Latest news
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CISOs need to engage with the board
21.05.2013
Cyberspace has placed information risk firmly on the boardroom agenda, and CISOs need to engage with their boards to ensure their organizations understand and manage information risk appropriately while delivering their strategic objectives.
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The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
20.05.2013
Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York.
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A look into the EC Council hack
17.05.2013
Update: Wednesday, 22 May 2013 - Tal Be'ery: “We had analyzed a screenshot of what we had thought at the time the current EC council site hack.
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IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
15.05.2013
The information security job market continues to expand.
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Tips for validating DDoS defenses
15.05.2013
Prolexic has issued a number of recommendations that organizations can use to validate their DDoS defenses, as well as protection services they receive from mitigation providers.
Spotlight

The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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