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Prepare for The Cyber Threat : What Executives Need to Know to Manage Risk

CTOvision

Available data suggest that 84% of corporations have malware on their networks. This post provides the views of the leadership team of Cognitio Corp , a consultancy with experience defending both government and commercial enterprises. However, this only closes a door that has already been opened and exploited.

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InfoSec Policies and Standards: Some strategic context for those just diving into this world

CTOvision

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ). Legal experts need to be consulted if you want to know what level of encryption is allowed in an area. CTO Cyber Security Access control Consultants Information security InfoSec Management Policy Security Security policy' The Sarbanes-Oxley Act ( SOX ).

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Infrastructure vs. Application Security Spending

Jeremiah Grossman

It has been said before and it’s worth repeating, adding more firewalls, SSL, and the same ol’ anti-malware products is not going to help solve this problem! Furthermore, these dollars are typically spent counter to how businesses invest their resources in technology. It’s a Web security world. portion of IT infrastructure.