Q & A
Best Practices Q&A: Guidance about what directors need to hear from CISOs — from a board member
CISOs can sometimes be their own worst enemy, especially when it comes to communicating with the board of directors. Related: The ‘cyber’ case for D&O insurance Vanessa Pegueros knows this all too ...
Best Practices Q&A: The importance of articulating how cybersecurity can be a business enabler
The technology and best practices for treating cybersecurity as a business enabler, instead of an onerous cost-center, have long been readily available. Related: Data privacy vs data security However, this remains a ...
Author Q&A: Here’s why the good guys must continually test the limitations of ‘EDR’
A new tier of overlapping, interoperable, highly automated security platforms must, over the next decade, replace the legacy, on-premise systems that enterprises spent multiple kings’ fortunes building up over the past 25 ...
SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep
Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. OneRep provides ...
BREAKING NEWS Q&A: What Cisco’s $28 billion buyout of Splunk foretells about cybersecurity
There’s a tiny bit more to Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk than just a lumbering hardware giant striving to secure a firmer foothold in the software business. Related: Why ‘observability’ is rising to ...
Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration
Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. Related: What China’s spy balloons portend A stark reminder of this relentless malaise: ...
MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally
One meeting I had at RSA Conference 2023, was a briefing about a new partnership, announced this morning, between a top-rung Silicon Valley tech giant and the leading provider of digital trust ...
SHARED INTEL Q&A: Bi-partisan report calls a for a self-sacrificing approach to cybersecurity
A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) lays out — in stark terms – the prominent cybersecurity risks of the moment. Related: Pres. Biden’s impact on cybersecurity. The BPC’s Top ...
AUTHOR Q&A: China’s spy balloons reflect a cyber warfare strategy America must counter
The attack surface of company networks is as expansive and porous as ever. Related: Preparing for ‘quantum’ hacks That being so, a new book, Fixing American Cybersecurity, could be a long overdue ...
Q&A: Here’s how the ‘Matter’ protocol will soon reduce vulnerabilities in smart home devices
After years of competitive jockeying, the leading tech giants have agreed to embrace a brand new open-source standard – called Matter – that will allow consumers to mix and match smart home ...
