The Internet of Things

A Business-integrated Approach to Incident Response

Author: Hari Mukundhan

With the significant increase in the rate of cybersecurity incidents worldwide, the financial impacts due to these incidents have also soared.

Back to the Future in Device Security: Leveraging FIPPs to Proactively Manage IoT Privacy and Security Risk

Authors: Doron Rotman, Chris Kypreos, and Sarah Pipes

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an unknown set of forces. One known is that IoT-connected devices will generate exponential levels of new data leading to powerful insights.

Internet of Things—The Fate We Make for Ourselves

Author: Jim Seaman

The fantasy once associated with science fiction films is becoming increasingly similar to modern life.

Real-life Risk Theory

Authors: Mette Brottmann, Klaus Agnoletti, Morten Als Pedersen, Ronnie Lykke Madsen, Michael Rosendal Krumbak, and, Thor Ahrends

Most IT professionals know the theory and importance of addressing and mitigating risk. Daily resource limitations and task prioritisation.

Revising Cybersecurity Skills for Enterprises

Authors: Ivo Ivanovs and Sintija Deruma

Cyberspace is a virtual environment. Today, it does not matter which device is used for connecting to the Internet.

Risk and Ethics in Cyberspace

Author: Wanbil W. Lee

Risk and Ethics in Cyberspace. How to minimize the vulnerability, eliminate the threat or mitigate the risk associated with the problem.

The Criticality of Security in the Internet of Things

Author: Rebecca Herold

For the past several years, and a lot of research, writing and speaking has been focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and the smart devices that are used within it.

Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing as an Enabler of New Business Models and Start-ups—Aligning On-demand SME Needs Through Cloud Computing

Author: Angelique Schouten

As a free and simple cloud-based contract management application for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Information Ethics: Transparency and the IT Professional

Author: Vasant Raval

The word transparency originated in the field of engineering. It has to do with the physical property that allows the transmission of light through a material.

Information Security Matters: Cybersecurity for a “Simple” Auditor

Author: Steven J. Ross

A few issues back, I wrote about the US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. In that article, I pointed out that the framework conflates information security and cybersecurity, which I believe should be differentiated.

IS Audit Basics: Auditors and Large Software Projects, Part 3: Can Auditors Prevent Project Failure?

Author: Ed Gelbstein

This column focuses on a serious concern to business managers: What causes large software projects to have huge cost and timescale overruns and/or fail to meet expectations or.

The Network: Nickson Choo

Author: ISACA

What has been, or do you anticipate being, the biggest compliance challenge in 2015? How will you face it?