The security function needs SMART metrics

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: September 24, 2014
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The security function needs SMART metrics

Our manager has learned to love metrics and finds them useful as the new
security operations center gets off the ground.
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A Mobile Security Checklist

A modern mobile IT strategy is no longer an option, it is an absolute necessity.
Here's how some of the nation's most progressive corporations are meeting the
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. New Brunswick licks identity management with virtual directory
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694518/19/

2. Research: Predicting crime with anonymized mobile data vs re-identifying users is easy
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694519/20/

3. Google to turn on encryption by default in next Android version
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694520/21/

4. Fiberlink wipes one smartphone or tablet every three minutes
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694521/28/

5. Salesforce warns customers of malware attack
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694522/29/

6. Once your car's connected to the Internet, who guards your privacy?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694523/30/

7. Federal CIOs must reframe security around data, access
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694524/31/

8. Healthcare.gov still lacks some basic security controls
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694525/32/


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New Brunswick licks identity management with virtual directory

What started as a single provincial department's effort to roll out a virtual
directory now helps government employees and citizens access about 150
applications. Find out how New Brunswick solved what could have otherwise been a
big federated identity management problem.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694518/34/

Research: Predicting crime with anonymized mobile data vs re-identifying users is easy

Researchers in one study claim that anonymized mobile data can predict crimes,
but another group of researchers claim re-identifying users via location data is
easy.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694519/35/

Google to turn on encryption by default in next Android version

Google is turning on data encryption by default in the next version of Android,
a step that mirrors broad moves in the technology industry to ensure better data
security.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694520/36/

Fiberlink wipes one smartphone or tablet every three minutes

A study of 130,000 devices managed by Fiberlink's MaaS360 showed that 450 mobile
devices are wiped every day as part of a corporate security policies. That's
about one device every three minutes.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694521/37/

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Needle in a Datastack: The Rise of Big Security Data

Big data holds many answers, but only if an organization has the capability to
harness the ever growing amounts of security information. In deploying a SIEM
solution to analyze this data, organizations can repel advanced threats in
real-time as well as spot the stealthy, dormant threat.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694527/38/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=4714d2d5

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Salesforce warns customers of malware attack

Salesforce.com users are being targeted by a new version of a computer Trojan
that has typically attacked online banking customers until now.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694522/39/

Once your car's connected to the Internet, who guards your privacy?

As more mobile devices connect to in-car infotainment and diagnostic systems --
and cars wirelessly connect to other vehicles, automated homes and roadways --
where you are and what you're doing in your car could suddenly become very
public.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694523/40/

Federal CIOs must reframe security around data, access

An ambitious government IT push toward cloud, mobile and shared services stokes
concerns about security challenges from insider threats and disappearing network
boundaries.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694524/41/

Healthcare.gov still lacks some basic security controls

Healthcare.gov lacks several basic cybersecurity controls -- including strong
passwords and consistent security patching -- nearly a year after the troubled
launch of the insurance-shopping website, a government auditor said.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9024809/823929840/694525/42/



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