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Moving to a Culture of Trust in Digital Transformation - Perspectives from the Healthcare Industry

The move to a paperless system to improve health and social care is an ambition central to many governments around the world. (ISC)² recently held a roundtable event in London, United Kingdom (UK) inviting several people who work within the sector and the country’s National Public Health Service (NHS) to explore a range of current issues, including the reasons why patients were showing a reluctance to trust efforts to protect their personal data. The aim was to bring together perspectives from many areas of the healthcare industry and give them the opportunity to talk freely and anonymously about the opportunities... Read more →

CCSP Spotlight: Leon Kolthof

Name: Leon Kolthof Title: Information Security Officer Employer: Centric Netherlands B.V. Location: Breda Area, Netherlands Degree: Bachelor in Business IT & Management Years in IT: 9 Years in cybersecurity: 6 Cybersecurity certifications: CCSP, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSMP, CISM, CCSK, CEH How did you decide upon a career in cybersecurity? My IT career started in the field of system/network engineering. From this field of practice, I developed my professionalism toward information security. Through formal education, hands-on experience, and my own interest in the field, I have extended my knowledge in this dynamic discipline. Continuously building your knowledge and being keen on self-improvement is... Read more →

Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage Projected at 1.8 Million by 2022

The results from the eighth Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) have been released this week. The workforce gap is estimated to be growing, with the projected shortage reaching 1.8 million professionals by 2022. While the gap is not news, the fact that it is growing is of great concern to an already exhausted workforce. The question of how to fill the gap has been answered, and millennials are an integral part of the plan. “For years, we’ve known about the impending shortage of the information security workforce, as evidenced by our study year over year,” said David Shearer, CEO,... Read more →

CISSP Spotlight: Bin Sinbad Zhou

Name: Bin “Sinbad” Zhou Title: Incident Response Senior Manager Employer: Huawei Location: Beijing, China Education: Electronic and Information Engineering Years in IT: 16 Years in cybersecurity: 16 Cybersecurity certifications: CISSP, ISO27001 LA How did you decide upon a career in cybersecurity? When I was a student in university, I helped manage ‘telnet-style’ BBS which requires UNIX administration skills. I was quite good at it, but vulnerabilities in UNIX systems can be exploited to bypass security mechanisms such as access control. I found that it is more challenging to harden a secure system, so I started to learn what is behind... Read more →

Calling All Cybersecurity Experts!

This year’s (ISC)² Security Congress – with the theme “Leaders of Tomorrow” – will take place September 25-27 in Austin, Texas at the JW Marriott. For the first time, Security Congress will be a stand-alone event, without former partner ASIS International. “We value the partnership we had with ASIS International for the past six years, but it was time for Security Congress to stand on its own to address the programming needs expressed by our members,” says (ISC)² CEO David Shearer. The cybersecurity conference will host more than 90 educational sessions, as well as a town hall meeting, career center... Read more →

The (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study is Back!

RSA Conference is less than a week away! The annual information security event will be held at the Moscone Center, February 13-17, in San Francisco, CA. On Thursday, February 16, (ISC)² will release the first in a series of reports from its’ 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study. Focusing on the millennial workforce, a panel session entitled “Empower, Encourage, Recruit: Changing our Approach to Building the Workforce” will take place from 1:30-2:15 p.m. PST in Room 130 in Moscone North. Since its first release in 2004, the bi-annual study gauges the opinions of information security professionals from around the world,... Read more →

CCSP Spotlight: Olayinka Ladeji

Name: Olayinka Ladeji Job Title: Management Consultant, Information & Cybersecurity and IT Advisory Employer: Enaxis Consulting Location: Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Years in IT: 14 Years in cybersecurity: 12 Cybersecurity certifications: CCSP, CISSP, CISM, CBCP How did you decide upon a career in cybersecurity? Information security has always been my passion. I was working at a financial organization after college, but didn’t get the opportunity to work in the field of information security until an independent information security department was set up there shortly after I joined. I was drafted into the department,... Read more →

ISLA Winner: Diego Andrés Zuluaga Urrea

Last year’s America’s Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA®) ceremony and dinner was a highlight at Security Congress. Diego Andrés Zuluaga Urrea was one of the evenings honorees, winning the ISLA for Senior Information Security Professional. Diego started his career working as a systems administrator, while still studying in university, for the first ISP in Colombia. He saw malicious hackers working against the systems, on one occasion seeing nine university servers attacked in a single evening. After witnessing the vulnerabilities, he decided to learn more about information security on his own. Diego learned that creating a culture of security was just... Read more →

Build Your (ISC)² Network through Chapters in EMEA and North America

Are you looking to start an (ISC)² Chapter in your area? The enrollment period for chapters in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and North America regions is now open through February 5. Through the chapter program, (ISC)² members and other information security professionals further advance the organization’s vision to inspire a safe and secure cyber world by sharing knowledge, raising security awareness and advancing information security in local communities around the world. To be eligible to start a chapter, you will need to meet the following requirements: Be an (ISC)² member in good standing for a minimum of... Read more →