(ISC)² Blog

2015 Cybersecurity Predictions: Bolstering Budgets and Growing and Crumbling Technologies

As security professionals, we look back at 2014 with a sense of frustration that we are facing major security breaches in the news daily. This year has been our most challenging yet. The world is now well aware that no single industry is immune to cybersecurity attacks – from retailers to financial institutions to hospitals and governments. In fact, PricewaterhouseCoopers’s 2015 The Global State of Information Security Survey found that the total number of security incidents detected by respondents climbed to 42.8 million this year, an increase of 48% over 2013. Next year will certainly be riddled with challenges as... Read more →

2015 Cybersecurity Predictions: Security Moves into the C-Suite

The recent attack on Sony Pictures illustrates just how impactful a breach can be, and it will not be the last of its kind. While there are minimal concrete root causes known about the Sony attack, we can infer from the extent of the breach that practices and controls surrounding information access, desktop security, and network intrusion monitoring and prevention will be in the crosshairs. While defense and banking have held a 'do or die' approach to security for decades, many other organizations have passively entered an era where the means to destroy billions in shareholder value sits on central... Read more →

With Change Comes New Opportunities: (ISC)² Executive Director Retirement

This is a bittersweet announcement to let you know I will be retiring from my role as (ISC)2 executive director at the end of 2014. I have always embraced change and, as a result, I am fortunate to have enjoyable, wide-ranging life experiences. Working at (ISC)2 has been the highlight of my career. I consider our 100,000 members, the staff and board members, past and present, a part of my extended family. Over my six-and-a-half-year tenure, the organization has grown to more than 100,000 members worldwide; introduced three new certifications and subsequent education programs; established a non-profit Foundation; moved from... Read more →