Lyndon Bird, technical director of the Business Continuity Institute, praises the ISO 22301 standard for business continuity, calling it "An end to uncertainty." Learn about the emerging standard.

Eighty-five percent of data breaches go undetected, but organizations have a new type of cop on the beat to ferret out these illicit activities - the data scientist, says Phil Neray, head of security intelligence strategy and marketing for Q1 Labs, an IBM company.

When it comes to fighting financial fraud, Peter Tapling of Authentify says banking institutions are chronically underestimating and under-utilizing one key resource: Their own customers.

The House is getting ready to vote on a slew of cybersecurity bills, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies' James Lewis provides the skinny on the measures and their chances of passage.

Securing the massive amounts of data swamping organizations, a trend known as big data, can be addressed, in part, by organizations simply getting rid of data no longer needed, Grant Thornton's Danny Miller says.

Organizers of health information exchanges must guard against underestimating the amount of time it takes to tackle privacy issues, says IDC's Lynne Dunbrack.

What's the best strategy for communications after a data breach, like the one suffered by Global Payments Inc.? Bob Carr, CEO of Heartland Payment Systems, discusses what to say in the weeks following a breach.

To respond to a security incident, an organization must first be aware of it. But too many intrusions go undetected, says Rob Lee of SANS Institute. That's the first problem that needs to be addressed.

One of the biggest mistakes companies make after a major data breach is communicating with the news media, consumers and others before all the facts are clear, says attorney Ronald Raether.

"Regulation drives spending," says George Tubin of GT Advisors. "You're in a situation where the regulators are telling you, 'You have to do something; you have to make improvements.' Therefore, the bank has to spend some money on technology."