Effective data security is closer than many organizations may think. In fact, effectively guarding data may just be a matter of implementing affordable technology and ensuring that it is configured properly. In an interview with GovInfoSecurity, Rebecca Herold, head of Rebecca Herold & Ass...

Can you outrun the bear?Because security is not Boolean, how do you know if you are secure? If regulation and compliance are not measures of whether you are secure or not, then how do you measure if your data is secure? Security is very gray, and very complicated. But, consider this simple story for...

There is a common myth that regulation and compliance, such as PCI and Basil II, benefits data security. In other words, thanks to these mandates data is more secure …where it otherwise would not be. In reality, it quite possibly could make some organizations much less secure. How could a regulation...

Projects always need to be completed and delivered under certain constraints. Traditionally, the three constraints have been referred to as the Project Management Triangle. One side of the triangle cannot be changed without affecting the others and each side represents a constraint as follows:● ...

As IT environments evolve and the plethora of data is unleashed, the methods of security responses shift in light of the changes. Here’s a quick review of how popular trends are reacting to a decade of transformation.Perimeter SecurityThe true realization with protecting data is that the perimeter i...