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7 Things You Should Know About WPA2 KRACK Vulnerability

Announced over a week ago, weaknesses found in the WPA2 wi-fi protocol has the news and social media in a stir. In all the chatter that has come out on the topic, I found myself asking more questions after reading each article.

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Preparation puts you ahead in incident response

You know it's common sense, but is it common in your workplace? I had the opportunity to attend a webinar covering incident and breach response and...

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Want stronger passwords? Understand these 4 common password security myths.

Fahmida Y. Rashid at CSO online recently wrote an article on passwords that's worth a look at. She takes the approach of disrupting our current...

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If Everything is Important...

"If everything is important, then nothing is." ― Patrick Lencioni We’ve all seen this concept applied to time management and other decision-making...

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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...

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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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