As cloud computing matures, a growing number of organizations are interested in moving to cloud environments to help lower IT costs, increase efficiencies, and realize greater flexibility. However, organizations that consider cloud computing have also voiced a number of concerns. In multiple studies...

As I’ve written previously , three key objectives of information security are to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of an organization’s information. With many organizations adopting cloud services, more and more of the security professionals I have been talking to lately...

Three key objectives of information security are to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of an organization’s information. Most of the conversations I have with security professionals seem to revolve around the confidentiality and integrity of data. The topic of availability...

The CSO carries a heavy load, as the person responsible for overall direction of security functions associated with IT applications, communications, and computing services and security within the enterprise. Part of what makes the role of the CSO so challenging is that trends introduce change, and the...