones in China Hit by Most Costly Malware in History
February 01, 2013 Added by:Dan Dieterle
China may be the source for a lot of international cyber attacks and malware, but they get hit by it too. 620,000 Android phones in China were infected with a nasty virus that collects personal information and begins to send costly text messages to benefit the malware maker...
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- Five Things Your InfoSec Team Should Do in the Next 30 Days
- The Disclosure Debate Continues….. (part 1,453, 769) to be Continued
- The Danger of Mixing Cyber Espionage with Cyber Warfare
- Improving Security by Failing Faster
- BYOD: Should It Be the Wave of the Future?
- Trend Micro Discovers "SafeNet" - a New Targeted Espionage Operation Online
- Managing My Company’s Security is a Nightmare
- Bridging the Cybersecurity Divide, Why Security Innovation Must Lead the Way
- The Evolution of Industrial Control System Information Sharing
- ATM Security (And Really Learning from the Past)