(ISC)² Blog

Technological Setbacks In 2013 Will Pave The Way For A New, Human-Focused Defense Strategy In 2014

After many major breaches this year, it’s time to rethink 2014’s cyber defense with an eye on people, not products By W. Hord Tipton, CISSP, Executive Director (ISC)2 As security professionals, we look back at 2013 with a sense of frustration that we are still losing ground to the bad guys. But while there were plenty of battles lost this year on the technical side, there is good reason to hope that the war can still be won in the long term – with promising developments on the human side. There were many frustrations for the defense in 2013. Adobe... Read more →

HealthCare Security & Privacy Professionals Defined

When I entered the workforce after college, my first job was with the Department of Defense working in IT for a military hospital. I was quickly inundated with compliance requirements that spanned multiple industries and had varying levels of importance. I quickly learned about NIST special publications, how they related to FISMA compliance, and how JACHO and HIPAA both had regulatory standards but were not the same. I was thrown into an environment that involved quite a learning curve, but it turned out to be a great starting point for my career in healthcare compliance. Throughout my career, I have... Read more →