Information about how to securely navigate in the public clouds is, well, cloudy. We asked enterprise IT folks and IT consultants what resources they turned to get educated on this particular topic. The responses can loosely be broken down into three categories: niche conferences; big conferences, and authoritative voices accessible on the Internet.
Christine Burns | 12 Oct | Read more
Recently I was assigned to an engagement with one of the Principal Consultants. This consultant has a tremendous amount of experience and someone for whom I have great respect.
Jarrod Loidl | 11 Oct | Read more
"Don't screw up. When you do good, no one pays attention, but if you screw up, the weight of the world will be dropped on your shoulders."
Michael Santarcangelo | 21 Sep | Read more
For a security industry leader, Tim Williams is a pretty modest guy. As the former head of ASIS International and now as global security director for the $42.5 billion construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, Williams has won <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/220798/the-2006-compass-awards-winners">his share of recognition</a>, which he doesn't take lightly.
Lauren Gibbons Paul | 20 Sep | Read more
Permanent staff with SAP and IT security skills were in short supply last month, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.
Anh Nguyen | 08 Sep | Read more
Sony has named US government cyber security czar Phillip Reitinger its first chief information security officer (CISO). The newly filled post was one of Sony’s key responses to its first major customer data breach in which 77 million customers personal details were compromised.
A unit of spy centre GCHQ is launching an information assurance certification scheme for the public sector, through the BCS.
Antony Savvas | 03 Sep | Read more
Veteran Mincom head Greg Clark will take charge of specialist networking security and optimisation firm Blue Coat Systems.
Following several executive leadership changes earlier this year, Houston-based holding group Attachmate has promoted Martin Mooney to Country Manager, New Zealand.
(ISC)2, the not-for-profit information security professional body, has launched its Foundation's new scholarship program for women.
Anh Nguyen | 18 Aug | Read more
With a career in IT longer than I am willing to admit (suffice to say that it all began in a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth!), I am a relatively recent recruit to the Information Security profession. Not that the concept of security was new or strange, after all, security has been a function of IT for as long as I’ve been around.
Sue Strodl | 15 Aug | Read more
RSM Bird Cameron’s director of information security, Jo Stewart-Rattray, has picked up the coveted National ICT Professional of the Year gong at the 2011 iAwards in Melbourne.
John Suffolk, the government's former chief information officer, has been appointed global security officer at telecoms firm Huawei.
When hired into an organization, each person has a <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/599752/security-careers-responding-to-questions-successfully">defined responsibility</a>, set of skills and sphere of influence. In essence, each individual is an expert contributing to the success of the organization.
Michael Santarcangelo | 22 Jul | Read more
I'm a big fan of search. The ability to use the Internet to cull information on virtually any topic with just a few clicks has made me more efficient and better informed. And "information" can come in the form of pictures, documents, videos, news feeds -- whatever you need.
Mathias Thurman | 19 Jul | Read more
Outgoing president of Intel-owned security vendor McAfee, Dave DeWalt, will be replaced by two co-presidents drawn from McAfee's ranks.
Hacking Sony apparently didn't stop George Hotz from landing a job at Facebook.
Brennon Slattery | 27 Jun | Read more
More than a powerful movie about war, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/">We Were Soldiers</a> reveals a key way to improve a security career while improving the organization.
Michael Santarcangelo | 24 Jun | Read more
Enterprises without a chief security officer or a beefed up security department will be left wide open as hackers use new exploits to strike, warns a security industry expert.
Hamish Barwick | 22 Jun | Read more
You can't survive without them. They wield enormous power over your systems, networks, and data -- the very lifeblood of your organization. Few people outside IT have any understanding of what they do, and fewer still exercise any oversight over their actions.