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Why outsourced cyber defenses create systemic risks

Outsourcing security may feel efficient, but one weak vendor can spill risk everywhere — turning a smart shortcut into a shared, global headache.

By Maman Ibrahim

Dec 23, 20259 mins

IT ManagementOutsourcingRisk Management

Articles

The danger of unmanaged security service providers

By Robert Covington

Sep 6, 2016 5 mins

OutsourcingSecurity

The risk of offshoring security

Outsourcing across all industries has become commonplace, but as the InfoSec Institute's Kim Crawley points out, the economical and security issues of such a trend may cause irreparable damage

By Kim Crawley

Mar 4, 2014 9 mins

IT StrategyOutsourcingTechnology Industry

How to evaluate the risk of outsourcing locations

IT organizations, CIOs and CSOs don't contract and outsource to countries, they contract and outsource to companies. Given that, it's time to stop assessing location-based risk in a vacuum because sometimes the riskiest suppliers may have the most innovative solutions

By Stephanie Overby

Jun 18, 2013 4 mins

Data and Information SecurityEnterpriseTechnology Industry

Philippine BPO Industry Hails Senate'S Passage of Cybercrime Bill

Philippine BPO industry hails Senate's passage of cybercrime bill

By Phoebe Magdirila

Feb 8, 2012 2 mins

CybercrimeLegalTechnology Industry

Offshoring and Security: IT Managers, Network Admins Divided on Risk

By Stephanie Overby

Oct 25, 2011 3 mins

Data and Information SecurityEnterpriseTechnology Industry

Kenyan Banking Security Regulation Spurs Growth of Data Centers

But no sign whether banks will offer services to third parties

By Rebecca Wanjiku

Oct 10, 2011 3 mins

Financial Services IndustryGovernmentTechnology Industry

India Exempts Outsourcers From New Privacy Rules

Foreign companies sending data to India will also not be covered under the rules

By John Ribeiro

Aug 24, 2011 3 mins

Data and Information SecurityOutsourcingTechnology Industry

Outsourced and Fired, IT Workers Strike Back

Laid-off IT pros list their reasons for filing suit against Molina Healthcare, its former CIO and its outsourcer

By Patrick Thibodeau

Aug 22, 2011 1 min

Data and Information SecurityHealthcare IndustryTechnology Industry

Outsourced and fired, IT workers fight back

By Patrick Thibodeau

Aug 16, 2011 11 mins

CIOData and Information SecurityTechnology Industry

NHS Scotland Overhauls Security with New Sign-on System

In one of the most significant security roll-outs in recent NHS history, patient health records at Scotland’s 1,300 GP practices and 97 hospitals are to be secured using Imprivata’s desktop single sign-on (SSO) system, OneSign 4.5, NHS Scotland has announced.

By John E Dunn

Aug 3, 2011 2 mins

Data and Information SecurityGovernmentTechnology Industry

India's HCL Questioned in Phone Hacking Scandal

India's HCL Technologies has been questioned by the U.K. Parliament's Home Affairs Committee inquiring into a phone-hacking scandal, following allegations in Parliament that the outsourcer was involved in destroying data on behalf of News International, the company at the center of the hacking investigation.

By John Ribeiro

Jul 27, 2011 2 mins

Data and Information SecurityOutsourcingTechnology Industry