Author: Thomas Peltier, President, Thomas R. Peltier Associates, LLC

We will examine the elements that make up a successful information security awareness program, address the role organization personnel play in the information security program and how to use this information to your benefit. We will discuss how to establish awareness program scope; how to segment the audience; and how to ensure content is effective in getting the message to the user community. (more…)

Author: Wolf Halton, Senior Security Consultant, Halton Technical Services

Read Wolf Halton’s questions and answers on Open Source Security and what it means to your organization. (more…)

Author: Miki Calero, Chief Security Officer, City of Columbus, Ohio

I have said before and I will say it again: “we are all connected by this Internet thing: your zombie army may be my next DDOS attack.” To manage the risk this threat presents, I will contribute, collaborate, discuss on as many open standard wikis, blogs, boards, and communities as I possibly can. Fortunately, this appears to be a growing mindset. (more…)

Author: Ray Bernard, President & Principal Consultant, Ray Bernard Consulting Services

Last year I witnessesed a very smart CSO perform a convergence turnaround at another company (not his employer) using just seven sentences. It started at a SecureWorld Expo event, during a round table discussion being run by Steve Lasky, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Security Technology & Design magazine. (more…)

Author: Hans Erickson, CIO, Detroit Regional Chamber

InfraGard shared the excitement along with several hundred security professionals for the two-day SecureWorld conference held this year in Dearborn at the Ford Conference and Event Center. Opening keynoter Jason Witty, Vice President, Security Services, LaSalle Bank covered the State of the Internet. (more…)