This year's event was bigger than ever, overwhelming to take in, and no single challenge, strategy or solution emerged as a top priority - very much a reflection of today's information security marketplace.
Despite active attacks against the vast infrastructure that was created to support the 2012 Olympics, the games proceeded without a hitch. But making that happens required unprecedented levels of cross-vendor collaboration, says BT's Jason Cook.
A class-action suit filed by U.S. banks and credit unions that's pending against Target could prove fruitful for the banks and credit unions, says attorney Chris Pierson, chief security officer at invoicing and payments provider Viewpost.
The buzz at RSA could be felt beyond the session rooms, not least in the Expo Hall, with demonstrations that tapped Google Cardboard and offered an array of enticing tchotchkes - including selfie sticks and sharks with laser pointers on their head.
Organizations are at greater security risk than ever, but they also continue to struggle to obtain adequate security staff. Robert Stroud of ISACA offers new recommendations to address the staffing shortage.
As a longtime security leader, Eddie Schwartz has felt acutely the pain of the security skills crisis. Now, as chair of ISACA's Cybersecurity Task Force, he's helping organizations do something about it.
There may be no single theme at RSA Conference 2015, but cyberinsurance is a recurring hot topic. ISMG's executive editors share their insights and highlights from the San Francisco security event.
A group of financial institutions affected by the 2013 Target data breach is asking a court to stop the settlement between the retailer and MasterCard that would provide $19 million to card issuers, saying the amount is grossly inadequate.
A breach at St. Vincent Medical Group in Indiana is the latest example of a healthcare organization falling victim to an apparent upswing in phishing attacks targeting employees. And it was the third data breach for the provider organization.
The House on April 23 passed a second cyberthreat information sharing bill, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act. Now it will be combined with the previously approved Protecting Cyber Networks Act before it's sent to the Senate.
In conducting due diligence, investors spend more time than ever assessing the cyber-risk posed by the company targeted for acquisition, says Jacob Olcott, VP for business development at Bitsight Technologies.
Amidst a flurry of security breaches and new legislation, privacy suddenly has gained a higher profile globally. Michelle Dennedy of Intel Security and Trevor Hughes of the IAPP discuss the new prominence of privacy.
No longer just a second fiddle to security, privacy has emerged as a global hot topic - and a growing career option. Michelle Dennedy of Intel Security talks about what it takes to make a career in privacy.
Security is often seen as 'the department of no,' and that image must change. Amit Chatterjee of CA Technologies prescribes a new approach to enterprise security and how security leaders can step up to it.
Neustar has just released its State of DDoS report. What are the highlights? Margee Abrams of Neustar offers insights into the key findings and how organizations are successfully defending against attacks.
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