Peter Guerra will explore the economic factors that are influencing cyber crime. This sneak-peak provides an overview of his presentation.
Topic(s): Data Protection | Identity Management | Business Continuity | Physical Security | Leadership
Stories like the July 4th cyber attack are raising our awareness of the cyber battlefield. Given the media focus on bots, rootkits, and malware, it is easy to overlook the core of these attacks – human conflict. In the Art of War, Sun Tzu stressed the understanding of those who wield the weapons of war.
Topic(s): Data Protection | Identity Management | Business Continuity | Physical Security | Leadership
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Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of NetWitness, discusses the parallel's between the information security business and Sun Tzu's The Art of War. He comments on the Cyberspace Review, the conditions for victory in a cyber conflict, cyber espionage, the leadership attributes needed by the modern enterprise.
A June 3rd, 2009 Midwest Technology Leaders panel discussion explored the attributes critical to landing a CIO job. Interestingly, Sun Tzu attributed many of these qualities to the leader of an army – The General.
A cross-industry survey of 150 IT managers and technical staff showed that 20% of that population either admitted to cheating on an IT audit or knew someone that did. This blog post explores some basic ways to detect these attempts at auditor deception.
This blog post discusses the skills and qualities tested in the E&Y Information Assurance Consulting Challenge.
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Walsh College responds to May Day by hosting the Ernst & Young Information Assurance Consulting Challenge. Three teams embraced the opportunity to showcase their knowledge and talents.
The concept of brand equity provides a framework through which to understand the business. It can also be used to create security proposals that reflect this understanding.
Given the evolving penalties associated with security breaches, the need for effective security training has grown. This blog post explores the inclusion of business analsyst in the creation of a customized training curriculum.
On March 24, 2009, the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium hosted a panel discussion addressing Data Privacy. The panel comprised experts in the fields of encryption, law, and forensics. While the business leaders in attendance worked in different fields, they were united in their concern for the security of their core information assets.
