This report discusses the new reality that audits and compliance are no longer a seasonal issue. It lays out some good steps for daily audits for the sake of compliance.

From the report, “Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected World, a joint effort between the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company, assesses the necessary action areas, and examines the impact of cyberattacks and response readiness. The report sets these against three alternative scenarios in which economic value from technological innovations is realized or lost depending on models of cyber resilience. It draws on knowledge and opinions derived from a series of interviews, workshops and dialogues with global executives and thought leaders to estimate the potential value to be created through 2020 by technological innovations. It examines the value that could be put at risk if the adoption of such innovations is delayed because more frequent, intense cyberattacks are not met with more robust cyber resilience. Finally, the report draws conclusions from the analysis and research, and offers a 14-point roadmap for collaboration.”

ProtectWise partnered with Osterman Research to interview more than 400 security analysts in the United States in order to uncover the state of network security today across organizations with 1,000 or more employees. The research looked at the biggest security challenges from the inside out, from staffing priorities to the need for specialized roles.

This research uncovers the perspectives of organizations on the impact of the new regulation, how prepared they are, and how they plan to be in compliance with the new law to avoid significant penalties.

Because Identity Management has different use cases depending on whether you’re using it for consumers, other busi- nesses or your own employees, this paper will outline how adopting an optimized identity management system can help realize revenue.

How do you ensure secure and compliant access to cloud services without losing the agility and cost benefits that these services provide? This report gives you an overview of the market for Cloud Access Security Brokers and a compass to help you to find the product that you need.

In this paper, they explore the underlying challenges with regard to Cyber Risk management and analyze the nature of increasingly stringent regulatory demands. Putting these pieces together, they frame five strategic moves which they believe will enable business needs, their fiduciary responsibilities with regard to Cyber Risk, and regulatory requirements.

This blog post discusses the point that organizations need to assess cybersecurity as a business enabler, rather than a hindrance.

In this report, they review the state of cyber attribution and they consider alternative mechanisms for producing standardized and transparent attribution that may overcome concerns about credibility. In particular, this exploratory work considers the value of an indepen- dent, global organization whose mission consists of investigating and publicly attributing major cyber attacks.

This paper seeks to aid the reader with choosing a mobile app integration solution.

This report discusses the security issues involved in mergers and acquisitions of other organizations.

This white paper provides the results of a survey that looked to understand the weaknesses in the current state of database security.

This paper takes a unique look at the competing issues of using machine learning techniques to fight fraud at financial institutions.

This report from July 2016 takes a look at a variety of threat events, and provides insight and solutions for those issues.

From the report, “Internet of Things (IoT) technology holds incredible promise for transforming the enterprise, but one of the biggest hurdles for companies implementing IoT will be extracting insight from the incredible volumes of fast-moving data these systems produce and integrating that resulting intelligence into business processes in real time.”

This RAND Perspective suggests that technological develop- ments and social dynamics are working in tandem to shift society into hyperdrive, which can usher in unprecedented security concerns. Despite the potential for increased speed as 2040 nears, the authors assert that this phase of acceleration is neither uniform nor determin- istic. Without knowing the future, we can still have the foresight to prepare for security in an age of increasing speed and find value in having collaborative discussions about the role of speed as a catalyst within future global risk and security.

This first report in a multipart series, which appraises various cybersecurity occupations using natural language processing (NLP), examines the role of the CISO from the vantage point of employer job ads and CISO resumes . Findings show that the role and prominence of the chief information security officer (CISO) continue to expand and transform . CISOs are no longer seen as technologists tasked to manage their organizations’ security risks . Much more than security tacticians, CISOs are seen as business strategists who reach across organizational boundaries to build business-level relationships and orchestrate business strategies that enable digital transformation and govern compliance-related issues. Key takeaways of the analysis are broken into two sections: 1) hard and soft skills, and 2) education and career demographics .