Category Archives: Cyber Security

How a Recent Study Got It Wrong: Lower Budgets not Reducing IT Security

Posted on October 4, 2012 by CSC ExecutiveViews

The Wall Street Journal recently covered a PWC study that concluded that since security budgets have stopped going up, our corporate security must be going down. While that is certainly one possible outcome, I believe that if you securely harness … Continue reading →

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More than a Crime

Posted on July 16, 2012 by CSC ExecutiveViews

At a recent session presented by the American Enterprise Institute, NSA Director and Commander of the US Cyber Command General Keith Alexander called cybercrime “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.” Is this true? Numbers relating to cybercrime — and … Continue reading →

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The Real Reasons Why Cyber Is Now Front-Page News

Posted on March 27, 2012 by CSC ExecutiveViews

A front-page article on cybersecurity by Ellen Nakashima, published in the March 18, 2012, edition of The Washington Post, is important in several ways.  First, the article discusses the use of cyber as a weapon system, i.e., as a component … Continue reading →

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All I want for IT in 2012 (Predictions for IT in 2012 by CSC)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by CSC ExecutiveViews

On cloud! On data! On cyber! On mobile! On tablets! On social networks…okay, you get the point. It’s December, and for those of us in IT, ’tis the season for predicting what trends will be dashing through enterprises in 2012. … Continue reading →

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People vs. Diaz Fails to Consider Enterprise Data on Mobile Devices

Posted on October 31, 2011 by CSC ExecutiveViews

On October 10, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a proposed law, SB 914, which would have required the police to obtain a warrant to search the cell phones, laptops or tablet computers of individuals who are arrested or detained by … Continue reading →

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For Better or Worse, Global Banking Will Encounter Global Cyber Threats

Posted on September 6, 2011 by CSC ExecutiveViews

The Washington Post report on the suspected North Korean cyberattack is troubling in a number of ways. If true, the attack signals that commercial institutions are – as many have suspected – the targets of weapons-grade, state-sponsored cyberattacks and exploits. Such … Continue reading →

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Operating in Cyberspace – DoD’s Policy Architecture Begins to Emerge

Posted on July 21, 2011 by CSC ExecutiveViews

Moves to put in place another aspect of the national cybersecurity strategy environment occurred recently with the release of the Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace. The strategy, delivered by Deputy Secretary of Defense, William J. Lynn III, marks … Continue reading →

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Cyber: The Strategic Priority to Industry and Government Executives

Posted on June 22, 2011 by CSC ExecutiveViews

Last week I had the pleasure of hosting some of our most distinguished clients alongside government officials and other private sector executives in a candid discussion about the boundless nature and potentially life-altering threats that exist within the IT infrastructures, … Continue reading →

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Privacy and Security – Does Anyone REALLY Care?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by CSC ExecutiveViews

There has recently been a spate of data breaches and reported cyber-attacks. Epsilon, and SONY PlayStation have lost data on millions; Amazon’s Cloud services were taken down; the RSA SecureID token was compromised, and the South Korean financial institution Nonghyup … Continue reading →

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