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The Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs) -- a little-known group of non-profits, government contractors, commercial entities, and government agencies -- has recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind global infrastructure to support distributed, integrated identity management and cross-credentialing across organizations. The implementation combines several existing security technologies along with a set of trusted models, policies, and operating rules to insure the accurate identity of personnel accessing physical sites or logical systems.

Becoming the chief information security officer (CISO) of a corporation makes you a strategic IT advisor to business management, the chief information officer, and the rest of the information technology staff. Just as no company is the same as another, the job of CISO -- or alternately, "chief security officer," which might include physical security as well -- isn't either. The four security professionals who share their priorities with us make it clear there's nothing cookie-cutter about the top IT security job.

It was two close calls that changed how Rob Israel thought about encrypting the data on his users' laptops.

Online scams that lure online banking and e-commerce customers to phony Web sites and trick them into giving up sensitive account information have been a mainstay of online criminals for years. However, the increase in so-called spear-phishing attacks is new, as is the increasing sophistication of the software they use to penetrate enterprise networks.

Markets and money are imperfect metaphors for security metrics when it comes to risk analysis. But, as CSO's discussion with Kellogg School finance professor Kathleen Hagerty demonstrates, security experts can learn from economists how to look at risk as a collection of factors that account for events both real and anticipated

Markets and money are imperfect metaphors for security metrics when it comes to risk analysis. But, as our discussion with Kellogg School finance professor Kathleen Hagerty demonstrates, CSOs can learn from economists how to look at risk as a collection of factors that account for events both real and anticipated.

Survival of the fittest may work in the animal kingdom, but grooming the next generation of CSOs requires a substantial investment of time, a sincere interest in employee development and a dash of humility. Are you ready for succession planning?

The castle-and-moat era of information security is over: Now it’s described as woven cloth, submarines, onions and Snickers bars. How will CSOs translate nutty metaphors into secure worldwide systems?

When it comes to budgets, less can be more. Here are seven tips for discovering how to squeeze every bit out of yours.

Months after the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic paralyzed this picturesque city, Toronto this week opened its arms to a different kind of virus outbreak -- this time of computer virus experts.