Seven Tips For Cyber Security
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), Washington, D.C., has called on small businesses to fight security apathy. The non-profit organization, which...
FCC Strengthens Privacy Rules To Prevent Pretexting
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has strengthened its privacy rules by requiring telephone and wireless carriers to adopt additional safeguards to protect the personal telephone records of consumers from unauthorized disclosure. The safeguards help prevent unauthorized access to customer proprietary network information (CPNI), also known as pretexting.
According to the FCC, pretexting is defined as the practice of obtaining someone's personal information under false pretenses. Pretexters can sell that information to people who may use it to obtain credit cards, steal assets, to investigate someone or even sue them....
Network Security Is Top of Mind For Executives
Network security is regarded by executives as the single most important attribute of their network, according to the results of a global survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for AT&T.
The research reveals that 52 percent of executives now believe that having a converged network gives their companies better defense against IT security breaches.
Furthermore, nearly 70 percent feel that IP helps ensure business continuity following an emergency....
Atlanta CNN Center Security Reviewed
Security at the Atlanta CNN Center tourist attraction is being reviewed after a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend there April 3 was apparently able to bring a gun inside undetected, the Associated Press reports.
The complex houses the network news channel's headquarters.
Metal detectors were installed at entrances to CNN Center after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, but they were later removed after the threat level diminished.
"Whenever an incident does happen, we develop lessons learned and we will be doing that over the next few weeks, both short-term and long-term," says Alec Fraser, whose duties as president of Turner Properties include overseeing CNN Center security....
Encompassing A World Of Security Awareness
Richard Lefler
Did someone once say that all security is local? Given our expanding global economy, in any case, local can be anywhere. Today's corporate presence encompasses...
Do You Trust The Mailroom Clerk?
Miki Calero
Job titles can be misleading as indicators of the level of access to sensitive information. Consider a mailroom clerk, a facility maintenance engineer...
To Converge Or Not?
Corporate Security's View: This is the guy who can bring the company to its knees. He has access and he is in a position to know where the internal controls...
The Bad Guys' No.1 Threat
Denis Dunann
Sharing security intelligence has proven its value time and again. For example, an information-sharing network saved the newly formed credit card industry...
Why and how corporate America is playing the Smart Card
By Michael Fickes
The era of the smart card is well under way. Large multi-national corporations are leading the charge toward realization of the full potential of the...
Protecting Trade Secrets Is A Growing Trend
Corporate America is going to increasingly greater lengths to protect its secrets, according to an Associated Press report.
For example, Wal-Mart's recently disclosed that an employee tapped both phone conversations and text messages in an effort to eavesdrop....
Turning Point
I had been working in the corporate security field for six years, but this was my first position in a Fortune 50 company. I was working for a company...
Tomorrow's SECURITY LEADER Today
By BOB HAYES and MICHAEL FICKES
David Burrill believes that companies need security leaders in the C-suite working with the chief operating officer (COO), chief financial officer (CFO),...
Open Doors in Your Company
Every security leader should have an excellent working relationship with the most influential leaders in his or her company. Corporation risks are no...
Don't Go Away Mad
ASHLEY ROE
Firing an employee sparks dread in many managerial minds. Beyond the fact that letting an employee go is no fun, employers must also anticipate any security...
InfoSecurity tops list of executive worries
The compromise of corporate information systems is the number-one worry of business executives, according to a survey of 197 senior executives at corporations with $1 billion or more in annual revenue.
The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, revealed that 61 percent of the executives cited data breaches as their biggest worry. Terrorism (55 percent) and corporate malfeasance (40 percent) round out the top-three potential crisis situations....
Behind Closed Doors
The potential for office eavesdropping is greater than you think. Is your office safe from deliberate and accidental eavesdropping? Even with today's...
Benchmarking Ethics Hotlines
PAUL ROTHMAN
Corporate compliance reporting study gives companies a chance to measure up. It is an issue that senior management is taking very seriously and it can...
When a Mad Bomber Calls
In case of a bomb threat, would you know how to respond? Would your employees? If a bomb threat is received over the telephone, panic may prevent the...
Report to help companies measure up in corporate compliance
It is an issue that senior management is taking very seriously -- and it can have both direct and indirect impacts on security. The rise of Sarbanes-Oxley and other federal laws has ...
Step Up Your Profile
By Michael Fickes
C-level business leaders are demanding that security departments pull their weight and contribute business value to their companies. But most security directors are failing to get with the program, as they continue to tinker with core security activities such as access control, guard staffs or services. ...
Corporations face mobile device compliance and security risks
The dramatic growth in the use of mobile devices in the workplace exposes many corporations to the risk of regulatory compliance violations and security threats, a study from the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum reveals, and corporate executives are largely to blame....
What do executives think of security? Survey has mixed results
Companies most attuned to security issues are those with the most exposure to a range of security risks, according to a survey by The Conference Board, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security....
A Matter of Trust
By MICHAEL FICKES
The $11 billion Somers, N.Y.-based Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages. Yet the company's security staff consists of about a half dozen people. Terry McKinney, senior director of security, maintains ...
Your Security Director's Mantra: Be Prepared
Is your organization in an area prone to Hurricanes? Earthquakes? Floods? Ever thought your company and its employees could be stranded at the office?...
Know Your CEO
MICHAEL FICKES
When talking to a company CEO, it is not what you say; it is what they hear that is important. Suppose, for instance, you are pitching the purchase of...
