Articles

Unified Personal ID Validation

While the U.S. First Army was blasting tank routes through the Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, Private Joseph Matuska felt enemy shrapnel hit across his entire body.
Rejected WSJ OpEd: Why the U.S. Needs a Cybersecurity Coordinator

As a now thirty-three-year veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having served in a variety of senior roles supporting industry, academia, and government, I was surprised to learn that Mr. Rob Joyce was stepping down from his important role as the U.S. Cybersecurity Coordinator.
Locking Down Privileged Accounts: Talking with Udi Modaky of CyberArk

Any clever thief is happy to report that banks are good places to rob because that's where the money is.
An Alliance Working to Help CISOs Communicate with Boards

I want to tell you about a new industry group called the Alliance for Cyber Risk Governance that was formed recently by TechDemocracy and several other cyber security companies.
Delivering IT Infrastructure (and Security) as a Utility

The job of cyber security analyst is especially rewarding, because it involves learning from inspiring entrepreneurs, technologists, and CISOs from around the world.
Tools for the Cyber Hunter

Just weeks after my first textbook on computer security was published in 1994, a far superior book emerged from two of my colleagues.
Brief (But Please Do Not Train) Your Board in Cyber

Below is a synopsis of points I covered this week during a webinar held for the Cybersecurity Collaborative, run by my friend Stuart Cohen.
Advanced Cloud Security for Enterprise

This past year, I had the great opportunity to work with so many wonderful entrepreneurs who were transformed into large industrialists before my very eyes.
Platform Support for Micro-Business Cyber Insurance

Two years ago, I had the great fortune to be seated at a dinner next to an expert in cyber security insurance.
Authenticating the World's Email

Readers of this column have come to recognize my incessant on-and-on about the need for improvements in global email security infrastructure.
Hardware-Secured Remote Browsing

Anyone who has endured one of my graduate courses knows the huge fuss I make about learning to read technical papers - and this includes patents.
Self-Assessing Cyber Tendencies

Back in 1923, Katherine Cook Briggs wanted to understand the tendencies of her daughter's unusual fiancé, so she turned to the works of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung.
Hyper-Converged Platform Security

With so much emphasis these days on flashy cloud applications, many of us tend to forget that the platforms on which XaaS offerings execute must continue to rely - obviously - on the usual combination of hardware and software.
Enterprise Threat Exchanges

The behavior of crowds is a puzzle that has kept economists busy for centuries.
Factoring Anomalies into Cyber Risk

The broad field of behavioral analytics is much more complex than many observers in our industry realize.

There has never been a more exciting time to be a technology executive.

Today’s technology executive plays a pivotal role in helping his or her organization respond to these forces of change. In essence, they serve as conductors to orchestrate the three pillars of organizational success – people, processes, and technology – and to draw upon their unique view of the enterprise to bring these elements into harmony.

Articles

There has never been a more exciting time to be a technology executive.

Join Us

The Strongest Executive Leadership Network