ISSA 2011 Information Security Industry Agenda

ISSA 2011 Information Security Industry Agenda
The information security industry is made up of many moving parts.  One of the most important parts are the people –the information security practitioners.  From risk managers, to the CISO, to end-users and consumers, to technology managers and auditors – all have an important day-to-day role in protecting information and information systems.  So what should the industry, the security practitioner industry, take on as an Information Security Industry Agenda for 2011?  As the ISSA represents you and over 10,000 other security practitioners worldwide, this is an opportunity for you to establish, gather support, and generate influence industry wide on information security issues you face today and see in the future.  We’d like to ask you to participate in the development of this agenda by reading the draft attached to this discussion, adding your comments and reactions and collaborating with your peers.
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Can a US National Trusted Digital Identity Infrastructure Really Work?
Since the beginning of the use of the Internet back in the 80’s we have struggled with the lack of a centralized infrastructure to provide trusted digital identities to enable individuals and organizations to complete online transactions with confidence, trusting the identities of each other and the infrastructure on which it runs.  As a result, many have argued that we should have a nationalized digital identity infrastructure.  Why would that be useful?
 
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In the ISSA Journal: Maddening Methods: Fundamentals of Risk Assessment and Analysis
 
Considerable confusion exists in the security industry around the effectiveness of risk assessment and analysis methodologies. Points of contention often focus on specific attributes of a given method, such as data quality, statistical analysis, or a qualitative versus quantitative approach. There are reasonable, viable answers to these points of contention that resolve most of these concerns.
 
Read the article in Connect and ask Benjamin Tomhave (ISSA member, Northern Virginia Chapter) a question and leave your thoughts for your fellow ISSA members.
 
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