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3 Big-Picture Themes CISOs Should Track At Interop
Security programming is great, but Interop offers opportunity to learn about larger trends that will impact security in the coming year
Healthcare Is Ignoring Cyber Risk Intel, Academia Even Worse
Healthcare and other sectors are indolently ignoring the process of gathering and using high-level intelligence to focus cyber defenses. Here’s proof.
FBI Threat Intelligence Cyber-Analysts Still Marginalized In Agency
Despite good progress, 9/11 Review Commission says that analysts could have a greater impact on FBI counter-terrorism activities if they had more domain awareness, forensics capabilities, and were more empowered to question agents.
Educating The Cyberwarriors Of The Future
If I have to choose between hiring a university-educated CompSci grad or an IT specialist strong in sysadmin, networking or programming, I will pick the IT specialist every time.
Context: Finding The Story Inside Your Security Operations Program
What’s missing in today’s chaotic, alert-driven incident response queue is the idea of a narrative that provides a detailed understanding of how an attack actually unfolds.
The Clinton Email Kerfuffle & Shadow IT
For security pros the issue is not government transparency. It's the fact that users, regardless of seniority, will always pick convenience over security.
Frenemies Of The C-Suite: CSO, CIO, CRO, CPO
Sometimes the security, IT, risk, and privacy offices just can't get along.
New Security Mindset: Focus On The Interior
Chief privacy officer Jason Straight shares his insights on why organizations are struggling to stop the breach wave -- and manage the aftermath.
The 7 Best Social Engineering Attacks Ever
Seven reminders of why technology alone isn't enough to keep you secure.
Dark Reading Radio: Security Pros At Risk Of Being Criminalized
ICYMI: Check out Dark Reading Radio's recent broadcast and discussion about the pitfalls of new government efforts to fight bad hackers that could ultimately hurt the good guys.
Has Security Ops Outlived Its Purpose?
CISOs will need more than higher headcounts and better automation tools to solve today's security problems.
6 Ways The Sony Hack Changes Everything
Security in a post-Sony world means that a company's very survival in the wake of a cyber attack is more of a concern than ever before.
5 Things CISOs Can Learn From The Best GMs In Baseball
A MLB team has many goals and objectives: to win, be profitable, have a solid strategy and understand the people whom they serve. Sound familiar?
Which Apps Should You Secure First? Wrong Question.
Instead, develop security instrumentation capability and stop wasting time on '4 terrible tactics' that focus on the trivial.
Why Security Awareness Alone Won’t Stop Hackers
End-user training is a noble pursuit but it’s no defense against “low and slow” attacks that take months and years to carry out.
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Everything You Need to Know About DNS AttacksIt's important to understand DNS, potential attacks against it, and the tools and techniques required to defend DNS infrastructure. This report answers all the questions you were afraid to ask.
Domain Name Service (DNS) is a critical part of any organization's digital infrastructure, but it's also one of the least understood. DNS is designed to be invisible to business professionals, IT stakeholders, and many security professionals, but DNS's threat surface is large and widely targeted.
Attackers are causing a great deal of damage with an array of attacks such as denial of service, DNS cache poisoning, DNS hijackin, DNS tunneling, and DNS dangling. They are using DNS infrastructure to take control of inbound and outbound communications and preventing users from accessing the applications they are looking for. To stop attacks on DNS, security teams need to shore up the organization's security hygiene around DNS infrastructure, implement controls such as DNSSEC, and monitor DNS traffic
Incident Readiness and Building Response Playbook
In this special report, learn the Xs and Os of any good security incident readiness and response playbook.
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