The days are long gone when board members could take a passive approach to cybersecurity. If you sit …

Complexity has become a growing problem for cybersecurity during the past few years. As the threat environment has …

In this article, Mark Hughes, President of BT Security, discusses why the industry is now in an arms …

With only three years left before the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in 2020, Japan is facing a shortfall …

Based on a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors, only 19 percent of board …

Traditionally, the financial-services industry (FSI) has been viewed as being more mature than other industries when it comes to planning, preparing for, and preventing cybersecurity incidents. Even for an industry compliant in nascent optional and mandatory cybersecurity regulations, FSI firm must be concerned about cyber-threats that are constantly evolving and shifting, making consistent planning and preparation an ever-present concern. Financial...

Traditionally, the financial-services industry (FSI) has been viewed as being more mature than other industries when it comes …

This month marks the start of the 12-month countdown for organisations to be ready to comply with either …

The public cloud offers unparalleled agility benefits, allowing companies to go from idea to implementation dramatically faster than …

Multinational corporations are taking steps to more quickly detect and report data breaches, in part to avoid steep …

In my first essay of this series, I described cyberspace as one of the most unique and complex …

Australia, like other countries, has not been immune to data breaches in which personal information has been exposed. …

Following an era of IT centralization, one might think today’s branch office easily accepts everything that comes from …

If we’ve learned anything from recent security breaches faced by several unfortunate retailers, it’s that often the attacks …

Arno Brok explains why investing in cyber training for young employees will help address the cybersecurity skills gap.

“How many of you here have a computer science degree?” A little over half of the women (and …

Today, no business executive would disagree with the statement that cybersecurity is a business issue, not just a …

With only three years left before the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in 2020, Japan is facing a shortfall of cybersecurity manpower. According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the current shortfall of IT professionals to available opportunities is 132,060, which will further increase to 193,010 in 2020. About half of end-user companies believe they are deficient in...

Yesterday, I stepped on a stage in San Francisco with CEOs and leaders from five other cybersecurity companies …

I recently had the pleasure of participating in a conference about multilateral security collaboration in Tokyo. The Japanese …

As we stand on the threshold of another year, the war for our cybersecurity rages on. There have …

Ever since the Marsh Commission called for a “Public-Private Partnership” in its 1997 report on critical infrastructure protection, …

I was at a recent IDC security leaders’ dinner where the topic of GDPR came up again, with …

“How many of you here have a computer science degree?” A little over half of the women (and …

Australia, like other countries, has not been immune to data breaches in which personal information has been exposed. The much-anticipated Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016, whereby organisations will be legally obliged to disclose data breaches, has been passed by the Australian Federal Government, and the laws will come into effect within the next 12 months. The bill applies...

In early 2017 I participated in a RAND conference that looked at deterrence in cyberspace (among other issues) as it applied to the U.S. – Japan alliance. During this conference I described deterrence in cyberspace as essential, unique and complex.  I argued that due to these characteristics, one cannot simply apply historical models of deterrence, like the nuclear example, to...

Today, nobody denies the importance of cybersecurity. Yet, we still struggle with identifying needed actions to prevent successful …

As cybersecurity woes grow and the challenges of locking down an enterprise increase, organizations are searching for more sophisticated ways to prevent breaches and break-ins. One method that’s gaining traction is behavioral analysis, which focuses on detecting suspicious network or user behavior. “The ability to detect abnormal behavior can aid significantly in securing data,” said Paul Calatayud, chief security officer,...

As cybersecurity woes grow and the challenges of locking down an enterprise increase, organizations are searching for more …