This article is based on the closing keynote remarks I delivered at the IQPC Cybersecurity in Higher Education Conference in March 2016. This is one higher education CISO’s viewpoint of…
DetailsThere is an extraordinary amount of money and time spent on detection and response relative to cybersecurity, and much of this conversation is technology focused. In this series of articles,…
DetailsI read an interesting article the other day about a talk at DEF CON – Thermostat Ransomware: A Glimpse into the Future of Crime in Cities It was about how the…
DetailsIn this three-part series, Academic Health care CISO Mitch Parker shares his insights on ransomware, incident response and best practices for building a world class prevention program. Ransomware has been…
DetailsNo network is impenetrable, a reality that business executives and security professionals alike must accept. The traditional perimeter focused approach to cybersecurity has often failed to prevent intrusions, especially in…
DetailsInformation is at the heart of today’s modern businesses, which is why now, more than ever, security professionals need to take a proactive approach to security to protect this valuable…
DetailsIn this series, Grace Crickette provides C-Level executives a comprehensive overview of cyber insurance, while addressing business impacts and offering best practices for implementing a risk-management strategy that includes a cyber-liability…
DetailsAs the 2016 Republican and Democratic National Conventions are about to begin, Security Current has challenged me to reflect on an assignment I was given when I was an IT…
DetailsRead Part One All Infrastructure and the NIST Framework. In this series I will take a close look at the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity which NIST first published in…
DetailsOne of the most useful things to me in trying to secure an enterprise like Columbia University is information, and the more information, the better. This means that for most…
DetailsAlthough information systems logs have been around since the early mainframe days, the concept of collecting and analyzing logs for security purposes is still a relatively new concept. From my…
DetailsMore and more devices are being Internet-enabled daily. To securely drive an organization’s digital strategy, CISOs need to better understand business and new technologies across groups within the enterprise. It…
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