(ISC)² Blog

Leading into 2016

My brother is a retired Army Colonel who recently received a Canadian Meritorious Service Medal for his support of Canadian troops in Afghanistan. This was naturally a source of pride for my family. When I read the medal citation, a sentence jumped out at me: “Col. Shearer’s superb leadership was vital to operational success and helped preserve Canada’s legacy in Afghanistan.” I read a lot, and I tend to parse out words that resonate with me like: “leadership, vital, operational success, preserve and legacy.” As we assess ourselves as cyber, information, software and infrastructure security professionals, we might ask if... Read more →

What I Want for the Holidays…

Lately, we’ve seen news stories about cyberattacks on manufacturers of children’s electronics, during which millions of parents’ and children’s personal information, including photos of children, were stolen. One incident involved over six million children’s profiles worldwide, including almost three million from the U.S. As an information security professional, we understand that in cyberspace, there will be casualties. But, we have to do our best to minimize the casualties and most important of all, that they do not involve children. After the latest breach incident at V Tech, we saw experts sharing their technical advice on what we can do as... Read more →