Visibility is a critical element to both the physical and cybersecurity universes, says Ron Baklarz, CISO, Amtrak.

A new security paradigm is necessary - one rooted in the practical day-to-day concerns of protecting massive infrastructure for essential national services.

Information, left unattended, will lose its integrity.

CEOs and other business leaders may not know anything about security, but they are given credit for what they do know about how to motivate and lead people.

Security and privacy incidents pose real risks to companies of any size and complexity.

Cybersecurity is one of the greatest societal challenges of the 21st century. It transcends technology and affects our privacy, financial systems, health care, economy and the defense of our country. As technology advances at a quick pace, the world of global business and commerce transforms. The rapid technological revolution has, as a result, created new cybersecurity challenges.

As citizens, we should expect to be provided with a yardstick by which we may measure our confidence in protection. After all, we are not curing cancer, but we are protecting the data that will lead to a cure.

True security cultures are created via a transparent process that offers equal parts of praise and punishment, says Experian's Stephen Scharf.

The role of a security professional in the vendor review process is to help identify which vendors are "critical" to the security of information assets.

The harsh reality is that many companies are unaware of the nature and extent of unauthorized information that is leaving their environment both electronically and physically. However, there are fundamental steps you can take to understand and prevent any potential exposure and risk of leakage of sensitive data.