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Comparing your Cyber Risk Appetite to Motorcycle Racing - WHAT!?!
How do you communicate cyber risk to management and the board at your organization? Has it been effective? Is everyone on the same page from a risk...
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What to do about Equifax Breach?: Freeze your Credit (and how)
We've had clients, friends, relatives, etc. ask us what they should do about the recent Equifax breach and the answer is pretty simple: get a credit...
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Beware Equifax-Based Phishing Schemes
In the aftermath of the Equifax breach, everyone should be on high alert for subsequent social engineering attacks. I would expect LOTS of phishing...
SIEM challenges: Why your security team isn’t receiving valuable insights
I thought this was an interesting article as I've seen some banks struggle with the reporting mechanisms in their SIEM. Something to look at if you...
Video Blog: CISO Intangibles The Importance of Good Communication
It's tough to be effective as a CISO if you can't get your message across to other areas of the bank. How you do it is important as well. This video...
SSAE-16 / SSAE-18: What's the Difference?
This past spring (as of May 1, 2017), the AICPA updated their Service Organization Controls testing standards from the SSAE-16 to SSAE-18.
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3 Questions Successful Security Leaders Should Ask
Today's security executives are increasingly expected to possess a strong business acumen in addition to their expertise in managing risk. This means...