Leonardo da Vinci and the ‘Real APTs’

by Geoff Webb of Credant Technologies Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated, will produce the rankest weeds.” It’s a sentiment with which gardeners everywhere can empathize. If there’s one thing you can be certain of, when it comes to weeds, it is that they thrive on a lack of…

How to Set Up a High-Performing Security Team

by Jeff Bardin of Treadstone 71 Most IT execs like to speak of methods on securing funding, implementation of the latest technology, or performing enterprise-wide risk assessments but this completely overlooks the impact that people can have on building such a high performing security program. When security executives overlook team creation as a core component…

The 3 Major Challenges Facing Your CISO

by Michael Rushinsky of Sallie Mae What are the highest security risks and threats that are coming down the pike facing all market verticals and why? How do CISOs effectively and efficiently manage the ever-evolving information security risk landscape and adequately mitigate that which we cannot control? As I and several other information security executives…

Cybersecurity Talent Shortfall Threatens Everyone

WASHINGTON — Official pronouncements from economists that the recession is officially over may have done little to lift the national mood while unemployment remains perilously high. But in one field, cybersecurity, the supply-demand imbalance of the broader labor market is upside down, with government agencies and private-sector firms aggressively recruiting and hiring experts in the…