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There are many more metrics we could cover that describe the state of current agency efforts to security the nation’s critical infrastructure but I believe this is enough to demonstrate the current maturity of the efforts.

The new cyber commands within the US military will need to establish mercenary programs with private industry, virtual cyber forces that perform offensive actions against entities hostile to the US Government and critical infrastructures.

Why do security professionals fail? What works and what doesn't seem to make much difference in getting consistently good results? My answers will probably surprise you.

Government agencies need to examine the relationships they have and come to a realization that they just may need new blood not cut from the same mold of the beltway bandits. It is time for experienced security leadership to take hold.

Former WebEx CSO lands at security company

Language is arguably the most powerful creation of the human species, the most successful mechanism to encode and transmit information across geographical, cultural and temporal boundaries. The humankind’s ability to create and use a system of symbols has been subject of the study, commentary and vivid debate for centuries.

This blog post is about language. What is the language of information security and how do we use it? How do infosec professionals talk their walk?

Industry veteran moves from Dell.

Napolitano is making a great leap of faith that we are at that point in the Cyber Security maturation cycle and this leap is much like Evel Knievel’s jump across the Snake River.

This is the first part of my podcast interview with Edward Schwartz, CSO of NetWitness. In this installment, Mr. Schwartz comments on regulatory compliance as a driver for security spending. He shines a light on how myopic focus on complaince can be dangerous to the organization.

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.”