Opinion

Opinion

• CISO job requires proven track record in business and security

  In the security field, certifications and degrees are never a substitute for on-the-job experience. For women in security, the challenges may be even greater.  Continue Reading

• Chenxi Wang discusses DEF CON hacking conference, 'Equal Respect'

  Grassroots efforts to shift cultural thinking in information security have had a positive effect, the former professor of computer engineering says.  Continue Reading

• Outsourcing security services rises as MSSPs focus on industries

  Despite increasing levels of specialization, managed security service providers often don't understand the business you're in. That may be changing.  Continue Reading

• The best SSO for enterprises must be cloud and mobile capable

  The best SSO today can handle the apps mobile workers use, identity as a service and more. Learn to make single sign-on, and other identity management approaches, more effective.  Continue Reading

• AI or not, machine learning in cybersecurity advances

  As more companies promote machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, chief information security officers need to ask some tough questions to get past the hype.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: IBM's Diana Kelley got an early start in IT, security came later

  How did an editor become a security architect? A fascination with computers sparked a lifelong journey for IBM's executive security advisor.  Continue Reading

• Uncharted path to IT and compliance with Digital River's Dyann Bradbury

  Bradbury chats with Marcus J. Ranum about her early interest in computers and her unexpected career path to head of global compliance for an e-commerce provider.  Continue Reading

• WMI tools make the perfect crime 'malware-free'

  Security researchers claim that attackers are abusing a longstanding administrative tool in the Windows operating system. With no telltale signs of malware, how can you stop it?  Continue Reading

• Can white-box cryptography save your apps?

  With the Internet of Things, software-based secure elements could hold the key.  Continue Reading

• McGraw: Seven myths of software security best practices

  According to expert Gary McGraw, you're not helping yourself by believing the things -- all seven of them -- you've heard about secure software development.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Marcus Ranum chats with AT&T's CSO Ed Amoroso

  There's no shortage of new security technology, but enterprise integration is still a major hang-up, says AT&T's chief of security.  Continue Reading

• Return on security investment: The risky business of probability

  You are better off with real numbers when it comes to measuring probability and the elements of security risk, even if they are wrong.  Continue Reading

• Thirteen principles to ensure enterprise system security

  Designing sound enterprise system security is possible by following Gary McGraw's 13 principles, many of which have held true for decades.  Continue Reading

• Protecting Intellectual Property: Best Practices

  Organizations need to implement best practices to protect their trade secrets from both internal and external threats.  Continue Reading

• Gary McGraw on software security assurance: Build it in, build it right

  If the field of computer security is to be fixed, the only hope we have is building security in, says software security expert Gary McGraw.  Continue Reading