Profile of Ericka Chickowski

Contributing Writer News & Commentary Posts: 614

Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading. 

4 Signs Your Board Thinks Security Readiness Is Better Than It Is

6/30/2015
Ponemon Institute survey shows a gap in perception between boards of directors and IT executives when it comes to IT risk posture.
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CSA Announces New Working Group For Cloud Security API Standards

6/29/2015
CipherCloud, Deloitte, InfoSys, Intel Security and SAP all on board to start developing vendor-neutral guidelines that could further accelerate CASB growth
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User Monitoring Not Keeping Up With Risk Managers' Needs

6/24/2015
Biggest concern is negligence, but monitoring capabilities can't detect this type of activity within most applications.
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Government, Healthcare Particularly Lackluster In Application Security

6/23/2015
Veracode's State of Software Security Report lays out industry-specific software security metrics.
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3 Clues That Collaboration And File Sharing Tools Are Cloud Security's Weak Link

6/23/2015
Cloud collaboration and file sharing applications continue to raise CISOs' blood pressure.
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New Malware Found Hiding Inside Image Files

6/16/2015
Dell SecureWorks CTU researchers say Stegoloader is third example in a year of malware using digital steganography as a detection countermeasure.
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3 Keys For More Effective Security Spend

6/15/2015
New study models security costs to show how variables can affect the risk to ROI equation over time.
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OPM Breach Exposes Agency's Systemic Security Woes

6/10/2015
The massive hack at the Office of Personnel Management showed not just room for improvement but a lack of very basic security fundamentals -- and expertise.
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Quantifying Shadow Data In The Cloud

6/8/2015
Report shows how much data users really are exposing on SaaS services.
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Shared Responsibility A Key To Effective Cloud Security

6/8/2015
Former Walmart security architect talks shared responsibility in the cloud and the reason security architecture needs to change in cloud environments.
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3 Lessons From Heartland Breach The Second Time Around

6/2/2015
While not even a drop in the bucket compared to its last breach, Heartland's exposure this week does offer some lessons to the security community.
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Woolworths' Self-Inflicted Breach A Clear Example Of Insider Negligence

6/1/2015
Australian grocer sent master spreadsheet of customer information and redeemable codes for thousands of gift cards to hundreds of customers.
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