In this five-part series CISO Brian Lozada examines the state of cybersecurity in our nation’s critical infrastructure, what is at risk, what makes it unique and what measures can be taken to bolster its safeguards. Read Part One Read Part Two Read Part Four In the second article, I more closely examined these evolving threats, the…
DetailsIn August of 2010, Huping Zhou who had served as a researcher at the UCLA School of Medicine and had since been terminated, was sentenced to jail time for inappropriately looking at the medical records of his immediate supervisor and some notable celebrities including Drew Barrymore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He had…
DetailsI recently sat on a panel with fellow security executives to discuss the general topic of innovating as a CISO. Unsurprising and somewhat understandable, the conversation quickly devolved and topics covered included RSA’s Innovation Sandbox, the large number of startups CISOs visit at RSA each year and how many trips CISOs make to Silicon Valley…
DetailsThe old year is over, the new one has begun, and that means information security predictions galore! From my very unscientific perusal of many of those, incident response, cyber insurance, information sharing, and vendor management top the lists of high importance target areas for 2016. All of these are timely issues, I agree. But what…
DetailsDuring a bit of down time this holiday season, I had an opportunity to catch up on a lot of my fellow security pundits’ predictions for 2016. Not surprisingly, there were countless predictions of major breaches, new ransomware threats and continuing cyber-militia activities. In fact, depending on who you believe, the next 12 months will…
DetailsIn this five-part series CISO Brian Lozada examines the state of cybersecurity in our nation’s critical infrastructure, what is at risk, what makes it unique and what measures can be taken to bolster its safeguards. Read Part One Read Part Three Read Part Four In the first article in this series, I addressed the growing possibility…
DetailsWhile the holiday season traditionally brings consumers words of warning about an increased risk of fraud, vigilance on the part of credit unions and consumers can go a long way towards a fraud-free holiday season. Read on for a list of ways credit unions and consumers can protect themselves during the holiday shopping season, courtesy…
DetailsAs the year winds to a close, CISOs across industries assess the past year and plan for the security challenges they will face as they head into 2016. Security Current heard from several key CISOs about what they think will be the most important issues in cybersecurity in 2016. Read their insights here: Joe Adornetto…
DetailsIn this five-part series CISO Brian Lozada examines the state of cybersecurity in our nation’s critical infrastructure, what is at risk, what makes it unique and what measures can be taken to bolster its safeguards. Read Part Two Read Part Three Read Part Four Part One As technology continues to advance, so does the potential…
DetailsWell, ‘tis the season – a season for celebrating and a season for shopping. You are the CISO, the head honcho for everything information security. So who’re you gonna call when everyone and their mothers come running your way asking how their information can be kept safe this holiday season? Here’s your cheat sheet. A compendium…
DetailsSometime ago, I had a moment of introspection, which oddly, sounded a lot like Redd Foxx, in his best deadpan Fred Sanford delivery…. ‘It’s the user…. Dummy!’ Those of us who have been in the space for a while recognize the one common factor in every significant breach is the abuse of privileged accounts throughout…
DetailsI have been in information security for 14 years and my career has progressed wonderfully. With more than 20 years of experience managing and leading people, I have identified some key areas of interest, including leadership and organizational development, and how to build outstanding teams. As women are underrepresented in information security, I often get…
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