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Governance & Risk Management

Perceiving Cyberthreat Info Sharing Bill

Eric Chabrow • April 18, 2013

Does legislation designed to get businesses and governments to share cyberthreat information provide adequate civil liberties protections? Find out what's at the heart of the debate.

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery

Boston Tragedy Offers Risk-Management Lesson

Eric Chabrow • April 16, 2013

The Boston Marathon tragedy is yet another reminder to organizations to develop alternative ways to communicate with employees during such emergencies. Otherwise, they could put their organizations' continuity plans at risk.

Cloud Security

EPA's Transition to the Cloud

Eric Chabrow • April 15, 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's initial move to the cloud has focused on infrastructure services and productivity platforms, including moving 22,000 EPA e-mail users to the cloud.

Governance & Risk Management

Will Retirements Put Federal IT at Risk?

Eric Chabrow • April 10, 2013

The potential loss of experienced personnel could lead to a shortage of skilled employees and place a greater burden on the existing cybersecurity staff, as well as seriously affect the daily operations of the federal government.

Governance & Risk Management

Another Quarter of InfoSec Joblessness?

Eric Chabrow • April 6, 2013

For the second straight quarter, U.S. government statistics indicate that unemployment exists within the IT security profession. But even the government doesn't consider its numbers gospel.

Governance & Risk Management

'Hidden' Law Could Hamper Gov't Infosec

Eric Chabrow • April 5, 2013

A rider covertly added to the law to fund the government through September requires select agencies to assess technology purchases for cyber-espionage and sabotage, a process that could make it harder to buy wares to secure IT.

Governance & Risk Management

Is China after More than IP?

Eric Chabrow • March 19, 2013

Conventional wisdom suggests China isn't interested in disabling industrial control systems in the U.S. After all, such an act would be against its own economic interest. But is that type of thinking right?

Governance & Risk Management

Obama, Top CEOs Meet on Cybersecurity

Eric Chabrow • March 14, 2013

Most people will remember March 13, 2013, as the day Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio ascended to the papacy as Pope Francis. But for those who consider cybersecurity vital for society's well-being, it's an historic date as well.

White House's Fixation on Cybersecurity

Eric Chabrow • March 12, 2013

The rhetoric from White House officials and President Obama himself finally provide proof to the long-time claim that cybersecurity is a top administration priority.

Events

Authenticating the Internet of Things

Eric Chabrow • March 9, 2013

Internet visionary Vint Cerf sees the development of strong authentication for the billions of devices connected to the Internet as the IT security community's next big challenge.

Events

Risk Management: Theory to Practice

Eric Chabrow • February 25, 2013

Our RSA panel features the NIST thought-leader responsible for its information risk publications along with top IT security practitioners who take NIST guidance and make it work. See how they do it.

Audit

Skills Gap: Not Just a Technical One

Eric Chabrow • February 12, 2013

Britain has an IT skills gap problem, not unlike its American cousin's, as well as nearly every other nationality. Besides technical experts, society needs psychologists, law enforcers, strategists, risk managers, lawyers and accountants with cyber know-how.

Governance & Risk Management

Executive Order May Be Issued in Days

Eric Chabrow • February 12, 2013

The White House cybersecurity coordinator, National Security Agency director and top officials from the departments of Commerce, Homeland Security and Justice have scheduled a briefing on the administration's cybersecurity policy the day after President Obama delivers his State of the Union address.

Governance & Risk Management

State of Union: What Should Obama Say?

Eric Chabrow • February 11, 2013

President Obama devoted 26 words to cybersecurity in his 2012 State of the Union address. What will he say this year? We asked IT security experts to play speechwriter, and here's what they would have the president say to Congress on cybersecurity.

Governance & Risk Management

N.Y. Times' Transparent Hack Response

Eric Chabrow • February 1, 2013

"We felt that it was very important to come out with this and say this was how easy it is for them to break into any U.S. company, and here's how they're doing it," The New York Times' Nicole Perlroth says.