The good news is that Indian banking institutions are leaders in information security training. The bad news is that the banks are among the few industries to embrace training and education, says Anil Dhawan of Aditya Infotech Limited.

PCI Council's Jeremy King says guidance tackles data collected via phone communications.

Healthcare organizations should provide their staffs with training on how to guard against identity theft regardless of whether they must comply with the federal Red Flags Rule, says fraud prevention expert Jeremy Miller.

King says new guidance tackles data collected via call centers and other telephone communications.

The announcement by RSA that it had been a victim of an advanced persistent threat shook the global information security industry. Stephen Northcutt of SANS Institute and David Navetta of the Information Law Group offer insight on what happened, what it means and how to respond.

Hackers target RSA's SecurID products, leading federal IT policymakers question America's preparedness for cyberattacks, new House bill would reform federal IT security governance and why Ohio state government decided to standardize on NIST IT security framework.

It's serious news that RSA's SecurID solution has been the target of an advanced persistent threat. But "It's not a game-changer," says Stephen Northcutt, CEO of SANS Institute. "Anybody who says it is [a game-changer] is an alarmist."

ChicagoFIRST's Brian Tishuk says local lessons can be learned from Japan, especially within the financial, government and healthcare sectors.

Global banking institutions can learn from Japan's disaster planning and response. And a sophisticated cyberattack is launched against RSA, targeting the security unit of EMC's SecurID two-factor authentication products.

"Persistent" is the operative word about the advanced persistent threat that has struck RSA and its SecurID products. "If the bad guys out there want to get to someone ... they can," says David Navetta of the Information Law Group.