JOAN GOODCHILD
Joan Goodchild writes frequently about security leadership, social engineering, social media security and cybercrime in her role as Senior Editor with CSO.
Her previous experience in business journalism includes roles as broadcast and web editor with the Boston Business Journal and as a news writer covering the Windows OS with TechTarget. Prior to that, she worked as a television reporter and anchor for more than a decade.
Joan has a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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Security departments not prepared for new technologies
Research from (ISC)2 finds while most organizations are embracing mobile technologies, social media and cloud computing, their security staff are not upgrading skills and policies to ensure adequate protection
Leading a security program within an organization has taken on a new shape, says career expert Lee J. Kushner. What skills do security professionals need to hone now in order to be competitive in the job market?
Botnets boomed in 2010, says report
New report from Damballa finds botnets are growing at new levels as DIY botnet kits become commercially available, easy to get
Social engineering: 3 examples of human hacking
Social engineering expert Chris Hadnagy shares juicy tales of successful cons he's seen as a security consultant, and six prevention tips
Malware exploding, especially on mobile devices
Two reports find malware growth in the double digits. Mobile devices are the latest favorite cyber crime target says McAfee
New Facebook vulnerability patched
Researchers found authentication flaw in Facebook that allowed malicious sites to steal users data, post bad links to profiles
Conficker Working Group says worm is stopped, but not gone
An alliance of public and private organizations claims success in preventing further spread of the Conficker worm, but warn the nasty virus is still on millions of computers
Facebook plumps security features with HTTPS, CAPTCHA solution
New enhancements will protect users from Firesheep attacks, fraudulent use of accounts
4 tips for Facebook from security and privacy experts
Suggestions from pros on how to clean up the Facebook application-development process
Digital black market offers cheap botnets for hire, stolen credit card info
Criminals now have intricate pricing system to sell other crooks bank information and botnets at bargain prices
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