(ISC)² Blog

Second Annual (ISC)²® Security Congress Registration and Call for Speakers Open

By W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA, Executive Director, (ISC)² Last September, we held our first annual (ISC)² Security Congress event in Orlando, and the feedback we received from our members is that it was a great learning and networking experience, and that they love having an event to call their own. As we look forward to this year’s Security Congress, set to take place in Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. September 10 – 13, 2012, we can expect more of the top-notch information security education given to all levels of professionals, as well as exciting sessions addressing the intersection of traditional... Read more →

Keeping Your Information Private: Tips and Tricks for Data Privacy Day

By Julie Peeler, (ISC)2 Foundation Director Tomorrow marks Data Privacy Day and while it may not be a national holiday, it’s a great opportunity to take a step back and evaluate our personal data privacy and security measures. Over the last year, we’ve heard about a lot of companies and organizations getting hacked and customer information being compromised. And while it’s imperative that we do our best to ensure that we’re working with companies with sound security policies in place, it’s also incredibly important that we make sure we are doing everything we can at home to keep our information... Read more →

What´s up for 2012?

Talking of customers, CSO´s, engineers and other IT security people could give me some insights of what companies are looking for in 2012 in terms of overall IT security. Far from a reality or a survey, this is more my personal view of how things will gonna be this year: Top Challenges Mobile Devices - How to secure so many different devices? How to define borders in a borderless network? Identify Management - How to ensure the proper identity management process and tools when too many systems are moving to outside the organization? Cloud Computing - How to securely take... Read more →

Redefining United States Cyber Security: Taking a Holistic View and Machiavellian Approach, part 2

3. Background In the years since I took my first IT security position in 1999, the cyber security landscape has changed vastly. Fortunately, there has been an awakening within the entire information technology security community in the years since 9-11 and passage of the “Patriot Act". We are all just now beginning to realize the true power of the internet and just how interconnected we are on a global scale (public, private, and infrastructure (SCADA) networks). In today’s dynamic environment it is critical that we have full participation and information exchange between the USG and USBUS in order to quickly... Read more →

2012: Redefining United States Cyber Security: Taking a Holistic View and Machiavellian Approach, part 1

By: Larry P. Bunch CISSP, CEH http://mysite.verizon.net/vze18ez5m/id3.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/bunchlarryp Preface This article was originally intended to be a light reading OP/ED piece. However, it has slowly evolved into a hybrid OP/ED – Whitepaper dealing with Cyber Intelligence and Network Security. The opinions in this article do not represent the United States government or my employer (VortechX LLC.). This article is intended to generate discussion, collaboration, and interaction within the Intelligence and Network Defense communities of both the Public and Private sectors of the United States. The ideas and recommendations presented here reflect only my own opinions and may NOT be... Read more →

Moving Health Care Data Safely to the Cloud – It Can be Done!

By W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA, Executive Director, (ISC)² A few weeks ago, I was at my doctor’s office, and the topic of the cloud came up. You may think this is a strange topic of conversation between a man and his doctor, but given my background in security and recent pressures from the Federal Government for doctors to switch from paper to electronic records (a requirement he and his colleagues are less than thrilled about), it turned out to be a very timely and interesting discussion. The reason I found it timely is that last month, I had... Read more →