(ISC)² Blog

Celebrating my 10 years of Safe and Secure Online Service

The 9th February 2016 was International Safer Internet Day when organisations across the world joined together to promote the safe and responsible use of digital technology for children. The day also marked my 10 years of teaching the (ISC)² Foundation’s Safe and Secure Online lessons at schools across the United Kingdom. To celebrate, I visited Robert Bloomfield Academy in the midlands area to speak to over 900, 9-13-year-old students about Internet safety. Robert Bloomfield Academy has consistently been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (UK regulators) and specialises in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects, boasting a lot of hi-tech equipment... Read more →

Getting a Foot in the Door of the Security Industry

Computers have always interested me because of their determinism. They would perform perfectly if they were coded and built perfectly; it is the imperfect coding and building of computers that leave them open to attack – and further, why we must take on defensive roles to protect them. I saw information security as a developing field where I could fill a void, become an expert and help shape the industry. It also seemed cool to know how things could be broken and to prevent that from happening. That’s why I decided to study computer science at the National University of... Read more →

New Federal CISO: History in the Making?

Yesterday marked a significant day in U.S. government cybersecurity history – and certainly for those of us in the profession – the day that the White House announced its plan to hire a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). For decades, we at (ISC)2 have advocated for the voice of CISOs to be heard, for CISOs to be granted a seat at the executive table. And yesterday, the Executive Office of the United States has put out the invitation for one of us to take part in executive decisions – a validation of sorts for cybersecurity professionals who have spent their... Read more →