Can the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Security Principles Advance Cyber Resilience?

A few weeks ago, the World Economic Forum (WEF) met in Davos, Switzerland where an expert working group issued a report “Advancing Cyber Resilience: Principles and Tools for Boards.” It is touted as a first-of-its-kind resource to support board of directors and CEOs on cyber security and cyber resilience strategy. The WEF’s principles and tools…

IDG Contributor Network: Putting the privacy into cybersecurity at DHS

Security and privacy have an awful lot in common; both disciplines care deeply about the confidentiality of personally identifiable information. Attend a cyber-security conference or a privacy conference, you are likely to hear the same catch phrases “[Security/privacy] is best addressed at the earliest stages of system development, not at the end when retrofitting requirements…