Attackers increasingly focus on software vulnerabilities in what application security expert Anthony Lim calls "the invisible onslaught." How can the CISO exert more control over software development?

Attacks are more frequent, severe and complex. How can security pros defend against the entire attack continuum - before, during and after? Cisco's Bret Hartman describes a threat-centric approach.

Enabling the secure sharing of patient data is a key aspect of work under way to modernize the Department of Veterans Affair's VistA electronic health record system, says Jim Traficant of ASM Research, which is leading an infrastructure project.

BYOD poses some of the biggest privacy and security risks facing the healthcare sector, but the efforts of the new IBM/Apple alliance could help address concerns about using personally owned mobile devices, says IBM's Dan Pelino.

To detect and deter today's threats, security teams need new and dynamic data analytics capabilities. Haiyan Song of Splunk discusses the analytics-enabled SOC and how to improve incident response.

"United we stand; divided we fall." That's the message from Art Coviello to kick off the 2014 RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan in Singapore. What advice does the RSA chair offer to global security leaders?

Enterprises should test the processes they establish to respond to advanced persistent threat attacks, just as they vet their business continuity plans, ISACA International President Robert Stroud says.

Solutionary is out with its quarterly threat intelligence report. Topping the list: the exploitability of the Heartbleed bug, and the current malware trends. Rob Kraus teases the report's highlights.

Sorting through the privacy issues involved when giving patients access to their healthcare records via a Web portal is a challenging task, says federal adviser Micky Tripathi, who outlines some of the key issues involved.

What is the consumer impact of big data breaches such as Target's and P.F. Chang's? Victims blame the breached entities, and they want government action, says Al Pascual of Javelin Strategy & Research.