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Opinion

• Q&A: Why data security controls are a hard problem to solve

  Feeling less friendly after Facebook? "There is a great deal of power in being able to combine data-sources," says Jay Jacobs, security data scientist.  Continue Reading

• Walmart's Jerry Geisler on the CISO position, retail challenges

  A global CISO in charge of one of the world's largest cybersecurity programs got his start on the retail floor. He's arrived just in time for the digital transformation.  Continue Reading

• Cybercrime study: Growing economic ecosystem spells trouble

  New research shows that cybercriminals are gaining momentum with connected infrastructure and collectively earning billions annually from a cybercrime economy. Now what?  Continue Reading

• Marcus Ranum decodes hardware vulnerabilities with Joe Grand

  Computer hardware designs with dangerous security flaws? That's no surprise to renowned hardware hacker Grand.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare CISO: 'Hygiene and patching take you a long way'

  Cybersecurity and healthcare can get along, according to CISO Joey Johnson, who leads the security program at Premise Health, but it takes patience and attention to the details.  Continue Reading

• Cost of data privacy breach may not be enough

  While the European Union is taking major steps to protect residents' data privacy, little has happened in the United States, even after Equifax and Facebook.  Continue Reading

• Fred Cohen on strategic security: 'Start with the assumptions'

  Cohen is a globally recognized expert in information protection and cybersecurity. Since coining the term 'computer virus,' he has remained a pioneer in information assurance.  Continue Reading

• Data protection compliance costs less than noncompliance

  Smaller companies -- with fewer than 5,000 employees -- in particular may be hit hard by GDPR requirements and other data compliance hurdles. A new report does the math.  Continue Reading

• Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act: Should we 'hack back'?

  With the proposal of the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, individuals would be able to 'hack back' when information is stolen. Matt Pascucci makes the case against the bill.  Continue Reading

• The tug of war between user behavior analysis and SIEM

  Information security technologies embrace user behavior analytics, and the trend is expected to continue. Should CISOs consider a standalone UBA component?  Continue Reading

• What's with cybersecurity education? We ask Blaine Burnham

  When he left the NSA, Burnham helped build the security education and research programs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and other universities. What did he learn?  Continue Reading

• From the White House to IBM Watson technology with Phyllis Schneck

  The managing director at Promontory Financial Group, now part of IBM, talks about supercomputers, cryptography applications and her start in computer science.  Continue Reading

• Are companies with a SOC team less likely to get breached?

  Information security operations centers are “growing up,” according to one study. But, with staffing shortages and manual collection of data, performance metrics are hard to get.  Continue Reading

• The chief information security officer role grows in stature

  No longer do CISOs hunt for a seat at the decision-maker's table. But with increased recognition of their vital role comes vast responsibilities and need for a big skill set.  Continue Reading

• Building a secure operating system with Roger R. Schell

  The 'father' of the Orange Book has first-hand knowledge of the standards required for classified computer systems and the issues with subversion.  Continue Reading