Trustmark Mutual Holding Company, a national employee benefits provider, has selected Britt Lindley as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
It is becoming clear that enterprise security depends not only on implemented solutions, but also on how well-tuned internal processes are in terms of communication between departments, hiring, training of personnel and budgeting.
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE) published a report that documents the failure of eight federal agencies, over the course of two administrations, to address vulnerabilities in their IT infrastructure.
Late last year, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigations released its Cybersecurity Strategy report, which starts by observing that current IT strategies aren’t working.
More than a quarter (27%) of enterprise IT departments in the US are forced to wait at least a month before installing vital security updates, due to budgetary restraints and overly complex infrastructures.
A company is never able to predict when or by what means it may be targeted in a cyberattack, but it can prepare a robust response plan in the event of a breach. That response – contingent on the team, corporate processes and the technology that supports them – will ultimately determine whether a company ends up on the front page of The New York Times next to Equifax with its clients’ information on the Dark Web.
