Security People are Scaremongerers

Here is yet another article pleading you to do something: http://www.darkreading.com/risk/6-ways-the-sony-hack-changes-everything-/a/d-id/1319415 The article paints a dark picture. The Sony hack was unique in that the hackers actually deleted files, caused employees to not be able to work at the office for a little while, although nothing appreciable happened at the Sony stock price.   What … Read more

NGFW-Tech Half Battle In Orgs

I agree with the Governance people at ITgovernance: http://www.itgovernanceusa.com/blog/technological-cybersecurity-solutions-address-only-half-the-threats/ Technology only addresses some of the potential Cybersecurity hurdles that a company may have. The poster child of massive data breaches (Sony) was due to an internal breakdown, that plus previous documented failures show a lack of concern for  IT Governance. In my mind I have … Read more

#Cyber Crisis of Thinking

(Weekend Edition) I was going to start with “Crisis of Confidence” but our executives are not lacking confidence, I think it is a lack of understanding of theNEW reality of the conundrum we are in as far as Cyber Security goes. This article is also in the language of the executives: The LegalIntelligencer Why Cyberrisk … Read more

Detecting #Cyberbreach Is THE Challenge

Why are we so Slow to Detect Data Breaches?: http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/why-are-we-so-slow-to-detect-data-breaches/d/d-id/1139970? I like this quote: {“The longer it takes to respond, the more firmly rooted the attacker will become, and more difficult and costly it will be to find and remove all of their implants,” says James Phillippe, leader of threat and vulnerability services for the … Read more