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Double Winner: Cisco Wins Information Security Awards at CSO40
The city in the forest—Atlanta, Georgia—extended a double dose of Southern charm to Cisco in April by awarding two prestigious information security industry awards at the 2nd Annual CSO40 Awards. The awards program recognizes projects and initiatives demonstrating innovative use of security in delivering outstanding business value. Top honors went to the teams representing Cisco’s […]
Security Blog Story – Part 4: Lessons Learned
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a four-part series featuring an in-depth overview of InfoSec’s (Information Security) Unified Security Metrics Program (USM). In this blog entry, we discuss some of the lessons learned during the program’s first year. Winter weather in the North Atlantic Ocean can be precarious at best. Anyone recall the […]
Making Your Metrics Program Effective Beyond Just Charts and Numbers
Information security is all about risk reduction, and risks are notoriously difficult to measure - ask any insurance salesman or actuary. So how do we handle this conundrum for a security metrics program that hasn't even reached its second anniversary yet?