Innovation And The Law Of Unintended Consequences 27 Aug 2013 | 12:41 am

Time and again I read articles about the "need to innovate" and companies will suffer if they don't innovate et cetera. All well and good in theory. The problem I find is that far too often companies ...

Rogue antivirus makes users an 'offer they can't refuse' 26 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm

Rogue or fake antivirus is the digital equivalent of paying the neighborhood mafia "protection money" to make sure nothing bad happens to your business--the irony being that the only real threat to yo...

How to fix the looming shortage of skilled security professionals 26 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm

We don't need more security professionals. We need to distribute the workload, shifting responsibility to others to free up resources to tackle new challenges. Ultimately, those new solutions get push...

Curated Catalyst for August 23 - sleepwalking employees, show not tell, and reverse mentoring 23 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm

As the unofficial end of summer inches closer, it's a perfect time to take stock, make some changes, and finish the year strong. Here are three articles selected to stimulate some thinking -- and disc...

Benway named as new executive director for Advanced Cyber Security Center 22 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm

Charlie Benway will begin as the ACSC’s new executive director immediately

McAfee Threat Report finds significant new mobile malware concerns 21 Aug 2013 | 10:29 pm

It's that time again. No, don't check your calendar--it's not another Patch Tuesday already. It is however, time for the latest McAfee Threats Report, covering the second quarter of 2013. Mobile malwa...

Cyber risk weighs heavy on minds of execs 20 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm

There is good news and bad new stemming from the Lloyd’s of London Risk Index 2013 report.

Point Solutions Must Die 20 Aug 2013 | 02:33 am

Last year I wrote a blog post titled, “Incident Response Isn’t About Point Solutions; It Is About An Ecosystem."  This concept naturally extends beyond incident response to broader enterprise defense....

My (ISC)2 Report Card 19 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm

It has been 8 months since I managed to get myself on to the (ISC)2 Board of Directors and I'm overdue for a report card. While I have been working away like a mad man, not to mention a new day job wi...

6 technical measures to mitigate insider threats 19 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm