I recently visited Africa for the first time, and I was impressed. The South African government invited me to give a keynote speech at GovTech 2009 in Durban on hot cyber security trends within governments around the world. Not only was the conference impressive, I met people of different nationalities before, during and after the conference who convinced me that we have cyber allies in every corner of the globe.

Cyber experts: we need to think globally and act locally.

SecurityBinge – a team composed of Chris Martin aka pr34ch, Tim Elrod aka ri0t, and Stefan Morris aka Janus – are forging a video podcast show addressing information security from the hackers’ perspective. SecurityBinge, according to its founders, “will have a community-driven focus in the delivery of its high quality video productions.”

According to Sun Tzu, the Tao is the Way – the context that defines how actions are perceived and valued. In a business context, corporate values and culture define the Tao. The success of any strategy depends on how it is supported by the Tao.

Gartner points out that encryption must be extended to all personal computers, not just company servers. Encryption not only addresses data leakage during personal and business use, but also when the hardware is retired. Disposed hard drives are often salvaged for the information they store. They recommend using strong encryption on files containing such information. Encryption Security Solutions' eSafe addresses this need.

What may 2030 look like to a CISO/CSO or the regular information security practitioner?
What will be the prevalent form of Information Security Risk Management?

Although I can’t provide definitive answers I feel confident enough to share some thoughts and predictions knowing that it is unlikely that I’ll be made accountable for them in 20 years.
Nonetheless, this may be a useful exercise to foster longer term strategic thinking about the infosecurity community, the market and the evolution of threats and risk.

Last year it was Mujahideen Secrets v2. Now Mobile Secrets takes center stage.

Controlling endpoint applications (installation, patching, hardening, etc.) is a difficult but necessary component of safeguarding your data and your network.

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By Rob Whiteley

I have tried one solution that seems to be working so for (see picture below) but I may be under investigation soon for cruelty to stuffed animals.