Info Risk Today Podcast

Elayne Starkey, the state of Delaware's chief security officer, no longer micromanages how cloud services providers secure state data. Find out why she's giving providers more leeway in defining security requirements.

In an exclusive interview, Sergey Golonvanov, a threat researcher at Kaspersky Lab, offers insights about the Russian cybercrime ring that over the weekend made headlines for defrauding banks of up to $1 billion.

The volume of spam messaging is down, but the bogus messages that are getting through? They're more malicious than ever, says Cisco's Jason Brvenik. He shares insights from Cisco's 2015 Security Report.

Mega-breaches, including the recent hacking attack on Anthem Inc. always result in an uptick of interest in cyber-insurance, but determining how much coverage to buy is an ongoing challenge, says data privacy attorney Marc Voses.

What are the top security priorities for healthcare's "CIO of the Year"? Bolstering defenses against phishing, malware and remote attacks head the list, says Sue Schade, CIO at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers.

A new federal cyberthreat intelligence center could help the government build more resilient networks and better identify cyber-attackers, leading to arrests and punishments, says Harry Raduege, a former top Defense Department IT leader.

The Anthem breach, which possibly started with a phishing campaign, is a prime example of how hackers are perfecting their schemes to target key employees who have access to valued information, says Dave Jevans of the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

As hack attacks, such as the breach of Anthem Inc., become more common, it's more critical than ever for organizations to carry out an "adaptive defense model" to protect sensitive information, says Dave Merkel, chief technology officer at FireEye.

PINS can effectively reduce card-not-present as well as card-present fraud, argues Liz Garner of the Merchant Advisory Group, who will be a featured speaker at Information Security Media Group's upcoming Fraud Summit Los Angeles.

Technologies that allow companies to analyze cyberthreats are evolving and soon should provide better intelligence to mitigate attacks, says Jim Anderson, a president at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.