Despite concerns about the economy, organizations are still investing in technology and in their employees, according to a recent IT skills and salary survey. IT professionals can control their worth and value to the organization. More than two-thirds of IT professionals said skills and certification-oriented training positively impacted base salaries, according to a recent skills…
Life as a Chief Information Security Officer can oftentimes be hard on the ego. It is surely one career in which it is easy to fall in to an identity crises (which is a different “identity management” than we are used to dealing with). How many times have we heard that the position of a…
Do your workplace policies cover wearable devices? Many commercial and Government facilities ban cameras and cellular phones with cameras, but having such policies and not enforcing them can hurt you in the wake of a successful attack. If you routinely ignore a security policy and someone violates it, then you may be left holding the bag — I’ve…
When I predicted a surge in growth in the IT security industry last year (24% CAGR for ten years leading to a $640 billion industry by 2023) I pointed out that encryption would lead the way and that that was not possible without good key management. Perhaps because of that I have monitored key management…