Info Risk Today Podcast

In this Information Security Media Group podcast Mark Lobel of PriceWaterhouseCoopers speaks to our audience and updates on recent trends in info security and the importance of effective benchmarking. Mark Lobel is a nationally known expert in information security who leads the PriceWaterhouseCoopers annual survey of Information Security trends. This podcast summarizes his latest findings regarding changing threats, convergence of security functions, and why despite a decrease in certain attacks many organizations are unable to know what is happening on their networks. He also discusses the importance of benchmarking and the components of effective metrics and benchmarking programs. The importance of actionable information and use of Security Information Management systems Changes in information security convergence and its return to an IT focus What factors predict fewer breaches and lower downtime Why many firms admit they really don't know what is occurring on their networks

Listen to this latest podcast on CUInfoSecurity.com. You'll hear Rhonda MaClean, former CISO of Bank of America's take on the following: · The TJX data breach - these kinds of problems are not going away · What's important about getting back to basics of information security · Customers' trust in the financial institutions and online banking · Handling the expectations between regulatory bodies and financial institutions · What hasn't reared its full and ugly head yet - botnets. Rhonda has more than 25 years of IT industry experience, and travels the globe consulting for Fortune-ranked business enterprises, governments, industry associations and risk management solution companies. Rhonda serves as an Adjunct Distinguished Senior Fellow with Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab, helping CyLab to continue to pursue an aggressive research and development agenda that integrates technology, policy and management by bringing together security pr