Hard times have taken a toll everywhere - even when it comes to internal audit practices at financial institutions.
Yet, in the wake of security breaches and questionable business practices at some financial institutions, federal regulators are cracking down on auditors. In an exclusive interview, Holly Kidder, a...
There are more opportunities than ever for skilled information security professionals.
This is the belief of Gerald Masson, Director of Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, and in an exclusive interview he discusses:
Job prospects for information security professionals in the public and...
There are more opportunities than ever for skilled information security professionals.
This is the belief of Gerald Masson, Director of Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, and in an exclusive interview he discusses:
Job prospects for information security professionals in the public and...
It's a simple proposition for successful applicants to the Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program: Get your information security education paid for, and then come work for the U.S. government.
"It's one of the most generous scholarships I've ever seen," says Victor Piotrowski, Lead Program Director of SFS for the...
To this point, information security professionals have been generalists. Going forward, they'll have to be specialists. At least this is the opinion of John Rossi, professor of systems management/information assurance.
In an exclusive interview on the future of the information security profession, Rossi...
It's a simple proposition for successful applicants to the Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program: Get your information security education paid for, and then come work for the U.S. government.
"It's one of the most generous scholarships I've ever seen," says Victor Piotrowski, Lead Program Director of SFS for the...
The National Security Agency (NSA), through the National INFOSEC Education and Training Program (NIETP), identifies 95 universities that conform to its standard for acceptable programs in information security today. Criteria for that determination are derived from recommendations of the National Security...
The down economy pressures organizations to reduce operational expenses and discard many capital-intensive IT and security projects. What gets left behind often is a skeletal staff dealing with very basic day-to-day IT functions, with no time or resources to dedicate toward compliance, audit and core security...
Fearful of man-made, natural and pandemic disasters, organizations everywhere are adopting or improving business continuity/disaster recovery programs.
And at Norwich University, there now is a Master's of Science in Business Continuity program for mid-career professionals to hone their skills in this in-demand...
"Jobless recovery." That's one term used by observers to describe today's economy. It means that the economy is slowly improving, but without the corresponding growth in hiring and new job creation.
What's the difference between cybersecurity and information security? It's in the eye of the beholder, according to retired Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, who co-chaired the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency. He noted that the two terms are used synonymously, though cybersecurity - at least in the federal...
Because of the economic conditions, risks to organizations - from the inside and out - are at a critical high. Risk managers at public and private organizations are forced to make careful decisions on how to invest scarce resources.
In an exclusive interview, Joe Restoule, President of the Risk and Insurance...
Despite the recession and record job losses, information security remains a top concern for public and private sector organizations. But what can security professionals do to protect their careers and be considered for these jobs?
In an exclusive interview, Pat Myers, chair of (ISC)2, discusses:
Top security and...
Cybersecurity is a major priority of the Obama Administration, and at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, it's a key component of the CERT Program's Survivability and Information Assurance (SIA) curriculum.
In an exclusive interview, Lawrence Rogers, chief architect of the SIA program,...
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