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5 Secrets to Security Success

Of course, that title has already been taken - it's the name of Marshall Goldsmith's 2007 business-focused, self-help bestseller - noted Haroon Meer, founder of South African applied research firm Thinkst, during his opening keynote at the Black Hat...

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Report: Everyone Should Get a Security Freeze

Brian Krebs has frequently urged readers to place a security freeze on their credit files as a means of proactively preventing identity theft. Now, a...

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FFIEC Updates Cybersecurity Expectations for Boards

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's updated guidance for bank examiners, released this week, stresses that executives and boards...

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After Paris Attacks, Beware Rush to Weaken Crypto

The Paris attacks have provoked security questions about whether European countries can - and should - be sharing better actionable intelligence on...

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Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, and Why It's Important

I recently had the opportunity to give a high-level presentation to a group of bank compliance professionals on the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool.

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Spartan Super

I ran the Chicago Spartan Super in September. Wow. I had ran several Spartan Sprints before, but this was 8+ miles with over 25 obstacles

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Healthcare Practitioners: First, do no harm...

First, do no harm: protect your patients' information.

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HIPAA Lessons Learned from an OCR Investigator

[feather_share] I recently had the opportunity to attend a presentation by an OCR Investigator from the Chicago region. It was very interesting to...

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Privacy and Security Training Games

I had a contact of mine turn me on to HealthIT.gov. There is some good content there.

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