02-07-2016 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com

A federal CISO may be the shot in the arm that private sector cybersecurity needs

GUEST: President Obama is expected to appoint the U.S. government’s first-ever federal CISO soon. It’s a long overdue, but welcome, move that means we’ll finally see Washington take real action on cybersecurity. But, in a lot of respects, it feels like too little, too late.
Over the last several years, we’ve seen cyberattacks and digital threats explode in volume and impact. Hackers used to be basement-dwelling nuisances; now, they’re globally-organized, sometimes s
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