Safe at Home
CISOs are always pushing computer security policies. We asked three of them to forget the policies and show us how they handle security on their own home systems.
Skype Risks: Can 9 Million Skype Users Be Wrong?
Skype is a great way to communicate. But security professionals should know that it also brings auditing and monitoring risks.
Doing the Right Thing
Recent government guidelines spell out serious consequences if your company spots a risk and does nothing. But does that mean you should go looking for trouble? Yes.
Inquiring Minds
To build an effective investigative team, CSOs need to assemble the right mix of specialized talents. Then they have to cultivate trusting relationships with other organizational leaders.
Lessons from Across the Pond
Brits handle security differently than do the Yanks. Understanding why and how can help give both sides new ideas.
Voice of Reason
Much ink has been spilled over the vulnerabilities created by running voice traffic over data networks. But smart CSOs are, in fact, going to use voice over IPand similar forthcoming technologiesto their benefit.
Taking Leadership to a New Level
Our Special Report on all-hazards security management (AKA convergence) sees opportunity and inevitability
The Six Things You Need to Know About Executive Protection
Executive protection requires risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis and old-fashioned legwork. Here are six executive protection fundamentals.
Good Neighbors Make Good Fences
Lessons for securing multi-tenant facilities. (Guess what: The landlord isn't going to help much.)
John Kingsley-Hefty on Video Surveillance
Security Counsel Architect John Kingsley-Hefty, formerly of the Corporate Security Services Department at 3M, answers readers' questions about video surveillance.
Risk Avoidance
A new framework from COSO aims to help companies evaluate risk across the enterprise
Scenes to Investigate
The following is a selection of groups that offer conferences, information-sharing and training for investigators.
Drug Trafficking
The makers of prescription drugs have found a new weapon to fight counterfeiters: radio frequency identification (RFID).
Forging Ahead
Handwriting Analysis: What's in a bump? A lot, if you're trying to determine the authenticity of a piece of handwriting.
Top Eight Best Practices for I.T. Disaster Recovery
Given the high number of blackouts, hurricanes and other disasters that have come our way during the past few years, many CIOs are wisely reexamining their disaster recovery strategies.
Baseball's Reality Check
In time for spring training, CSO spoke with Colin Hagen, vice president of licensing at Major League Baseball, about memorabilia authentication
Inside the Interview Room
Investigators learn to separate truth-tellers from fiction-spinners
May I See Your License?
British CSOs are coming to grips with a new piece of legislationthe Private Security Industry Act, which received Royal assent in 2001.
Watching for Clues Before an Attack
The Secret Service found three lessons from an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate
C-Level Exec with Tech Savvy, Physical Know-How
C-Level Exec with Tech Savvy, Physical Know-How
How the Stars Aligned
Merging the physical and IT security departments is a huge organizational change. Here are several factors that helped make convergence happen at Constellation Energy Group.
Special Concerns for Voice Over Wireless IP
An emerging use of wireless local area networks (LANs) is to carry voice traffic, letting companies extend phone service to mobile workers inside a building or campus without paying for cellular service.
Spending to Fund Convergence Rises
Study suggests converged security projects will get more money
Every Kind of Risk
As chief risk officer of Constellation Energy Group, John Collins has what you might call a diverse risk portfolio.
New Lessons in Security
Northeastern University's new Master of Science in Information Assurance debuts this fall with the aim of bridging law enforcement and technology and systems development. And Carnegie Mellon is working toward a similar goal with a new executive education program.
Executive education classes at Carnegie Mellon
Executive education classes at Carnegie Mellon
An Alternate View
It's better to seek convergence project BY PROJECT, says consultant Steve Hunt
6 Commonly Overlooked Details
Even if you have good lighting in common areas such as parking lots, dark surrounding areas might make employees feel uneasy.
Practice Defense in Depth
Archaeologists have used the term defense-in-depth for decades to describe the obstacles erected to thwart attacks.
When Technology Fails
The now-famous $170 million rat hole known as the FBI's Virtual Case File system managed to galvanize plenty of outrage among those attuned to public-sector ineptitude.
With Friends Like 24...
Who needs enemies? The current season of 24, Fox's weekly festival of dread, took an unseemly turn a couple of episodes back when the fictitious chief security officer of fictitious
How Lori Lee-Savage Got Her Identity Back
Prelude: How Lori Lee-Savage Lost Her Identity in the First Place
Enter the Security KnowledgeVault
The resources in this Security KnowledgeVault provide expert advice on everything from creating a multilayered security strategy and deploying a more proactive fight against cybercrime, to realizing when it's time to stop going it alone and seek outside, expert help.
Protecting Your Data on Mobile Devices
Protecting data on mobile devices creates a whole new batch of security headaches. Join experts in this Videocast lead by John Girard, VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, to hear how you can deploy a comprehensive enterprise encryption strategy.
