Pros and Cons of Managed Security Services

August 9, 2009 by ADMIN · 1 Comment

By Bob Violino, Editorial Director at Victory Business Communications

More organizations are using managed security services, where security functions such as vulnerability assessment and network firewall monitoring are offered to clients as a service. These services offer potential benefits to organizations that lack the internal security resources. They also present risks…

A CISO’s Guide to Security Outsourcing

July 13, 2009 by ADMIN · 3 Comments

Daniel Wallace, CISSP, PMP, Information Security Consultant at Grow Forward

While the responsibility for information security’s daily care and feeding can be outsourced, the accountability for compliance, information protection, and assurance will still reside within the organization usually in the CISO’s office.