It seems everything online moves at warp speed. Just as easy as it is to spread a viral campaign to hundreds of thousands of web users in a matter of minutes, it is just as easy for companies or individuals to lose control–lose control of their identities, trademarks or brands simply because they don’t know [...]
The Cloud is full of feature-rich applications which enable us to do more than we could ever dream of doing before. It is a universally understood fact that the Cloud enables companies to operate more efficiently and reduce their CapEx investment. The fact that SaaS, IaaS and PaaS make it easier for operations to be [...]
Just like other processes in an organization, Information Security has its own set of challenges before it is embedded into the fabric of a business. Keeping in mind the critical role that InfoSec plays in keeping businesses competitive, few companies are able to really get a handle on how its planning can be executed and [...]
That’s what most companies revert back with when you ask if they conduct regular IT audits. According to Aun Ali Motani, a CISA CISSP and Manager Technology & Security Risk Services at Ernst & Young, IT audits are important because of our dependency on automation and technology. “IT systems are automated, processes are computerized and [...]
Everyone needs online privacy. The level of privacy, however, is purely personal choice. Many people are not concerned about privacy as such based on argument that they have nothing to hide, however, most of these people are generally not aware of the consequences that can haunt them at any point in their lives. Once you [...]
There is so much discussion when it comes to gender equality and empowerment, you tend to stop reading the theory and start being practical. A team can be managed and it will barely survive. Lead a team with strong vision and clear purpose, and everyone will be a winner.
I am fortunate to have Samina Rizwan, [...]
We would have assumed that getting information from a IT Security Manager would have been like pulling teeth but the information gathering once we figured out what to ask. If you look at the 100 CIO survey we did in the December 2008 issue, you will be more familiar with the size and budgets that [...]
By CSO Pakistan
Business continuity, Disaster Recovery, Redundancy and Uptime – these are no longer terms restricted to a server room in an IT company. They’ve come out from the technical infrastructure and begun making an impact on real life, practical processes.
The question of whether or not you can manage disaster is perhaps an incomplete one [...]
There are risks in every business and with the level of competition and data making the world go round, security has become high priority for organizations everywhere. You need to have someone who knows what the organizational objectives are, and create policies and processes so that the work remains secure and uninterrupted. Because there are [...]
Through the CIO Pakistan group on LinkedIn, we asked our members to answer the following question: How has your security priority changed in the past one year? Keeping in mind that all kinds of security goes through an evolutionary process, the demand for security features to better manage corporate data across an enterprise, is also [...]
Security is often described as a ‘reactive’ profession.
Fair enough; incident response is always going to be a critical part of the job. But it’s likewise critical to build a department, an industry, a profession that has its eye on the horizon.
So here’s help. CSO interviewed more than 20 experts across a wide variety of subjects-some [...]
Technology, at the end of the day, is only as secure as the person using it. You can have all the content filters and packet sniffing software in place across your network, but if there is someone viewing something he shouldn’t be, there is little you can do. Another example. Install all the anti-virus software [...]
Giving False Hope of Security
“Hold on let me transfer funds online” may have sounded like a distant concept a few years ago, but today it’s happening everywhere. We have moved from the conventional papertrail life to a digital life and with so many advancements so quickly. And everything happens at lightening speeds – just like [...]
The 2009 Security Mega Trends Survey was conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Lumension to better understand if certain publicized IT risks to personal and confidential data are, or should be, more or less of a concern for companies. We asked 577 IT security practitioners to consider how 10 Security Mega Trends affect companies [...]
There’s a Hole in Your Software,
Delilah!
Kraysis, one of Pakistan’s few SQA Companies talks about the why, what and how your software or network could be vulnerable and When it is critical to debug it during the development lifecycle.
There are multiple models you can follow for the development of your software or product. However regardless of [...]
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