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Archive - Security Thought Leadership

Identifying Emerging Risks

Each year, industry and government experts invest significant time and resources to analyze known attack behavior and to predict what threats are likely to emerge in the coming year. Find out what thought leaders are saying about trends resulting from sophisticated malware attacks, Web 2.0 technologies, and financially motivated hackers, and what to expect in 2009.

"Just because a technology is new doesn't mean it can't be managed."
- Gerald Charles, Jr., Executive Advisor, Public Sector Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco
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Cisco 2008 Annual Security Report

2008 Cisco Federal IT Security Survey

This year's report reveals that online and data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication.
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Five IT Priorities for 2009

What unfinished business from 2008 must information technology address before tackling the 2009 agenda?
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Evolving Cybersecurity Faces a New Dawn

Could the U.S. be on the verge of new advances in cybersecurity?
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Critical Infrastructure Central to Cyber Threat

The conventional thinking that has driven defense efforts over the past century is becoming irrelevant in today's networked world.
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Report on New Cyber Threats

Report co-author and cyber threat expert joins Federal Security Spotlight to discuss details of Cisco's annual report on new cyber threats.
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Five to Watch

What technologies do federal IT chiefs have their eyes on for 2009?
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Two Views on the Department of Homeland Security

Two former DHS execs, Amit Yoran and Dwight Williams, discuss the future of cybersecurity
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What Happens Next? 20 Expert Views

Gain perspective on how the worlds of business and government will take shape in the long term.
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Details on President's Security Plan

Details of the Comprehensive National Cyber Security Initiative emerge from a senior federal official.
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Webcast: Web Threats Don't Discriminate

Large and small IT departments need to be equally prepared for changes in threats to business information and continuity.
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SANS Security Lab: 2009 Security Predictions

View this collection of predictions about the future of security for computers, networks, and information.
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Emerging Security Threats Report for 2009

Find out what the latest Georgia Tech Information Security Center report has to say about the top threats to data security in 2009.
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Interactive Cisco IT Security Forum

Learn about the biggest current and emerging security risks, and hear expert recommendations for preventing them.
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Federal Leaders Recognized for Strengthening the Government's Cyber Security Front

A Tribute to the 2008 Government Information Security Leadership Award (GISLA) Winners
By W. Hord Tipton CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA

The 2008 GISLA Program, marked this year by its five-year anniversary milestone, was established as part of (ISC)2's effort to recognize the ongoing commitment by federal information security leaders to build a highly qualified and ethical workforce. Nominees in each of the four categories were judged based on how well the nominees demonstrated innovation, leadership, project definition, and management, as well as their strategic and tactical goals and mentoring initiatives.

(ISC)2 and the community are honored to be able to shine a bright spotlight on the work, dedication, and service of the 2008 winners.

For more information on the GISLA Program or to submit a nomination, visit www.isc2.org/gisla.

Hord Tipton, a former CIO at the U.S. Department of Interior, is the executive director of (ISC)2.

Cisco joins Hord in extending a hearty congratulations to the winners. Read More

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