CSO

Keep your data safe in a dynamic datacenter.

Don't be swayed by cloud-related FUD. Educate yourself and your team, assess risk, and make a decision based on business value.

Information's increasing propensity to move out of the data center is no reason to shirk responsibility for its protection.

This isn't for everyone, but it is a possible solution for fixed or mobile data centers located in hazardous or quickly changing operating conditions.

The objective of breach risk mitigation is to increase the effort necessary to successfully breach a network, system, etc. beyond the value gained by a successful attack.

Cyber-profiling provides deeper insights into a prospective candidate's character. It can also send the wrong message.

If a customer, auditor, or regulator asks for your business continuity plan, what will you hand them? Will it be enough?

Physical and technical information security controls must be more than mere acquaintances; it must be a marriage.

Twitter is a security risk. This is a ubiquitous topic in the blogosphere Net. As a recent joiner into the Twitter community, I can see how a service which allows 140 character comments to instantaneously appear on a Twitter site or delivered to numerous mobile devices might cause concern. However, Twitter is just another communication technology with which we have to contend. It, like Tumblr, Facebook, and other social interaction online services are not going away.

Through the years, activism has taken many forms. Marches, picketing, egg throwing, billboards, and sit-ins have been used to drive home a point, to change the behavior of governments, corporations, or societies. In developed nations, these activities were historically localized with limited impact on infrastructure, the economy, or whether a corporation continued to operate. Technology has changed all that.