Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Interview: Financial Services CISO David Pollino"
This article is part of the June 2008 issue of Five crucial virtualization do's and don'ts
As an information security practitioner working in financial services, David Pollino has the task of managing risk associated with potentially fraudulent transactions. He uses predictive analytics, which he describes as an invaluable tool that makes risk management relevant to the business. DAVID POLLINO What is predictive analytics and what does it have to do with information security? Analytics is just a disciplined approach to doing data analysis. Some call it the science of data analysis, but it's basically taking the data you have and having a disciplined control methodology around how you look at the data and analyze it. Most security professionals use some sort of metrics, but analytics is the more disciplined approach – using those metrics to make data-driven decisions. Normally when you move to that level of discipline and sophistication, your methods of gathering the data get more sophisticated. You move beyond Excel or Access databases to potentially using a data warehouse and analytics software like SAS -- those types of tools. A great example of... Access >>>
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Virtualization server security best practices
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Avoid server virtualization security bad practices with these dos and don'ts. Get info on virtualization products, segmentation, implementation, avoiding malware, and staging, deploying and patching virtual machines, segmentation and implementation.
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Product review: Credant Mobile Guardian 6.0
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Product review: Klocwork Insight 8.0
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Embedded Security Safeguards Laptops
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Security Awareness Employee Training Essential to Infosec Program
Security awareness training initiatives such as online tutorials, newsletters, MP3s and prizes get the security message across to users.
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Spam Blockers Losing Ground on Sophisticated Attackers
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Product review: Mu-4000 Security Analyzer
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Product review: Array Networks SPX2000
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GRC Tools Help Manage Regulations
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Spam Blockers Losing Ground on Sophisticated Attackers
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CISOs Must Innovate to Enable Business
Editor's Desk: Be an Enabler
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Architect Security and Compliance Programs to Be Complementary
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Address Authentication and Transaction Validation Protocols to Stem Identity Theft
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Interview: Financial Services CISO David Pollino
CISO Uses Predictive Analystics to Bolster Risk Management Program
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CISOs Must Innovate to Enable Business
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