What's the biggest thing holding you back from making cybersecurity a priority? For most CISOs and security executives, it's the fact that cybersecurity is perceived as a cost center rather than part of an overall cost mitigation strategy. Cost Center Mentality...
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Is a panicked board asking the right cybersecurity questions?
When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s not uncommon to hear concerns on a feast-or-famine basis. If you’ve avoided major incidents, you’ll hear, Why so worried – we haven’t had a breach so we have a handle on security, right? Why are we spending so much? But when a...
Suddenly CISO Series: Avoiding the post-merger hangover
Mergers and acquisitions create huge growth opportunities — but, as with any good thing, they come with transition challenges, especially in security. Pre-merger planning activities are often focused within strategic, operational, and legal teams, while other groups...
The case for cloud-hosted virtual desktops
Cloud-Hosted Virtual Desktops are part of a cutting-edge technology approach that presents companies with many advantages in terms of cost, speed, sustainability, and more — but particularly in the critical area of cybersecurity. But first, what is a Cloud-Hosted...
Cyber security concerns for networks with mobile devices
For businesses, maintaining mobile device cybersecurity involves a holistic, strategic approach that goes well beyond protection for the compact pieces of equipment we might think of first, like cell phones, tablets and personal digital assistants (PDAs). It also...
Cybersecurity roles for board members
Cyber-threats and data breaches can cause major disruptions to large and small companies. Today, businesses are being forced to adapt. What used to be the standard — relying on modern firewalls and insulating key corporate functions — has given way to a far more...