Cloud security case 2: BuildFax
For Joe Emison, vice president of R&D at BuildFax, scalability was the main motivator for moving the company's infrastructure to the cloud. But once there, Emison says, it quickly became apparent...
View ArticleCloud security case 1: Mohawk Fine Papers
Paul Stamas won't deny that cost savings, elasticity and agility are all benefits of cloud computing. However, the CIO at Mohawk Fine Papers would argue that these benefits are not by themselves sound...
View ArticleLessons in security leadership: William Phillips
The 2011 CSO Compass Award winners discuss prioritizing investments, learning lessons the hard way, and much moreAs the seventh-largest commercial insurer and 13th-largest property and casualty...
View ArticleLessons in security leadership: Jennifer Bayuk
The 2011 CSO Compass Award winners discuss prioritizing investments, learning lessons the hard way, and much moreJennifer Bayuk likes to say that "any job in information security, I've had at least...
View ArticleLessons in security leadership: Andy Ellis
The 2011 CSO Compass Award winners discuss prioritizing investments, learning lessons the hard way, and much moreAs a cloud-optimization services provider, Akamai handles tens of billions of daily Web...
View ArticleLessons in security leadership: Dwaine Nichol
The 2011 CSO Compass Award winners discuss prioritizing investments, learning lessons the hard way, and much moreAs Manager of security and life safety for the City of Toronto, Dwaine Nichol is...
View ArticleLessons in security leadership: David Komendat
The 2011 CSO Compass Award winners discuss prioritizing investments, learning lessons the hard way, and much moreAs vice president and CSO at Boeing, David Komendat needs to balance the security needs...
View ArticleLessons in security leadership: Jamil Farshchi
The 2011 CSO Compass Award winners discuss prioritizing investments, learning lessons the hard way, and much moreThe mission of Los Alamos National Laboratory is to develop scientific and engineering...
View Article9 secrets of getting stuff done in a big company
Security may be a hot-button issue for business executives, but in an environment of ongoing economic uncertainty, support for security initiatives isn't always easy to come by.Whatever's standing in...
View ArticleGetting stuff done: Public vs private sector edition
When Alan Nutes joined Newell Rubbermaid earlier this year as senior manager, security and incident management, he was returning to the corporate world after a hiatus of 21 months in the public sector....
View ArticleAPT in action: The Heartland breach
In late 2008, a group of hackers succesfully broke into the network of Princeton, N.J.-based payment processing giant Heartland Payment Systems. The hackers stole data from more than 100 million credit...
View ArticleHow to fight check fraud
Thanks to increasingly sophisticated technology and ongoing economic uncertainty, all types of fraud are flourishing today, including check fraud. The prevalence of mobile and wireless technologies and...
View ArticleWhat I learned when I left security
Much has been said about the great divide that keeps business leaders from truly understanding the perspective of security professionals. One way CSOs can close that gap is to simply cross to the other...
View ArticleDatabase security: At rest, but not at risk
Database security is starting to show up on the radar of C-level execs, and no wonder. According to Verizon's "2012 Data Breach Investigations Report," 174 million corporate records were compromised in...
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ERM: The basics
Natural disasters, political instability, data breaches, financial calamity—even asteroids—the sources of risk are on the rise and are increasingly unpredictable.And in an age of increasing regulatory...
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