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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 appetite perspective to the point that there is an agreement in both the current state of risk and...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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