Security Staff Acquisition & Development

Why do organizations spend so much money on security if they're already breached, asks leadership columnist Michael Santarcangelo.

Acquiring the best security talent – and keeping them – is one of InfoSec’s greatest challenges. Here’s how we can start to overcome it.

The chief information security officer for the online learning platform 2U, Inc., says security leaders need to be a bridge between the cybersecurity rank-and-file, as well as the C-suite.

TechRepublic reports that only 17% of chief information security officers in Fortune 500 companies last year were women, with the low rates of female representation attributed to public scrutiny on CISOs following cybersecurity incidents.

Cybersecurity awareness is at its core about people. And Cybersecurity Awareness Month — October — is about educating and training people to be smarter about security. But how realistic is that, really?

Cybersecurity risk is the top concern for CEOs globally, with elevated risks and awareness spurring increased investment in network defenses and security features within systems. But there is one threat executives cannot program away: humans.