By Jon France, CISSP, CISO at (ISC)². Following our last quarterly meeting with our Board of Directors, Jon began to think about what a CISO should present, how to present it and, of course, what you hope the key takeaways are.   Board priorities are clear – protect the organisation, discharge duty of care, grow the business and set or correct strategic direction, but what and how does the CISO tell the board what the cyber landscape is?   The purpose of a Board – like the (ISC)² Board of Directors – is to consider strategic directions, bring expertise, balance risk and have fiduciary responsibility and duty of care. They need relevant information, opinions and insights on how to discharge their

On August 1, several changes will be made to the CCSP exam. We are excited to share that the CCSP exam will be available in four more languages. Currently, the CCSP exam is available in English and Japanese. We will also be offering the CCSP exam in Chinese, Korean, German and Spanish beginning in August.   In addition to these new languages, we will be updating the length of the CCSP exam. As announced earlier this year for the CISSP exam, 25 pre-test (unscored) items will be added to the exams in all languages. These items do not impact the pass/fail result of a candidate’s exam, but they are indistinguishable from operational (scored) items, so if you’re taking the exam, you

The (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter was awarded the bronze award for its initiatives and activities in the category of Public Cybersecurity Awareness at the Greece Cybersecurity Awards 2022 by Boussias. The event, a first of its kind in Greece, highlighted two cybersecurity categories: Cybersecurity Projects Per Industry Sector and Cybersecurity Projects Per Solution. The chapter was one of the winners among 33 awards given.  The chapter was recognized for its efforts in promoting awareness of cybersecurity to the public and creating educational materials to train children and families. The (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter members volunteer and work together to provide free trainings to the community. To date, they have conducted 11 trainings educating more than 500 individuals.   The Chapter has created animated

By John Iliadis, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP, CMgr MCMI, CRISC. John is an IT Infrastructure Manager; he also serves as a Board Member of (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter. Opinions expressed herein do not express the views or opinions of any third party or employer. Cloud migrations probably evoke emotions of love and hate at the same time, to most cybersecurity professionals. Going cloud (or not) presents a kind of dilemma that was first expressed some 400 years ago. Hamlet was the first one, To Cloud or Not to Cloud? The past ten years have been a turbulent period. Global financial crises emerged, while the Great Digital Transformer (aka COVID-19) doesn’t want to part company with us; at least not yet. “The greatest danger in

Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity for Cambridge Quantum, recently spoke with Fierce Electronics about quantum cybersecurity and where it’s headed. In the interview, Duncan referred to quantum as “a boogeyman for cyber,” but said “it’s also going to help us as well.”   With rapidly advancing technology, as many as 80% of cyber pros believe that quantum computers will become powerful enough over the next few years to break current encryption methods. For organizations looking to prepare for the threat of quantum and figure out the best path forward, Duncan will be presenting on how to protect your organization against threats to encryption – before “Q-Day” arrives.   In his upcoming (ISC)² SECURE Webinar, The Threat and Promise of Quantum