November 19, 2008 - Tom Field

As wild as the end of 2008 has been, I can't get my mind off 2009.

This is because I'm just now helping to put the finishing touches on our annual State of Banking Information Security survey, which helps us take the pulse of the banking/security community, so we can gauge the priorities for the year ahead.

Last year - the survey's first - we quickly determined that customer confidence was a huge topic for banking institutions, and see how that's played out this year....

November 18, 2008 - David Schneier

I was watching CNN this morning, and one of the stories they covered was that of President-elect Obama's selecting his cabinet. In a poll taken regarding this topic, 41% of respondents identified the Secretary of the Treasury as the most important position to be filled; Secretary of State was a distant second at 25%. Think about that for a moment ...

It really shouldn't come as any great surprise, as polls like this one often reflect what's occupying everyone's mind, and these days it's all about the economy....

November 12, 2008 - Tom Field

OK, so first came the subprime mortgage debacle, and it was bad.

Then came the global credit crunch, and it was worse. Reading the economic tea leaves, the feds in October swept in with a $700 billion economic relief package designed to bail out some of the nation's troubled financial institutions. So, then we saw:...