The following is a guest post by a 2017 Secure360 Twin Cities Platinum Sponsor BMC Software. Let’s face it—the world of information technology has changed dramatically in the last several years. A de-centralized era of IT has emerged and opened up a myriad of business opportunities while organizations find new ways to evolve their transformations to […]
Guest Posts
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. […]
Why you must prioritize vulnerabilities
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Wisconsin Gold Sponsor Qualys. If you are an information security professional, you’ve probably experienced vulnerability disclosure overload. This ailment strikes when infosec pros grapple with the constant release of vulnerability announcements, amounting to thousands per year. The truth is that no IT department has enough staff and resources […]
What security professionals can learn from interdisciplinary teamwork
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Wisconsin Gold Sponsor Optiv. These days, security professionals are asked to be knowledgeable about a wide range of topics. Not only is the technical aspect of the job ever-changing, but healthy knowledge of legal, financial and other issues is becoming less of a bonus and more of a […]
10 Things to watch: Detecting a phishing email
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Wisconsin platinum Sponsor LogRhythm. In the last few weeks, our LogRhythm Labs team has been talking about how to defend against ransomware and phishing attacks. These topics seem to be at the forefront of the concerns of security professionals. Ransomware infections are often instigated through phishing […]
5 steps to defend against ransomware
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Iowa platinum Sponsor LogRhythm. Over the past three years, ransomware has jumped into the spotlight of the cyberthreat landscape. Until recently, most ransomware attacks were simply opportunistic and mostly affected individual users’ or small businesses’ computers. The ransom demands have commonly been the equivalent of just […]
6 common problems cloud-based security assessments can solve
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Iowa Gold Sponsor Qualys. Are your vendors and other business partners putting your organization at risk? How compliant with information security standards, government regulations and internal policies are the third parties your organization does business with? In this age of supply chain interconnectedness, a large organization may […]
No one plans to fail, but many fail to plan
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Iowa Gold Sponsor Optiv. In the information security community, we talk often about incident response plans and the need to conduct regular tabletop exercises. Where we fail is to prepare at the enterprise level. What happens when your corporate policy prohibits retainer services for technology work, but […]
Sandcastles
The following is a guest post by a 2016 Secure360 Twin Cities Sponsor enSilo. Castles are cool. The towers, the minarets, the thick stone walls and moats full of alligators. Back in their day they were what every smart ruler needed to protect their people and their land. But times change. Warfare changed too, and […]
Want the boss to behave? Have a plan: What the boss should really do in a crisis
Jim is one of the key speakers at the Secure360 Twin Cities Conference on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 4:15 p.m. One of the more powerful weaknesses in crisis response is the lack of specific roles and assignments for top management. The result of this crucial gap in crisis management planning is the mismanagement, lack […]
