After Hurricane Katrina devastated much of Louisiana, the state was granted $9 billion for recovery and disbursement to individual homeowners. Keith Barger, a director in KPMG's Forensic practice in Houston, was put in charge of a forensics and fraud team to ensure verification of insurance claims, investigations and...
The Heartland data breach and July's denial of service (DDoS) attacks against government agencies are among the biggest information security incidents of the year. And they've pushed incident response into the spotlight.
Peter Allor is on the Steering Committee of the Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams...
Fred Johnson, a senior manager, global application security at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, graduated from the master's program in Information Assurance at Capella University last year. Soon after, he was promoted to his current job, responsible for worldwide application security within the company. "The academic degree...
Not only is Capella University one of the NSA's accredited Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE), the school also offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs in information assurance - and 100% online.
In discussing Capella's unique programs, Dr. Steven Brown touches upon:
How Capella's information...
Interview with Alan Berman of DRI International and AnneMarie Staley of NYSE
The H1N1 threat has put business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) in the headlines. But behind the scenes, the discipline has long been active in helping global organizations respond to myriad natural and man-made disasters.
In...
A public-private consortium seeks to identify 10,000 young Americans who have the skills and aptitude to fill the top ranks of IT security practitioners and researchers in future years.
Ron Kranz, CEO and Chairman of First State Bank & Trust, based in Fremont, Nebraska, is a former examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC). Over a five-year-period as an examiner, he learned a great deal about banking and financial principles, but grew tired of the frequent travel, lack of rewards...
Information assurance is what everyone is talking about these days, and at the term is strongly associated with "excellence" at the University of Dallas. Listen to Dr. Brett J.L. Landry, Director of the school's Center for Academic Excellence, Information Assurance, discuss:
What make's the school's program...
Interview with Prof. N. Paul Schembari, East Stroudsburg University
Information security - it's now a major national priority, and it's also the subject of a new Master's of Science program at East Stroudsburg University. This unique, online graduate program debuts on Aug. 31, and in an exclusive interview ESU...
A veteran cybersecurity pro, Shane Sims shares his insights on trends he's seeing as cybercrime continues to hit all companies, including financial institutions. Sims is currently a Director in the Forensic Services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he provides investigative, forensic technology, security...
Risk management is a common theme across and within businesses, and at North Carolina State University the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program is attracting notice from prospective employers and students alike. Mark Beasley, head of the school's ERM initiative, discusses:
What makes the program unique;
The...
Information assurance is what everyone is talking about these days, and the term is strongly associated with "excellence" at the University of Dallas. Listen to Dr. Brett J.L. Landry, Director of the school's Center for Academic Excellence, Information Assurance, discuss:
What make's the school's program unique;...
Want to work in information security within the Defense Department (DoD)? Then you either have the appropriate professional certification when you start the job, or you attain one within six months.
"Prospective candidates for DoD jobs cannot be denied a job if they don't hold the certification," says George Bieber...
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