Tag Archives: InfoSec

Double Duty of Care Risk Insight at CAMP IT Enterprise Risk and Security Management Conference

In today’s highly regulatory environment it is essential that you have a clear understanding of risk across the enterprise. A risk management framework can bring visibility to key business and compliance risks and enable a company to make decisions on where to prioritize its limited resources. It is through a risk management framework that real […]

VULNERABILITY N+1

VULNERABILITY N+1. AUTHOR: Terry Kurzynski, CISSP, CISA, PCI QSA, ISO 27001 AUDITOR As Americans, we love lists.  That fact is self-evident when browsing our favorite blog sites, as many blogs start out with catchy headlines like, “The Top 5 ______ (fill in the blank).”  The love of lists is rooted deeply in our culture. We loved the […]

The Information Security Agent

If you work in the information security industry go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back. In 2012 information security professionals enjoyed one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. In my line of work I often come across IT and various other […]

2014 Information Security Hiring Trends: Defense!

Yes, it’s another information security predictions article – security hiring trends. No, I won’t be discussing APT, China, or anything involving our favorite prefix, “cyber.” Instead, here’s a brief glimpse at what we infosec recruiters are seeing in terms of enterprise demands for cyber security roles. While all infosec positions, from firewall jockey to CISO, […]

Why are Hackers Heckling the Director of the NSA?

The Hackers Heckling. The Black Hat convention is under way today in Las Vegas, and there, before a group of information-security-minded individuals, stood General Keith Alexander, Director of the NSA, getting heckled by conference attendees. Their complaints were targeted at the NSA’s surveillance activities and Director Alexander’s dubious testimony to Congress about those activities.