Information security and risk management are pursuits of brutal self-reflection. The most logical business decisions come from facing ugly truths.

Before any business spends a dime on infosec or risk management, company leadership should start…

Rook Security in SECOPS

Mar 18, 2014

10 Attributes of a Leading Security Operations Center (SOC) in 2014

I was asked by Rob Westervelt of CRN what top ten things our clients are doing to improve their security operations capabilities leading into 2014. Here is what I shared:

Rook Security in SECOPS

Sep 12, 2013

ISC2 Webinar Attendees — MSS Options

If you’re an (ISC)2 member, you may have participated in the webinar (MSS Options) and listened to one of Rook’s thought leaders, J.J. Thompson, lend his insight into the subject.

Rook Security in SECOPS

Dec 17, 2012

After the Storm — Cleaning up After a Malware Incident

One of our thought leaders, JJ Thompson, recently discussed malware incident response on the ISC2 webinar “After the Storm — Cleaning up After a Malware Incident”. If you missed it, you can listen to the replay at…

Rook Security in SECOPS

Jun 7, 2011

RSA Offers Replacement Tokens…

RSA chairman Art Coviello wrote in an open letter an offer to replace RSA tokens for customers with “…concentrated user bases typically focused on protecting intellectual property and corporate networks.” This was an effort to regain customer’s trust in the technology that…

Rook Security in SECOPS

Nov 29, 2010

Exploring Clinical Zones

In a Healthcare environment, you find many challenges when it comes to security controls. Different systems have to be handled in specific ways, due to federal regulations. If you don’t have a plan to organize your controls, it can get rather confusing and overwhelming. In this week’s…

Rook Security in SECOPS

Jul 21, 2010

Whiteboard Ad — Data Loss Prevention

Continuing our Ad Spoof series, Rook wanted to focus on a threat that most businesses face on a daily basis, Data Loss Prevention. With cell phones, laptops, and wi-fi capabilities, a company’s sensitive data is always at risk. A Rook solution can identify those…