Seeking compliance in a mobile world
09/10/07
When Thomas Weisel Partners went public last year, it forced some dramatic changes in how the San Francisco-based investment-banking company approached IT ¿ and in CSO Beth Cannon¿s job description. She recently completed an 18-month retooling of the policies and procedures the company follows for everything from managing change to using mobile devices. Looking ahead, she sees a new crop of threats on the horizon that target the mobile devices that many of the firm¿s 650 employees use daily.

Equifax ratchets up security
04/30/07
As one of the three big credit-reporting agencies in the country, Equifax keeps personal and financial data on 300 million consumers. Here are the steps it took to strengthen its security.

Why MassMutual's security chief doesn¿t have to outrun bears
02/28/07
Bruce Bonsall, security lead at MassMutual Financial Group since 1991, says one of the best changes in the financial industry over the years has been increased collaboration to fight IT threats. That's not to say, though, that he doesn¿t want his company's level of security to be a differentiator. "There is an old saying that explains if you are hiking in the woods with a friend and a bear attacks, you don¿t have to be able to outrun the bear, you just have to be able to outrun the friend," says the CISO for the Springfield, Mass., company. "If we have better security than the company down the street, then it's more likely they are going to get attacked." Bonsall, who has 50 people in his charge and oversees management of some 3.4 million identities, recently shared more of his thoughts on network security with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie.