Government Information Security Podcast

In this exclusive interview, Sen. Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security, discusses:

Tom Carper has held elective office for 32 consecutive years, ever since 1976 when Delaware voters tapped him to be state treasurer. In 1982, the Democrat was elected to the House of Representatives. After serving five terms in the House, voters elected him as governor in 1992 and again in 1996. Carper was elected to the Senate in 2000 and reelected in 2006. Besides chairing the subcommittee that provides oversight for federal government information security, Carper heads the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee and serves on the Finance Committee. He also is the Deputy Whip of the Senate's Democratic Party majority.

This is the news from the fifth annual Identity Fraud Survey Report from Javelin Strategy & Research. In an exclusive interview, James Van Dyke, Javelin founder and President, discusses:

In an exclusive interview, James Van Dyke, Founder and President of Javelin Strategy & Research, discusses the implications of the Heartland case, offering insight on:

Van Dyke is founder and president of Javelin Strategy & Research. Javelin is the leading provider of independent, quantitative and qualitative research for payments, multi-channel financial services, security and fraud initiatives. Javelin's clients include the largest financial institutions, card issuers and technology vendors in the industry.

That said, job opportunities for information security students abound - in both the private and public sectors.

In an exclusive interview, Dr. Peter Stephenson, CISO at Norwich University, discusses:

Stephenson is a writer, consultant, researcher and lecturer on information assurance and risk, digital investigation and forensics on large-scale computer networks. He has lectured extensively on digital investigation and security and has written or contributed to 14 books and several hundred articles, in major national and international trade, technical and scientific publications. He is the Associate program director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program at Norwich University and is a research professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, also at Norwich.

To help prevent these crimes - and to help banking institutions to protect their customers - Linda Foley, founder of the Identity Theft Resource Center, discusses:

Linda Foley founded the Identity Theft Resource Center with Jay Foley in 1999. The nationally recognized victim assistance and public education organization was established in response to an epidemic rise in identity theft crimes. Today, Linda is acknowledged as an expert on identity theft issues.

At a time when risks are high and consumer confidence is low, corporate boards of directors aren't paying nearly enough attention to information security and cyber threats.

This is the key takeaway from a new Carnegie Mellon University CyLab survey, which shows that there is a "gaping hole as wide as the Grand Canyon" in board and senior executive oversight of these critical business issues.

Read more about this survey in an article by Linda McGlasson.

To understand this study, we spoke with its author, Jody Westby, Adjunct Distinguished Fellow at CyLab and CEO at Global Cyber Risk. In an exclusive interview, she discusses:

Jody Westby received her B.A., summa cum laude, University of Tulsa; J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center; Order of the Coif. Drawing upon a unique combination of more than 20 years of technical, legal, policy, and business experience, Jody Westby brings a seasoned, multidisciplinary perspective to the many issues facing businesses and governments today in the areas of privacy, information security, outsourcing/offshoring risks, cybercrime, and IT business risk management. She regularly consults with governments, private sector executives, and operational personnel on the development of enterprise security programs that dovetail the technical, legal, operational, and managerial considerations.

Prior to forming Global Cyber Risk, Ms. Westby served as senior managing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), specializing in outsourcing and cyber security/privacy issues. Before that, she was president of The Work-IT Group, launched an IT solutions company for the CIA, managed the domestic policy department for the world's largest business organization, was senior fellow and director of information technology (IT) studies for one of the nation's leading think tanks, practiced law with two top-tier New York firms, and spent 10 years in the computer industry specializing in database management systems.

In this exclusive interview, W. Hord Tipton, Executive Director of (ISC)², discusses:

Career trends in information security;

W. Hord Tipton is the executive director for (ISC)², the global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers. Tipton previously served as president and chief executive officer of Ironman Technologies, where his clients included IBM, Perot Systems, EDS, Booz Allen Hamilton, ESRI, and Symantec. Before founding his own business, he served for five years as Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of the Interior.

In this exclusive interview, Spafford discusses:

In the wake of the arrests of 11 hackers tied to the TJX data breach, security experts everywhere are warning of bigger, bolder threats to come.

So, what should banking institutions have learned from TJX-style breaches, and what can they do now to protect their customers and critical financial/informational assets?

In this interview, former FBI agent Eric Fiterman, founder of Methodvue, offers: