Cybersecurity

Sponsored MediaPRO recently released its "State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report," revealing evolving progress and challenges in employees' security awareness and workplace privacy knowledge in the wake of tougher laws like GDPR and the new California Consumer Privacy Act...

The New York SHIELD Act will go into effect in just a few weeks, so if your organization serves residents of New York, the time is now to make sure your company is in compliance with the law. Guidepost Solutions’...

New privacy laws are popping up state by state, regulation around data privacy continues to expand in the EU and attention on cybercrime is at an all-time high. Coalfire’s Adam Shnider explores what the coming decade may bring. The trend...

Whistleblower cases may be the next trend in cybersecurity litigation. Morrison & Foerster’s Kristen J. Mathews, Mark David McPherson and Janie Schulman discuss various measures and best practices for companies in guarding against potential liability. While there has (understandably) been...

What does the next major terrorist attack look like? 9/11 spurred an overhaul in security against physical harm, but many organizations are still woefully underprepared for terror’s latest iteration: cyberattacks. Kroll’s Alan Brill and Eric Thompson discuss how organizations can...

Mark Sangster, a cybersecurity expert from eSentire, considers recent data breaches and how the response to them is formulated largely by some key, innate human biases. Mark provides insights on how to reshape security and compliance policies to instead address...

With the average cost of a data breach in 2019 as high as $3.9 million, it’s imperative for companies to understand the increasing risks, rising costs and expanding customer turnover rates associated with breaches – and to plan accordingly. Nelson...

Nearly half of companies remain noncompliant as we near the 13th anniversary of the PCI DSS, and these organizations are at serious risk of data breaches and regulatory fines. Ground Labs’ Steven Cavey provides an overview of the standard and...

New Template Maps Risks and Presents them to Business Professionals with the Goal of Securing the Organization Against Tangible Threats New York, NY (July 29, 2019)  – Cynet today announced The "Security for Management" template, available to cybersecurity professionals to...

Most organizations’ security and data protection efforts are seriously lacking – particularly when it comes to the human element. Abacus Group’s Jonathan Bohrer outlines three components of a successful cyber compliance program: education, protection and monitoring. Hardware, software, networks and...

Fact is often stranger than fiction. Cybersecurity professionals know that for sure. Abacus Group’s CTO, Paul Ponzeka recommends these books to enlighten, educate and entertain cybersecurity pros and others interested in the topic. Cyber War: The Next Threat to National...

Every company should be expecting a security breach at some point. MetricStream’s Vibhav Agarwal discusses the importance of tackling cybersecurity directly and what risk-focused executives must do to avoid disaster and position their organizations for success. In a world where...