Building secure apps and systems requires upfront and close coordination among many groups.
In this slidecast, George Hulme discusses how enterprise architects can drive that coordination and effect the required change that depends on it.
The document analyzes the cybersecurity of 5 building management system (BMS) components from 4 vendors. It finds that a significant number of BMS devices are directly accessible from the internet, and the components share common design flaws like default credentials, lack of input sanitization, and insecure firmware updates. The research uncovered over 100 vulnerabilities in total, demonstrating how an attacker could achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on the systems and potentially impact over 10 million people. It recommends vendors improve security standards for BMS products.
This whitepaper discusses some common challenges and myths about data security when outsourcing engineering and looks at some industry best practices to address these concerns.
How Infosec Can Become a Business Enabler: Interview with: Dr Tim Redhead, Di...IT Network marcus evans
How Infosec Can Become a Business Enabler: Interview with: Dr Tim Redhead, Director, DotSec, a sponsor company at the upcoming marcus evans Australian CIO Summit 2013, on how organisations can ensure information security becomes a business enabler.
The document summarizes the top 10 security risks for 2011 as identified by Redspin Security Team. It discusses each risk in 1-2 paragraphs addressing the risk and providing recommendations. The key risks addressed include: mobile devices in the enterprise, social media information disclosure, virtualization sprawl, third-party mobile applications, vendor management, SQL injection, risk management, wireless networks, inadequate testing programs, and lack of a mobile device security policy. For each issue, it identifies the risks and provides clear and actionable recommendations for organizations to mitigate the risks.
Cloud Scars: Lessons from the Enterprise PioneersDave Roberts
Cloud computing is revolutionizing the IT market. But if you aren't careful, you're cloud project can end in disaster. This presentation gathers some lessons learned by the early adopters, so you can avoid their mistakes and double-down on their successes.
Secure by design building id based securityArun Gopinath
This document discusses building identity-based security into information systems. It argues that organizations need to shift from adding security tools to building security in from the start. Identity and access management technologies can integrate security throughout modern IT architectures by authenticating users, enforcing access policies, and managing user sessions and transactions. These technologies provide both security benefits and opportunities to optimize business performance through personalization. The document advocates a comprehensive approach using these and other security tools.
The document discusses a new paradigm called the Unified Access and Application Delivery Methodology (UAADM) that aims to address shortcomings of traditional network security architectures. The UAADM revolves around how networks connect users to applications, considering access context and security profiles. It proposes a Unified Access and Application Delivery Controller that examines access requests, matches context to resource requirements, and intelligently applies services like caching, compression, and security screening. The methodology is presented as addressing issues with traditional approaches like lack of extensibility, complexity, and separate network and security designs.
This document discusses the importance of including proactive technical support for hardware and software as an essential part of business resilience and continuity plans. It notes that while organizations often focus on elements like backup servers and data storage, they frequently overlook routine technical support, which is critical to maintaining system availability. The document cites several examples where hardware and software failures led to significant disruptions. It also references a survey that found 24% of major disruptions were due to IT hardware failures and 11% to software failures. The document argues that technical support needs to be holistically integrated into resilience strategies to help prevent disruptions from system outages.
The document analyzes the cybersecurity of 5 building management system (BMS) components from 4 vendors. It finds that a significant number of BMS devices are directly accessible from the internet, and the components share common design flaws like default credentials, lack of input sanitization, and insecure firmware updates. The research uncovered over 100 vulnerabilities in total, demonstrating how an attacker could achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on the systems and potentially impact over 10 million people. It recommends vendors improve security standards for BMS products.
This whitepaper discusses some common challenges and myths about data security when outsourcing engineering and looks at some industry best practices to address these concerns.
How Infosec Can Become a Business Enabler: Interview with: Dr Tim Redhead, Di...IT Network marcus evans
How Infosec Can Become a Business Enabler: Interview with: Dr Tim Redhead, Director, DotSec, a sponsor company at the upcoming marcus evans Australian CIO Summit 2013, on how organisations can ensure information security becomes a business enabler.
The document summarizes the top 10 security risks for 2011 as identified by Redspin Security Team. It discusses each risk in 1-2 paragraphs addressing the risk and providing recommendations. The key risks addressed include: mobile devices in the enterprise, social media information disclosure, virtualization sprawl, third-party mobile applications, vendor management, SQL injection, risk management, wireless networks, inadequate testing programs, and lack of a mobile device security policy. For each issue, it identifies the risks and provides clear and actionable recommendations for organizations to mitigate the risks.
Cloud Scars: Lessons from the Enterprise PioneersDave Roberts
Cloud computing is revolutionizing the IT market. But if you aren't careful, you're cloud project can end in disaster. This presentation gathers some lessons learned by the early adopters, so you can avoid their mistakes and double-down on their successes.
Secure by design building id based securityArun Gopinath
This document discusses building identity-based security into information systems. It argues that organizations need to shift from adding security tools to building security in from the start. Identity and access management technologies can integrate security throughout modern IT architectures by authenticating users, enforcing access policies, and managing user sessions and transactions. These technologies provide both security benefits and opportunities to optimize business performance through personalization. The document advocates a comprehensive approach using these and other security tools.
The document discusses a new paradigm called the Unified Access and Application Delivery Methodology (UAADM) that aims to address shortcomings of traditional network security architectures. The UAADM revolves around how networks connect users to applications, considering access context and security profiles. It proposes a Unified Access and Application Delivery Controller that examines access requests, matches context to resource requirements, and intelligently applies services like caching, compression, and security screening. The methodology is presented as addressing issues with traditional approaches like lack of extensibility, complexity, and separate network and security designs.
This document discusses the importance of including proactive technical support for hardware and software as an essential part of business resilience and continuity plans. It notes that while organizations often focus on elements like backup servers and data storage, they frequently overlook routine technical support, which is critical to maintaining system availability. The document cites several examples where hardware and software failures led to significant disruptions. It also references a survey that found 24% of major disruptions were due to IT hardware failures and 11% to software failures. The document argues that technical support needs to be holistically integrated into resilience strategies to help prevent disruptions from system outages.
These slides - based on the webinar featuring David Monahan, research director for security and risk management at leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and David Cramer, vice president of product management for Data Center Automation and Cloud at BMC - reveal key data on data breashes.
Few these slides to:
- Understand the risks of the misalignment between security and operations
- Learn what tools and technology are available to help bridge the gap between security and operations
- Build your game plan to help your organization bridge the gap
Unlike more tangible technologies where a failed implementation causes a down network, SIEM (security information and event management) requires a more qualitative approach to determining success or failure. The surprising reality is that most SIEM projects completely fail to deliver any discernable bene ts to the organization and are abandoned in frustration
www.rkon.com
These slides - based on the webinar featuring David Monahan, research director for security and risk management at leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and David Cramer, vice president of product management for Data Center Automation and Cloud at BMC - cover how to set a strategy to protect your organization.
Attend this webinar to:
• Understand the risks of the misalignment between security and operations
• Learn what tools and technology are available to help bridge the gap between security and operations
• Build your game plan to help your organization bridge the gap
This document summarizes a presentation on the convergence of IT and operational technology (OT) in cybersecurity. It discusses how cybersecurity has become integral to business activities as the world has become more interconnected. It describes how cybersecurity has evolved from preventative, network-focused security to a more dynamic approach using predictive analytics. The presentation emphasizes the need for cross-functional collaboration between IT, OT, and other departments given today's interconnected reality. It stresses that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical function and must be aligned with business needs and priorities.
The document provides an introduction to Microsoft 365 Defender, a suite of integrated security tools from Microsoft for protecting endpoints, Office 365 applications, identities, and cloud applications. It notes that while Microsoft makes these tools easy to deploy, properly configuring them to optimize operation and manage costs requires skill and effort. The document aims to provide basic, practical approaches to implementing Microsoft 365 Defender and suggestions for managing the tools to meet changing security requirements. Expert advice is solicited on transitioning to and optimizing the Microsoft 365 Defender suite.
Tenable: Economic, Operational and Strategic Benefits of Security Framework A...Mighty Guides, Inc.
According to Russ Kirby, CISO of Creditsafe, security frameworks have benefits but also limitations. Frameworks can be industry specific and slow to evolve, not keeping pace with changes in technology and regulations. However, running security programs without a framework is also impractical given today's complex IT environments and compliance needs. Adopting a framework that suits an organization's business model provides visibility that enables anticipating regulatory reporting needs. A framework facilitates understanding risk within a business and identifying the most critical security projects.
"Thinking diffrent" about your information security strategyJason Clark
The document discusses the need for a new security strategy that focuses on data protection rather than infrastructure. It recommends evaluating current security spending and redirecting funds to intelligence-led approaches. A next generation security model is proposed that uses context awareness and data-centric policies to identify and contain advanced threats, including insider risks.
As the price of storage and bandwidth continues to drop fast, Cloud-based services are becoming more and more attractive to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) which are seeking to reduce licensing costs, avoid recruiting IT staff and focus fully on their core responsibility - growing the business.
Trustwave: 7 Experts on Transforming Your Threat Detection & Response StrategyMighty Guides, Inc.
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged organizations' security operations in significant ways by shifting workforces largely to remote environments. This changed the typical infrastructure topology protections and required a new focus on individual endpoints. Experts recommend organizations identify gaps by evaluating how the changes have impacted connectivity, communications, and collaboration capabilities. They also advise reassessing threat models, attack surfaces, security tools, and operations to ensure no new blind spots were introduced by the shift to remote work. Being able to proactively identify gaps is critical for organizations to build resilience against evolving threats.
NovigoLabs introduces a collaborative platform to bring together brilliant minds through discovery and innovation to meet the needs of a growing population. The platform connects ideas to teams, teams to resources, resources to prototypes, and products to market. NovigoLabs aims to lower costs and decrease time-to-market through open collaboration.
The document discusses the importance of separating the roles of information security (InfoSec) and information technology (IT) within organizations. It argues that InfoSec and IT have different priorities, with InfoSec focused on evaluating and mitigating risks, and IT focused on enabling business operations through technology. The document also suggests that the InfoSec role should be separated into three distinct roles - the technical information security officer, business information security officer, and strategic information security officer - to properly address security issues at different levels of the organization. By separating but closely aligning the InfoSec and IT roles, organizations can better protect their information assets against modern cyber threats.
Your Challenge
Organizations are struggling to keep up with today’s evolving threat landscape.
From technology sophistication and business adoption to the proliferation of hacking techniques and the expansion of hacking motivations, organizations are facing major security risks.
Every organization needs some kind of information security program to protect their systems and assets.
Organizations today face pressure from regulatory or legal obligations, customer requirement, and now, senior management expectations.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Performing an accurate assessment of your current security operations and maturity levels can be extremely hard when you don’t know what to assess or how to assess it.
Alignment can be a difficult area for security to get right when it’s trying to balance both regular IT and the business.
Communication is needed between the business leaders, IT leaders, and the security team for an effective security strategy to be in place.
Impact and Result
Info-Tech has analyzed and integrated regulatory and industry best practice frameworks, combining COBIT 5, PCI DSS, ISO 27000, NIST SP800-53, and SANS to ensure an exhaustive approach to security.
Through this process, a comprehensive current state assessment, gap analysis, and initiative generation ensures that nothing is left off the table.
This project will elevate the perception of the security team from being a hindrance to the organization to an enabler.
Security is an important factor in IT project management. This presentation highlights security implications in delivering IT projects by focusing on project management processes, and Software Development Life Cycle. This also highlights how to implement security in Waterfall and Agile delivery methods. In addition, this presentation details delivering quality software by aligning project level strategies with organization’s security strategy and process.
Presented on June 2015 at ISSA, Durham, NC, USA.
Enterprise Wide IT Projects are Complex and strategic importance to organizations to sustain competitive advantage in the market place.
High percentage of strategic initiatives fail due to poor project performance.
This presentation highlights importance of leading Enterprise Wide Projects, instead just focusing on managing projects. The author discusses enterprise wide project relevance to PMI Knowledge Areas and essential leadership skills required to manage enterprise wide projects.
The author also presents two project planning models organizations can use to improve enterprise wide project success.
When Less is More: Why Small Companies Should Think Outside the(Red/Yellow) B...GFI Software
In their “Sector Insight” research study, Aberdeen Group investigated the considerations small business should take when selecting anti-malware solutions. Read this research paper to learn why Aberdeen recommends small businesses be open to endpoint security solutions from vendors other than McAfee and Symantec.
The document discusses creating an optimal employee experience through technology. It introduces seven experts who provide their perspectives on how to create an employee experience that enables business adaptability while attracting and retaining top talent.
Brian Solis argues that corporate culture is at the heart of transforming employee experience. He states culture must be aligned with business goals, employee empowerment, growth and the technologies that enable work. Executive leadership must articulate a vision for the desired work environment and allow stakeholders to implement that vision. Transformation requires cross-functional teams supported by executives working toward common goals aligned with corporate culture.
Five Essential Enterprise Architecture Practices to Create the Security-Aware...UBM_Design_Central
Building secure apps and systems requires upfront and close coordination among many groups.
In this slidecast, George Hulme discusses how enterprise architects can drive that coordination and effect the required change that depends on it.
Security of the future - Adapting Approaches to What We Needsimplyme12345
The document discusses how security approaches need to adapt to new digital disruptors. It argues that traditional security governance is not adequate for fast-paced business models and can inhibit innovation. A new security mindset is needed that focuses on breach acceptance, resiliency, and securing data rather than trust. It also recommends decentralizing security ownership across teams, incorporating security earlier in the software development lifecycle through DevSecOps strategies, and instilling a security culture to drive key business objectives.
This document provides an overview of application security challenges and trends. It discusses how attacks have moved to target applications directly rather than just infrastructure. It also notes that security is often an afterthought for developers focused on speed and that maturity varies. Key trends include shifting security left in the development process, addressing open source risks, and leveraging tools like machine learning. Stakeholders have different priorities around protecting the organization versus meeting deadlines. Primary use cases involve finding and fixing vulnerabilities throughout the development lifecycle. The Fortify platform aims to provide application security that scales with development needs.
This document provides an overview of application security and the Fortify portfolio. It discusses growing application security challenges such as attacks targeting the application layer. It also reviews key application security trends like shift left development and cloud transformation. The document outlines primary customer use cases and priorities around securing applications. Additionally, it summarizes the Fortify product offerings and how the portfolio addresses application security needs. Examples of Fortify customer success are also provided along with insights into the competitive application security market.
While nothing is ever "completely secure," and there is no magic product to make every organization immune from unwanted attackers,this Razorpoint document outlines 10 keys to consider seriously regarding effective network security.
These slides - based on the webinar featuring David Monahan, research director for security and risk management at leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and David Cramer, vice president of product management for Data Center Automation and Cloud at BMC - reveal key data on data breashes.
Few these slides to:
- Understand the risks of the misalignment between security and operations
- Learn what tools and technology are available to help bridge the gap between security and operations
- Build your game plan to help your organization bridge the gap
Unlike more tangible technologies where a failed implementation causes a down network, SIEM (security information and event management) requires a more qualitative approach to determining success or failure. The surprising reality is that most SIEM projects completely fail to deliver any discernable bene ts to the organization and are abandoned in frustration
www.rkon.com
These slides - based on the webinar featuring David Monahan, research director for security and risk management at leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and David Cramer, vice president of product management for Data Center Automation and Cloud at BMC - cover how to set a strategy to protect your organization.
Attend this webinar to:
• Understand the risks of the misalignment between security and operations
• Learn what tools and technology are available to help bridge the gap between security and operations
• Build your game plan to help your organization bridge the gap
This document summarizes a presentation on the convergence of IT and operational technology (OT) in cybersecurity. It discusses how cybersecurity has become integral to business activities as the world has become more interconnected. It describes how cybersecurity has evolved from preventative, network-focused security to a more dynamic approach using predictive analytics. The presentation emphasizes the need for cross-functional collaboration between IT, OT, and other departments given today's interconnected reality. It stresses that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical function and must be aligned with business needs and priorities.
The document provides an introduction to Microsoft 365 Defender, a suite of integrated security tools from Microsoft for protecting endpoints, Office 365 applications, identities, and cloud applications. It notes that while Microsoft makes these tools easy to deploy, properly configuring them to optimize operation and manage costs requires skill and effort. The document aims to provide basic, practical approaches to implementing Microsoft 365 Defender and suggestions for managing the tools to meet changing security requirements. Expert advice is solicited on transitioning to and optimizing the Microsoft 365 Defender suite.
Tenable: Economic, Operational and Strategic Benefits of Security Framework A...Mighty Guides, Inc.
According to Russ Kirby, CISO of Creditsafe, security frameworks have benefits but also limitations. Frameworks can be industry specific and slow to evolve, not keeping pace with changes in technology and regulations. However, running security programs without a framework is also impractical given today's complex IT environments and compliance needs. Adopting a framework that suits an organization's business model provides visibility that enables anticipating regulatory reporting needs. A framework facilitates understanding risk within a business and identifying the most critical security projects.
"Thinking diffrent" about your information security strategyJason Clark
The document discusses the need for a new security strategy that focuses on data protection rather than infrastructure. It recommends evaluating current security spending and redirecting funds to intelligence-led approaches. A next generation security model is proposed that uses context awareness and data-centric policies to identify and contain advanced threats, including insider risks.
As the price of storage and bandwidth continues to drop fast, Cloud-based services are becoming more and more attractive to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) which are seeking to reduce licensing costs, avoid recruiting IT staff and focus fully on their core responsibility - growing the business.
Trustwave: 7 Experts on Transforming Your Threat Detection & Response StrategyMighty Guides, Inc.
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged organizations' security operations in significant ways by shifting workforces largely to remote environments. This changed the typical infrastructure topology protections and required a new focus on individual endpoints. Experts recommend organizations identify gaps by evaluating how the changes have impacted connectivity, communications, and collaboration capabilities. They also advise reassessing threat models, attack surfaces, security tools, and operations to ensure no new blind spots were introduced by the shift to remote work. Being able to proactively identify gaps is critical for organizations to build resilience against evolving threats.
NovigoLabs introduces a collaborative platform to bring together brilliant minds through discovery and innovation to meet the needs of a growing population. The platform connects ideas to teams, teams to resources, resources to prototypes, and products to market. NovigoLabs aims to lower costs and decrease time-to-market through open collaboration.
The document discusses the importance of separating the roles of information security (InfoSec) and information technology (IT) within organizations. It argues that InfoSec and IT have different priorities, with InfoSec focused on evaluating and mitigating risks, and IT focused on enabling business operations through technology. The document also suggests that the InfoSec role should be separated into three distinct roles - the technical information security officer, business information security officer, and strategic information security officer - to properly address security issues at different levels of the organization. By separating but closely aligning the InfoSec and IT roles, organizations can better protect their information assets against modern cyber threats.
Your Challenge
Organizations are struggling to keep up with today’s evolving threat landscape.
From technology sophistication and business adoption to the proliferation of hacking techniques and the expansion of hacking motivations, organizations are facing major security risks.
Every organization needs some kind of information security program to protect their systems and assets.
Organizations today face pressure from regulatory or legal obligations, customer requirement, and now, senior management expectations.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Performing an accurate assessment of your current security operations and maturity levels can be extremely hard when you don’t know what to assess or how to assess it.
Alignment can be a difficult area for security to get right when it’s trying to balance both regular IT and the business.
Communication is needed between the business leaders, IT leaders, and the security team for an effective security strategy to be in place.
Impact and Result
Info-Tech has analyzed and integrated regulatory and industry best practice frameworks, combining COBIT 5, PCI DSS, ISO 27000, NIST SP800-53, and SANS to ensure an exhaustive approach to security.
Through this process, a comprehensive current state assessment, gap analysis, and initiative generation ensures that nothing is left off the table.
This project will elevate the perception of the security team from being a hindrance to the organization to an enabler.
Security is an important factor in IT project management. This presentation highlights security implications in delivering IT projects by focusing on project management processes, and Software Development Life Cycle. This also highlights how to implement security in Waterfall and Agile delivery methods. In addition, this presentation details delivering quality software by aligning project level strategies with organization’s security strategy and process.
Presented on June 2015 at ISSA, Durham, NC, USA.
Enterprise Wide IT Projects are Complex and strategic importance to organizations to sustain competitive advantage in the market place.
High percentage of strategic initiatives fail due to poor project performance.
This presentation highlights importance of leading Enterprise Wide Projects, instead just focusing on managing projects. The author discusses enterprise wide project relevance to PMI Knowledge Areas and essential leadership skills required to manage enterprise wide projects.
The author also presents two project planning models organizations can use to improve enterprise wide project success.
When Less is More: Why Small Companies Should Think Outside the(Red/Yellow) B...GFI Software
In their “Sector Insight” research study, Aberdeen Group investigated the considerations small business should take when selecting anti-malware solutions. Read this research paper to learn why Aberdeen recommends small businesses be open to endpoint security solutions from vendors other than McAfee and Symantec.
The document discusses creating an optimal employee experience through technology. It introduces seven experts who provide their perspectives on how to create an employee experience that enables business adaptability while attracting and retaining top talent.
Brian Solis argues that corporate culture is at the heart of transforming employee experience. He states culture must be aligned with business goals, employee empowerment, growth and the technologies that enable work. Executive leadership must articulate a vision for the desired work environment and allow stakeholders to implement that vision. Transformation requires cross-functional teams supported by executives working toward common goals aligned with corporate culture.
Five Essential Enterprise Architecture Practices to Create the Security-Aware...UBM_Design_Central
Building secure apps and systems requires upfront and close coordination among many groups.
In this slidecast, George Hulme discusses how enterprise architects can drive that coordination and effect the required change that depends on it.
Security of the future - Adapting Approaches to What We Needsimplyme12345
The document discusses how security approaches need to adapt to new digital disruptors. It argues that traditional security governance is not adequate for fast-paced business models and can inhibit innovation. A new security mindset is needed that focuses on breach acceptance, resiliency, and securing data rather than trust. It also recommends decentralizing security ownership across teams, incorporating security earlier in the software development lifecycle through DevSecOps strategies, and instilling a security culture to drive key business objectives.
This document provides an overview of application security challenges and trends. It discusses how attacks have moved to target applications directly rather than just infrastructure. It also notes that security is often an afterthought for developers focused on speed and that maturity varies. Key trends include shifting security left in the development process, addressing open source risks, and leveraging tools like machine learning. Stakeholders have different priorities around protecting the organization versus meeting deadlines. Primary use cases involve finding and fixing vulnerabilities throughout the development lifecycle. The Fortify platform aims to provide application security that scales with development needs.
This document provides an overview of application security and the Fortify portfolio. It discusses growing application security challenges such as attacks targeting the application layer. It also reviews key application security trends like shift left development and cloud transformation. The document outlines primary customer use cases and priorities around securing applications. Additionally, it summarizes the Fortify product offerings and how the portfolio addresses application security needs. Examples of Fortify customer success are also provided along with insights into the competitive application security market.
While nothing is ever "completely secure," and there is no magic product to make every organization immune from unwanted attackers,this Razorpoint document outlines 10 keys to consider seriously regarding effective network security.
Executive Perspective Building an OT Security Program from the Top Downaccenture
Designed for executives, this non-technical track addresses key components of a successful OT security program. The discussions are intended to spark conversation and this guide highlights key takeaways on what works, what doesn’t and what’s next. https://accntu.re/3N7KmiZ
Discussion 1Recommend three countermeasures that could enhance.docxelinoraudley582231
Discussion 1
Recommend three countermeasures that could enhance the information security measures of an enterprise. Justify your recommendations.
1. Upon extensive review of existing IT EBK and what new measures needed to be taken, Homeland Security came to the conclusion that a comprehensive approach information security including the steps of manage, design, implement, and evaluate would best serve to safeguard against future threats. Manage: calls for the oversight of security programs to come from the highest levels of chains of command with constant focus on “ensuring its currency with changing risk and threat” (2007, p. 9). Design: calls for analyzing a program to assess what types of “procedures and processes” will best direct its successful execution. Implement: refers to how programs and policies are instituted within the company. Evaluate: this final step calls for a final critique of the new program or policy’s successful ability to [achieve] its purpose (2007, p. 9).
2. Homeland Security also recommended a “Competency and Functional Framework for IT Workplace Development” that placed strong emphasis on a clear chain of command and communication with clear job titles and IT employee roles being placed into a group of Executive, Functional or Corollary employees (2007, p. 17).
3. The report stressed the primary role of “the IT Security Compliance Professional is . . . overseeing, evaluating, and supporting compliance issues pertinent to the organization” (Homeland Security, 2007, p.16). Thus, the report logically concluded that IT professionals must know and be able to properly define terms such as evaluation, compliance and assessment in order to properly perform their duties (p. 14).
Propose three cybersecurity benefits that could be derived from the development of a strategic governance process. Select the benefit you find most important and explain why.
The National Computing Centre points out that there are numerous benefits to having a rigorous strategic governance process in place. Among them, increased transparency and accountability which leads to an “improved transparency of IT costs, IT process, [and] IT portfolio (2005, p. 6). This increased transparency and accountability also leads to an “improved understanding of overall IT costs and their input to ROI cases” which in turn often brings about “an increased return on investment/stakeholder value” (p. 6). Finally, the authors point to the fact that with increased transparency comes increased accountability and companies avoid “unnecessary expenditures” (p. 7).
Discussion 2
Categorize the roles described by the Information Technology Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK), in terms of executive, functional, and corollary competencies. Select two of these roles that you believe enhance the security countermeasures of an organization the most and justify your response.
As mentioned previously, Homeland Security’s 2007 report emphasized the importance of properly .
How to Secure your Fintech Solution - A Whitepaper by RapidValueRapidValue
This whitepaper delves into the security and privacy challenges that are core to Fintech companies and explains how one should go about formulating the security strategy for the Fintech initiative. It also brings into perspective, the various technical aspects of the secured environment from a Fintech point-of-
view.
Enterprise Information Security Architecture_Paper_1206Apoorva Ajmani
1) The document discusses Enterprise Information Security Architecture (EISA), which provides a comprehensive approach to implement security architecture across an enterprise aligned with business objectives.
2) Implementing EISA has advantages like protecting the organization from cyber threats by identifying vulnerabilities, integrating security tools, and boosting stakeholder confidence, but faces challenges like identifying all organizational assets, prioritizing investments, customizing security tools to business processes, and changing organizational strategy.
3) The key steps to implement EISA include conducting a current state assessment, identifying critical assets and threats, designing and testing risk treatment plans and security controls, and periodically reviewing and updating the architecture.
OT Security Architecture & Resilience: Designing for Security Successaccenture
The document summarizes key discussions and takeaways from an OT cybersecurity summit. It includes quotes and summaries from various sessions on topics like the importance of prioritizing cybersecurity, achieving cyber resilience through architecture, innovations and trends in OT networks, applying standards like IEC 62443, common resilience myths, centralizing OT security management, and the role of automation. The document encourages readers to review the on-demand content from the summit and contact the author's team if they have any other questions.
The document outlines 4 key lessons for security leaders in 2022 based on a survey of 535 security professionals.
1. Modernize the security operations center with strategies like zero trust, automation, security information and event management tools, and additional training/staffing.
2. Prioritize obtaining a consolidated view of security data from multiple sources across complex cloud environments.
3. Rethink approaches to supply chain security threats in light of hacks like SolarWinds and improve visibility of lateral network movement.
4. Continue building collaborative advantages between security, IT, and development teams using approaches like DevSecOps that integrate security earlier.
A survey of nearly 100 companies found that most had nascent or developing cyber risk management capabilities, with 45% at the nascent level and 34% at the developing level. A robust level of maturity requires both qualitative and quantitative risk evaluation and defined security governance with clear accountability. Most technology executives say that cyber threats are increasing faster than their ability to defend against them and struggle to manage security capabilities holistically. As cyber security becomes more embedded into business functions, controls can be tighter with less friction while protecting high value assets.
Talk to executives in IT divisions of large enterprises about security and invariably the conversation will hover around
DevSecOps pipeline.
Is DevSecOps the only thing you need to do for security in your IT division or is there more?
What impact does bringing in secure culture in an engineering context mean?
What handshake is needed between the IT function and the security / risk function for large enterprises?
How does this impact roles and responsibilities of a developer?
This talk is an attempt to answer questions such as these using a real world examples of transformations seen in Fortune 100 companies.
Does Anyone Remember Enterprise Security Architecture?rbrockway
The concept of Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA) is not new (Gartner 2006), yet the numbers from the past several years’ worth of breach data indicates that most organizations continue to approach security on a project by project basis or from a compliance perspective. This talk will refresh the ESA concept and communicate tangible and realistic steps any organization can take to align their security processes, architecture and management to their business strategies, reduce business risks and significantly improve their overarching security posture.
This document discusses how disruptive technology trends in 2013 such as cloud computing, social media, big data, and mobile device adoption will impact information security programs and strategies. It identifies gaps that security teams need to address to keep pace with these innovations, including boosting business and risk management skills, building relationships with middle management, tackling IT supply chain issues, and developing technical action plans around cloud computing, social media, big data, and mobile device competencies. The report provides perspectives from C-level security executives on how to navigate the changing landscape and ensure information security teams have the right skills and strategies to enable innovation over the next year.
1) Security by Design is a proactive approach to incorporating security measures into systems from the beginning of development to create robust and resilient systems that can withstand threats.
2) Implementing Security by Design is important because threats are becoming more sophisticated and systems are more complex, so security needs to be integrated into the design process to properly address vulnerabilities.
3) Neglecting security can lead to data breaches, reputational damage, and compliance issues, while Security by Design allows organizations to identify risks early and cost-effectively, gain customer trust, and meet legal requirements.
The document discusses information security management systems (ISMS) and provides guidance on building an ISMS within an organization. It addresses that an ISMS requires participation from all employee levels and commitments to establish and implement the system. An ISMS should combine necessary elements according to business needs and be guided by ISO security standards and compliance regulations. The document then illustrates a practical approach for building an ISMS as a reference for organizations.
Strategically moving towards a secure hybrid itAvancercorp
The document discusses strategically implementing secure hybrid IT systems. It notes that security has traditionally not been a priority in IT integrations. As organizations now utilize both on-premise and cloud-based systems, identities, data, and skills need to be managed securely across environments. The document advocates embracing hybrid IT by strategically defining a comprehensive security framework. It concludes that traditional perimeter security is no longer sufficient and recommends shifting to an identity-focused approach and utilizing experts to help integrate secure hybrid solutions.
2006 issa journal-organizingand-managingforsuccessasundaram1
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Five Essential Enterprise Architecture Practices to Create the Security-Aware Enterprise
1. Five Essential Enterprise
Architecture Practices to Create the
Security-Aware Enterprise
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2. The Enterprise Architect is :
Ideally Positioned to Help
Improve IT Security.
Security efforts need to help the business achieve its
objectives while reducing risk, whether the
enterprise wants to:
Launch a new Web site.
Create a database.
Build a collaboration platform.
Embrace mobility.
Move to Cloud computing.
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3. Everything with which the Enterprise Architect
is charged speaks directly to business
alignment–across technologies, workflows
and roles!
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4. The Enterprise Architect’s
Charges* Include: :
Supporting enterprise goals.
Helping build and support business processes.
Enhancing organizational structure and culture.
Designing sustainable IT systems and applications.
*All of which must be done with security in mind.
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5. Business Alignment Falters When
!
Security is Bolted on, not Built in.
Despite the importance of IT security in keeping data
and enterprise systems secure and ensuring that the
enterprise operates within regulatory compliance
requirements, the tendency is to add security onto systems
after they‘ve been built.
Or worse, after they‘ve been deployed.
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6. The High Cost of Failure !
Generally, it is much more difficult to add security to a
system after it has been designed or once deployed than it is
to build it right to begin with.
Worse yet, bolt-on approaches are more likely to lead to
costly security failures, such as breaches:
High Price of a Security Failure
Cost of a data breach $214 per compromised record
Average cost per data breach event $7.2 million
Source: Ponemon Institute U.S. Cost of a Data Breach report, 2011
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7. Driving Coordination, Effecting Change
Building inherently secure applications and systems requires
tight, open and upfront coordination among many groups.
Enterprise architects are in the position to drive that
coordination and effect the required change that depends on it.
Because their work is so integral to business alignment−and to
driving the agility the enterprise requires to deliver better
business service–enterprise architects have a firm
understanding of how systems are being deployed, as well as
knowledge of the business objectives behind these systems.
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8. Thus: :
The enterprise architect can drive value in aligning security
teams, quality assurance teams, developers, the office of the
CIO, and business managers and executives.
All those parties — in conjunction with the enterprise architect
— must work together to ensure that the focus and resources
necessary to maintain a secure IT posture are in place.
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9. Still, This Won’t Be Easy . . . …
This may be the first time all of these groups work together early
in the solutions creation process. Expect tension. For instance:
Security teams may request certain controls that could seem
onerous to others involved in the effort (including enterprise IT
architects).
Developers may view security as a roadblock at times–and
shun its input.
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10. Taking the Lead, Breaking Bad Habits
59 percent of enterprise development teams are not
following quality and security processes "rigorously"
:
when developing new software.
26 percent have few or no secure software
development processes.
Only 48 percent claim to follow audit procedures
rigorously.
More than 70 percent felt that there was insufficient
security guidance for key technology models such as
cloud, virtualization, mobile devices and mainframes.
Presented by Source: Creative Intellect Consulting, “The State of Secure Application Lifecycle Management.” The report was
based on a survey of software development, IT and information security professionals around the world.
11. ―We‘d like to see organizations taking a multi-faceted
”
approach to tackling the…security challenge.
‗Secure by Design and Practice‘ should be the call to action
adopted by organizations to address the software security
challenge more directly.‖
—Bola Rotibi, founder of Creative Intellect Consulting
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12. Five Essential Enterprise Architecture
Practices to Create
the Security-Aware Enterprise
1. Get executive sponsorship.
2. Foster a collaborative environment.
3. Pick, at first, easily attainable projects.
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4. Evaluate security risks during planning & design.
5. Build security processes into workflow.
13. Step 1: Get Executive Sponsorship
In order for enterprise architects to get security, operations
and other teams to work cohesively together, it‘s helpful to
insert executive leadership into the process, so they can set
business objectives and expectations across teams. Should
security processes or communications break down, executive
leadership can reiterate those processes‘ importance to the
business.
Without such political cover, efforts can quickly fray and
fall apart.
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14. Step 1: Get Executive Sponsorship
Setting the stage for the integration of security through the
development process will change how new initiatives are built,
and how the operations work together. Win political
sponsorship to get started by:
Showing business leaders the threats against the company.
Demonstrating how integrating security into a product or
application from the start can reduce risk.
Demonstrating areas where cost of securing systems can be
reduced through integrating security processes with design.
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15. Step 1: Get Executive Sponsorship
This level of sponsorship should be easier today than it was
just a few years ago, as security is reporting less often to
the CIO‘s office and increasingly to the board of directors.
That‘s a level of recognition for their work that can‘t be
ignored by any other groups associated with a project:
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16. Step 1: Get Executive Sponsorship
The Changing Reporting Structure for CISOs/Equivalent
Information Security Leaders
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP: 2011 Global State of Information Security Survey
* This calculation measures the difference between response levels over a three-year period from 2007 to 2010.
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17. Step 2: Foster a Collaborative
Environment, Starting with the
Security Team
Encourage information security‘s involvement as an enabler.
Engage with the CISO‘s office as a consultative resource to
evaluate the business risk of new initiatives and have the staff
propose alternatives for reducing that risk.
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18. Step 2: Foster a Collaborative
Environment, Starting with the
Security Team
What would collaboration entail?
Example: A new application is to be built. The enterprise
architect can bring the security team into the picture during the
design phase to evaluate access controls, secure architecture
and deployment, and how such things as data
encryption, digital certificates and other components could be
built to optimize security and regulatory compliance for this
effort and to apply to future efforts as part of a wider EA
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blueprint.
19. ―Most organizations‘ enterprise IT architects find that they
”
are constantly battling with the information
security groups rather than truly consulting with them.‖
—CISO at regional healthcare provider.
They translate IT security personnel’s natural caution as
meaning that the group default is to just say no.
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20. Step 3: Start with Easily
Attainable Projects
As this is probably the first time that groups ranging from
security to development have collaborated from the start of
a project, it‘s advisable that the initial project not be a
major business initiative. An easy win, or a couple of easier
wins, in the beginning will help teams to learn how to work
together and get processes right, and build a foundation of
credibility and trust.
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21. Step 3: Start with Easily
Attainable Projects
Consider small-in-scope projects, such as a focused
departmental initiative. Examples include helping a team
build security into the initial design of:
A mobile application for a select group of field workers.
A new database for emerging market customers.
A new e-commerce application dedicated to a particular
segment of B-to-B clients.
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22. ―Whenever trying to effect organizational change, it's
”
always smart to start smaller, perfect those processes,
and then apply them more broadly over time.‖
— Pete Lindstrom, Research Director at the market
research firm Spire Security.
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23. Step 4: Evaluate Risks During
Planning & Design
Enterprise architects should focus on ensuring that the
group lets the security team do what it does best: find and
evaluate risk. If it's a database front-end being deployed on
tablets, as a simple example, have the security team do the
vetting and report back to the enterprise architect and the team
for remediation.
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24. Step 4: Evaluate Risks During
Planning & Design
To rank risks and develop ways to mitigate them,
ask the following questions: ?
How might the deployment of new technologies potentially
introduce vulnerabilities and compromise workloads?
How is the data being collected and/or access classified?
What job roles are permitted access?
What credentials will be used for authentication?
Has the application code had a security review?
What industry or government regulations come into play?
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25. Step 5: Build Security Processes
Into Workflow
Over time, the practice of designing security into new
initiatives will become part of the organizational fabric.
Security, operations and the enterprise architect‘s office will
learn how to work effectively together.
Processes will be put into place that will improve the overall
IT security of the organization.
Checkpoints will be put into place so that the risk posture of
new initiatives can be evaluated as they move from design
through production.
After a few successes and lessons learned, the processes and
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procedures put into place can be used throughout the
organization on all new initiatives.
26. In Conclusion: :
Security coordination driven from the enterprise architect will:
Help align security with business objectives.
Secure new initiatives more cost-effectively.
Develop successful security processes that can be replicated
throughout the organization.
Lead to a decline in the risk of data breaches.
Lead to an increase in regulatory compliance.
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27. The End-State: :
―I firmly believe that having an enterprise architect who is a
partner of the information security group (and vice versa)
removes a number of barriers to the design and deployment of
new solutions and allows them to be delivered quickly within
policy guidelines and with acceptable levels of risk.‖
—Enterprise architect, global engineering company
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