Lohrmann on Cybersecurity

Lohrmann on Cybersecurity

There are only a small number of current public-sector chief information security officers who have served as the top cybersecurity leader in multiple states. Add if you consider those with both state and local government experience, as well as time in a federal government role, and top that all off ... Read More

Back in 2018, after interviewing technology and security leaders in Georgia, it was clear that the Georgia Cyber Center (GCC) was special — for many reasons. My interview with Calvin Rhodes, CIO of Georgia and executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA), described the vision, planning, teamwork and execution ... Read More

The 2020 election season was full of claims of online interference, and in response the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a draft Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile on Monday, March 29, to help local election officials prepare for and respond to cyber threats. “The guide can help ... Read More

“If I buy your product, I don’t want to pay more to learn how to use your product,” said Mark Eggleston, who is CISO, chief privacy officer and vice president at Health Partners Plans. This was an excerpt that came from a CISO podcast series with several respected security and ... Read More

Early on Thursday morning, March 18, 2021, I was posting content on LinkedIn when I glanced over at the top story in LinkedIn news that people were talking about in the U.S. I was intrigued when I saw the hottest comments coming in were on vaccine passports. But what shocked ... Read More

Is it time to ring cyber alarm bells — even louder? Many CSO, CTOs, military leaders, and even some global company CEOs, are now saying yes. Quick Recap 2020 was the year that the COVID-19 crisis also brought a cyber pandemic. Late last year, the security industry’s top experts from ... Read More

How can organizations protect critical information resources? What processes and procedures work best? What are the challenges to reducing risk? To answer these questions and much more, I turned to a cybersecurity industry thought leader from Texas: Mike Davis. Mr. Davis is the CISO in alliantgroup’s Houston national office, where ... Read More

Is it time to look elsewhere? Everyone knows that cybersecurity is a red-hot career field, and chief security officers (or chief information security officers in many organizations) are the ones leading the online security defense. So how can we explain the current situation where about 24 percent of Fortune 500 ... Read More

As the use of mobile devices has become ubiquitous around the world, the cybersecurity imperative for a wide range of devices and mobile apps has become a central issue for most organizations. So how do leading global companies address mobile security for clients and staff? Where have we been over ... Read More

Back in 2013, David Geer laid out the dangers of QR codes for security, explaining how a malicious QR — Quick Response — code can contain a link to a website embedded with malware. The Web link then infects the user device with a Trojan. “Once a Trojan infiltrates a ... Read More