Michael Daniel explains that among his biggest challenges as special assistant to the president is fully understanding the economics and psychology behind cybersecurity, topics that few people have mastered.

As the Target breach demonstrated, boards of directors will be held accountable when their organizations are breached. Attorney Kim Peretti offers tips on how to educate boards about security issues.

Apple's forthcoming iOS 8 includes a number of useful new security and privacy features, says Symantec threat researcher Candid Wueest. But there are missing features he'd still like to see implemented.

Christopher Augustin, new CIO at First Data, brings both a Wall Street and a start-up perspective to this role. How does he expect to incorporate security to enable the next generation of payments tech?

Can a smart phone increase your privacy and security while remaining both highly usable and attractive to buyers? The inaugural Blackphone is testing that question for consumers and businesses.

No single security solution is enough to defend against today's multifaceted exploits. So it's time for a new holistic and cooperative approach to information security, says Bob Hansmann of Websense.

Former NSA information assurance leader Tony Sager goes on the road to the Black Hat USA security conference to promote the notion that no one should try to solve cybersecurity threats alone.

Millions of user credentials are breached regularly - whether we hear of the incidents or not. So, why do we continue to rely on passwords? Derek Manky of Fortinet discusses authentication and data retention.

When it comes to incident response, organizations don't lack threat intelligence. They lack the automation, tools and the skilled staff to act on that intelligence, says Craig Carpenter of AccessData.

That Russian hackers may be hording 1.2 billion credentials merely reflects the insecurity of the world we live in today, says David Perry, threat strategist at the Finnish IT security company F-Secure.