How do fraudsters rationalize their actions, and do they feel guilt, stress, or even excitement when they actually cross that line into breaking the law? Read their answers to these questions and more.
How can companies and IT security leaders keep a security breach from becoming a long-term problem and stop it from negatively affecting their customer base?
IT security leaders rely on penetration testing to determine whether applications are secure. But penetration tests can't be a primary source of assurance, says Jeff Williams, co-founder of OWASP.
While organizations need to make investments in data protection and storage, it's crucial that they first get a real handle on classifying their data before allocating resources in the wrong places.
An analysis of many recent studies suggests that over 80 percent of applications contain simple vulnerabilities. Here are five tips that developers can leverage to secure their code.
Enforcement and class actions are what the year 2011 will be remembered for in privacy. So, how can pros prepare for the inevitability of a litigious and increased-enforcement environment?
Moving into 2012, IT risk professionals will need to develop deep areas of subject-matter expertise. Here are some areas of increasing importance for your organization - and your career.
2011 has offered quite a number of tough lessons for security professionals. Here at (ISC)2, where security education is our focus, the close of another year raises the old teacher's question: "What have we learned, class?"
It seems to just be "understood" that if you're accepting favors you're doing so because the vendor expects to influence you and that you've compromised yourself if you start down that path. During the course of my career, I've seen only a couple of incidents of this type.
Although those in the field understand very well that the CFPB will have an enormous impact on privacy policy-making responsibilities, questions remain about what the agency will actually do.
As the use of mobile banking grows, banks and credit unions also should take steps to educate their customers and members about safe e-banking practices.
Although it's encouraging that security is now considered part of the software quality paradigm for customers' needs, the question remains: "Do we have the cyber skills needed for today's chaotic, application-driven world and its ever-increasing need for security?"
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