SmartBiz IT Research Library

CASE STUDY - PBS&J needed a robust tool to help visualize existing assets, reduce vulnerabilities, view configuration details, and measure policy compliance. Overall, the company required an IT risk management solution to help them grow in a secure manner.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - Today's enterprise security programs suffer from a pervasive and unmistakable flaw - the lack of knowledge about IT assets. A reliable asset discovery methodology must be the starting point for any successful enterprise security strategy.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - Are you blind when it comes to IT risks affecting your enterprise? If you are struggling for clarity when it comes to measuring enterprise IT risk, perhaps a 2,000-year-old fable holds the solution.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Security Management

CASE STUDY - AirTran Airways' new CISO needed to quickly gain an understanding of risk in the IT environment - without taxing internal resources. She also strived to improve IT security and efficiency in accordance with AirTran's motto to "be the best" in every way.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how your organization can develop a proactive IT compliance program focused on sustainability and effectiveness and begin looking to the future and mitigating risk in the course of business.
Posted: October 17, 2008 | Published: October 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | CIOs | CISOs | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | HIPAA | Information Security | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This document addresses how to tackle the new paradigms that pertain to security outsourcing.
Posted: October 6, 2008 | Published: October 4, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | Offshore Outsourcing | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Security Infrastructure | Security Systems | Vulnerability Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - There may not be a job in corporate America that requires a more diverse skill set than that of a chief information security officer. Read this to become a reall know-it-all.
Posted: July 24, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  CISOs | Security Architectures | Security Audits | Security Best Practices | Security Hardware | Security Industry | Security Infrastructure | Security Management | Security Managers | Security Software | Security Spending | Security Standards | Security Systems | Security Threats

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The legislation that created Arizona's Statewide Information Security and Privacy Office last August (ARS 41-3507) brought David VanderNaalt home to Phoenix as the state's chief information security officer.
Posted: April 12, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  CISOs | Cybersecurity | Government Information Security | State Governments

JOURNAL ARTICLE - How do you build an enterprise information security program from scratch? Most CISOs never have to find out, but that was the reality facing Bob Maley in 2005 when he became the first CISO of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Posted: November 12, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  CISOs | Government Information Security | State Governments

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Being a figurehead in operations isn't enough; CISOs need risk management know-how.
Posted: November 12, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  CISOs | Risk Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - In recognizing seven individuals working in different markets, you might think their experiences and abilities would be quite diverse.
Posted: October 4, 2007 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  CISOs | Information Security

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Succeeding in a pressure-filled world of auditors and cyberthreats requires skills in business, technology, people and more.
Posted: July 3, 2007 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Certification Programs | CISOs | Information Security | Security Industry | Security Spending | Security Threats

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Despite the same old budgets and resources, midsized companies have to contend with new and more complex security attacks. Here's how a few are rising to the challenge.
Posted: June 6, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Access Control | CISOs | Denial of Service Attacks | Information Security | Internal Threats | Physical Security | Regulatory Compliance | Security Event Management