Secure360 has grown significantly every year, and in 2016 we were excited to announce and host our first expansion events. If you have currently attending Secure360 in the past, or you’re just hearing about our events for the first time, here’s a quick run-down of our conferences to help you plan which event you should […]
Business Continuity Management
The true value and ROI of continuity planning
One of the biggest challenges that someone charged with overseeing a Continuity Program has is to prove that the program is worth its cost: “What is your program’s ROI?” I call that the “dreaded question.” I would like to propose another way to frame this question. What if continuity planners talked about value on investment […]
Building your personal brand in the infosec industry
Since the infosec industry is a quickly growing and changing one, individuals wanting to be recognized by top industry leaders must learn how to set themselves apart from the competition, as well as earn the respect of their peers. Building a personal brand and reputation, both across your networking and online circles, is a step […]
Secure360 Twin Cities 2017 recap
All we can say is, “WOW!” Secure360 Twin Cities 2017 was a huge success, and we have staff, volunteers, speakers, sponsors and, of course, attendees to thank for that. Our staff and UMSA board members are listening to your feedback throughout the event—both negative and positive—and we’re taking note. We want to continue to make […]
How to protect your (growing) remote workforce
Nearly 80 percent of professionals work remotely at least one day a week and 1.55 billion others are expected to work outside the boundaries of the corporate office by 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan research. Employees value flexibility and freedom, often resulting in a happier and motivated workforce. But do IT and security departments see the bright […]
The need for an open security fabric
The following is a guest post by a 2017 Secure360 Twin Cities Diamond Sponsor Fortinet. Fortinet is proud to be a Diamond Sponsor at this year’s Secure360 Twin Cities event being held May 15-17 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. We will be showcasing our family of security technologies designed to support the new Fortinet Security Fabric. […]
Developing an impact-focused cyber breach exercise
A stark reality of today’s world is that businesses must constantly defend against relentless attempts to steal their computer data or damage their systems. Few, however, have serious plans for how they will respond to the impact of an actual breach – and even fewer stress-test those plans. Such exercises force real-time situation analysis and […]
Healthcare breaches by the number [infographic]
When it comes to data breaches, there are just some industries that are more prone to attacks then others. Lately, the healthcare industry has been hit hard—take a look at the numbers: There was an average of one health data breach per day in 2016, according to the Protenus Breach Barometer Insiders caused 43 percent of […]
3 common risk management mistakes
Risk management is an easy enough concept for most—the process of identifying, assessing and controlling threats to an organization’s capital and earnings. But perhaps it is because it seems so simple, that many companies fail to successfully manage their risk. Here are 3 common risk management failures and the warning signs: 1) Unnecessary risk taking […]
Website security risks: Stats and solutions [infographic]
According to a new study of the top 1 million domains, 46% are running vulnerable software, are known phishing sites, or have had a security breach in the past twelve months. Here is a quick breakdown: Which sites are the most vulnerable? News and media sites were most likely to be risky, at 50%, followed […]
