19 hours ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - Anthony M. Freed, Information-Security-Resources.com Managing EditorAs we all approach the inevitable chaos of the holidays with shopping, company parties, and client gift lists - all on top of Q4 and 2009 reports and wrap ups - please take care care to protect yourself and your family from possible tragedy due to simple ov (Read More)

2 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Kevin L. Jackson, Vice President at DatalineDuring this week’s Federal Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Carey discussed his views on cloud computing.Stating that the NGEN and CANES (Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programs will both leverage cloud computing, he also describes a future of (Read More)

3 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft ExpertFor the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “friend” their potential victims in order to create a false sense of trust and use t (Read More)

4 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCPWe have mentioned our favorite vulnerability scanning tools before.But a lot of time has passed since, so it is time to put these tools against each other and evaluate the quality of the results received when scanning the same target.The Test EnvironmentThe tested vulnerability scanning (Read More)

4 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Kevin M. Nixon, Information Security Resources Security Editor It is usual and customary during the 4th Quarter of any year, to think about the potential threats to our financial institutions and corporations, in an effort to get ahead of the curve and stave off additional failures.I have listed my Top 5 concerns below a (Read More)

7 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-HarvestMartin Libicki’s “Cyberdeterrence and Cyber War” has been released as a RAND monograph and in book form on Amazon.This is the first cogent look at the efficacy of waging strategic cyber war and I hope will serve to slow the rhetoric coming from the US Defense community (Read More)

5 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - Coby Royer, Technical Product Manager for SymplifiedBob Blakley from The Burton Group recently posted a great response to Andrea DiMaio of Gartner Group regarding privacy.There are lots of great viewpoints expressed in Bob’s blog and comments, but I’d like to raise a perspective on privacy that is not fully addressed.I’ll s (Read More)

6 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Doug Pollack, Chief Marketing Officer for ID ExpertsBecause data breaches have become such commonplace incidents, there is concern that people have become desensitized to the potential harm they face upon receiving a notification letter from an organization informing them that sensitive information has been lost or misap (Read More)

6 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - BY Mel Duvall, Chief Content Officer at CIOZoneForget about vampires, ghouls and zombies. You were much more likely to receive a fright this year from something lurking in your e-mail.Just in time for Halloween, security software vendor Proofpoint has come up with a list of the Top 10 Terrifying E-mail Blunders of 2009.Ther (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - From The Internet Security Alliance November 2009 Calendar of Events All times listed EASTERN Monday, November 2 at 5:00pm: IT Sector Coordinating Council Executive Committee Conference Call. The Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council was established on January 27, 2006 for the purposes of bringing together comp (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-HarvestScenario planning is a useful technique for risk reduction.A group of key players in an organization are brought together to brainstorm possible events and their impact on business.Scenario planning, done rigorously, could help an airline hedge against rising fuel price (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Danny Lieberman, Security Expert and Founder of Software AssociatesI recently saw a post from a blog on a corporate web site from a company called Cloud compliance, entitled Compliance is the New Security Standard.Cloud Compliance provides a SaaS-based identity and Access Assessment (IdAA) solution that helps identify an (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Kevin L. Jackson, Vice President at DatalineDuring this week’s Federal Executive Forum, key decision makers from DoD, DHS and FBI highlighted identity management interoperability as their key priority for 2010.Panelists included:Robert Mocny, Acting Director, US-VISIT Program Department of Homeland SecurityStephen Morris (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Steven Fox, Founder of SecureLexicon The military is a great matter of the state.It is the ground of death and life,The Tao of survival or extinction.One cannot but examine it.- Sun TzuWhen Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War, he was concerned with the organization and disposition of military units.In his day, as is true in our (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By John Watkins, Attorney with Chorey, Taylor & FeilIn a prior post, I wrote regarding both the promise of cloud computing, or software as a service, and the very real potential legal issues and conundrums faced by businesses considering moving some or all of their IT services and data to the “cloud.”Perhaps the most fundam (Read More)

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