Items Tagged with "Training"
Fostering Compliance Across Your Company
July 20, 2011 Added by:Thomas Fox
Without the support of top management, a compliance program is doomed to failure. This also means that the goals of compliance need to be incorporated into overall leadership goals. If goals are simply performance based, employees will understand that is what the company values...
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PFC Parts' Delectable Cyber Security Shopping List
July 19, 2011 Added by:Don Eijndhoven
A study done by the CSIS speaks of a human capital crisis in Cyber Security and may offer some insights that can also be used outside of the US. CSIS mentions that there are a variety of people and skills needed. From the report we learn that CSIS found a shortage in the following roles...
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I Am Certified - You Are Secured
July 18, 2011 Added by:J. Oquendo
Security? I don't care for it. Companies don't want security. They do not want assurance. They want a framework to ensure they did no wrong. My goal is simplified ten-fold, and my aim is to ensure that someone on the C-level can cross their T's dot their I's and get on with their game of golf...
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Software Security Degree Programs
July 17, 2011 Added by:Bozidar Spirovski
More institutions are providing programs and degrees focused on the security aspect of information technology than ever before. Part of the reason for this is the significant projected increase in the number of jobs available in the field...
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Webinar: Industrial Control Systems SIEM
July 13, 2011 Added by:Chris Blask
Physical security and industrial process data is correlated with real time situational awareness of cyber assets to produce constant visibility. Join this free webinar to explore the efficiency and ease of use of AlienVault ICS SIEM...
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Black Hat Vegas 2011 Video Interview Opportunity
July 12, 2011 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Infosec Island will be conducting a series of video interviews with companies and vendors at the Black Hat USA 2011 conference in Las Vegas, NV. The interviews offer the opportunity for companies to highlight their knowledge of emerging trends in the information security field...
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Infosec Island Call for Interviews at Black Hat Vegas
July 07, 2011 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Infosec Island will be conducting a series of short video interviews with select presenters and vendors at the Black Hat USA 2011 conference in Las Vegas, NV. The interviews offer the opportunity for subjects to highlight their knowledge of emerging trends in the information security field...
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The New CompTIA CASP Certification
July 01, 2011 Added by:Michael Gregg
The CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) is an advanced enterprise level cert for those with 10+ years IT experience and at least five years in security. While there are many entry-level certifications, CASP will be the enterprise-level advanced security certification...
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What the CISSP Won't Teach You Part Deux
June 30, 2011 Added by:Boris Sverdlik
You should use a layered security model. Port Security should be enabled; IDS Response rules should trigger a port shutdown on multiple ARP responses past a certain threshold. Are you seeing yet how attackers think?? The CISSP will not teach you to think outside the box...
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What the CISSP Won't Teach You
June 28, 2011 Added by:Boris Sverdlik
Information security unlike other industries does not sleep; I personally spend 3+ hours a day just learning what I can. Technology, regulations and attack methods change every day. If you don’t stay ahead of it, you will end up with pie on your face when you get hit with the latest New Thing...
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DoC Presents a Security Plan for the Rest of Us
June 22, 2011 Added by:Jay Bavisi
We need to identify what is a best practice using currently available standards, and build a framework that allows us to follow this “code of conduct” in an automated way that provides a continuous flow of security, and can pinpoint failures in our security policies in real time...
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Will Government Work Help You Gain Security Skills?
June 21, 2011 Added by:Lee Munson
So where is a good place where you can not only gain experience with the latest machines but also have to protect important data from attackers around the world? Working for the government...
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A Values-Based Approach to Your Compliance Program
June 17, 2011 Added by:Thomas Fox
Moving from a rules-based compliance training to an ethics-based approach, there are three general areas where a company can change its approach in a manner to encourage employees to behave ethically, they are The Code; Ethics Training; and You Make the Call...
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HIPAA-HITECH Compliance: Two Free Webinars
June 16, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
We have scheduled two new free webinars on HIPAA HITECH for Smarties. These webinars feature a presentation by Rebecca Herold,CIPP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, FLMI, recently voted the 3rd best privacy advisor in the world, in competition with large law firms and consulting practices...
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Questions Likely to be Asked on a Security Certification
June 10, 2011 Added by:Lee Munson
Most of these questions will seem like common sense but make sure that you look at your booklet before the test and give the answer they want. A lot of us may have different ways of dealing with clients but if you want to past your test, give the answer that they want you to give...
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Fourteen Important Security Policy Strategies
May 24, 2011 Added by:Global Knowledge
In light of today's information economy, security is essential across every aspect of both small and large organizations. Without sensible security, an organization is at risk not only from malicious outsiders but also ill-intentioned employees or random mistakes...