About
Dennis Fisher is a journalist with more than 13 years of experience covering information security.
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Dennis Fisher: Okay, welcome
to the Digital Underground podcast.
Dennis Fisher: Okay, welcome
back to the Digital Underground podcast. This is the second in the
series of
CSO podcasts that I’m doing and I’m really excited. I’ve got Larry
Whiteside on the phone. He’s the chief information security officer
at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
So we’re going to talk a lot about what specific issues he faces in his
day to day job, how they can apply to other CSOs in other industries,
and what
we can all learn. So Larry thanks a lot
for being on the podcast.
Dennis Fisher: Welcome to
the Digital Underground podcast. This is the first episode in what’s going to
be a series of podcasts with CSOs from states around the country. We’re going
to be discussing the unique challenges of running an InfoSec program in the
public sector and what lessons enterprise security staffs can learn from their
counterparts in government. So my guest today is Bob Maley, the chief
information security officer of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So Bob,
welcome to the podcast.
Dennis Fisher: Okay, welcome back to this CSO series podcast, also known
as Real World Security. My guest today is
Ed Bellis, the CISO of Orbitz Worldwide, one the top travel sites in the
world. Ed’s got a pretty broad range of
experience in the technology industry, having worked as a web architect at Ford
Motor Company, and a manager at Ernst & Young before getting into the
security world as a V.P.
New data compiled by Verizon in an addendum to its Data Breach Investigations Report shows that the vast majority of reported and investigated data breaches are the result of external incidents, not insider threats.
As 2009 draws to a close, one thing has become clear: The most dangerous piece of software on your PC isn’t a banking Trojan or a bot; it’s your Web browser.
In part two of this three-part series, Team Cymru members discuss more of the most successful and innovative malware attacks of 2009.
Team Cymru, an independent security research firm, discusses the most innovative malware attacks of 2009 in part one of a three-part video series.
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