Latest news
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CISOs need to engage with the board
21.05.2013
Cyberspace has placed information risk firmly on the boardroom agenda, and CISOs need to engage with their boards to ensure their organizations understand and manage information risk appropriately while delivering their strategic objectives.
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The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
20.05.2013
Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York.
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A look into the EC Council hack
17.05.2013
Update: Wednesday, 22 May 2013 - Tal Be'ery: “We had analyzed a screenshot of what we had thought at the time the current EC council site hack.
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IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
15.05.2013
The information security job market continues to expand.
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Tips for validating DDoS defenses
15.05.2013
Prolexic has issued a number of recommendations that organizations can use to validate their DDoS defenses, as well as protection services they receive from mitigation providers.
Spotlight

Thwarting facial recognition systems with privacy visors
Posted on 19 June 2013. | Despite Google announcement that it won't allow facial recognition on Google Glass, every person should be aware that it is only a matter of time until the option is widely used.

Microsoft to pay up to 150k for vulnerabilities
Posted on 19 June 2013. | After years of saying that bug bounties are not the best way to go about getting vulnerability information, Microsoft has done an about-face and has announced three separate bug bounties.

The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.
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