Higher education hasn't been immune to the ravages of the recession economy. Scholarships and tuition reimbursements are tougher for students to come by, and career opportunities have diminished.
That said, job opportunities for information security students abound - in both the private and public sectors.
In an...
Not only is it an interesting time to be in banking; it's an interesting time to be learning about banking.
Dr. Stephen Happel is Professor of Economics at Arizona State University, and he's also a longtime instructor at the Pacific Coast Banking School in Seattle. In this exclusive interview, Happel...
Amidst the bad tidings of this particular holiday season - bank closures, market losses and mass layoffs - comes a ray of hope. There are some good, solid job prospects for banking/security professionals in 2009.
Interviews with industry and employment leaders reveal the top growth areas for job seekers looking to...
Interview with Jody Westby, Adjunct Distinguished Fellow at CyLab and CEO at Global Cyber Risk
At a time when risks are high and consumer confidence is low, corporate boards of directors aren't paying nearly enough attention to information security and cyber threats.
This is the key takeaway from a new Carnegie...
The recession is officially here, and major banking institutions are announcing thousands of layoffs weekly. And, yet, now is a good time for information security professionals, whose skills and expertise are in greater demand than ever.
In this exclusive interview, W. Hord Tipton, Executive Director of (ISC)²,...
As wild as the end of 2008 has been, I can't get my mind off 2009.
This is because I'm just now helping to put the finishing touches on our annual State of Banking Information Security survey, which helps us take the pulse of the banking/security community, so we can gauge the priorities for the year ahead.
Last...
Hard to believe that November 1 is already upon us, bringing the onset of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance. We've been reading about and discussing it for so long that it almost seemed as if though it would always remain six months away, but even a watched regulation eventually transitions into effect. ...
While other college graduates may not find it easy to land their first job, graduate students in information security have more than one option to choose from even before they graduate.
Steven Hernandez a recent graduate from National Information Assurance Training and Education Center at the University of Idaho is...
To quote from his own biography, Eugene H. Spafford is one of the most senior and recognized leaders in the field of computing. He has an on-going record of accomplishment as a senior advisor and consultant on issues of security and intelligence, education, cybercrime and computing policy to a number of major...
Career opportunities abound for people interested in entering information security as an entry-level or mid-career position.
In this exclusive interview, Matt Bishop, Professor of Computer Science at UC-Davis, discusses:
His current projects, including vulnerability analysis and the insider threat;...
When I started this job a year ago and reached out to banking/security leaders, the overwhelming message I got was "Security awareness - we don't do it well."
For banking institution employees, maybe there was an information security training seminar when they first started. Or an occasional workshop on identity...
To quote from his own biography, Eugene H. Spafford is one of the most senior and recognized leaders in the field of computing. He has an on-going record of accomplishment as a senior advisor and consultant on issues of security and intelligence, education, cybercrime and computing policy to a number of major...
I was talking the other day with a friend who works at an information security risk company. He shared with me the higher-level details of a physical penetration test on which he tagged along.
We've known for roughly six months now that the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance deadline is Nov. 1, barely four months away. How close, then, are banking institutions to meeting that deadline?
That is the question of the summer, and the answer will be found in the results of our new Identity Theft Red...
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