Should IT and Security Teams Play a Role in Crisis Communications?

Australian IT and security teams should play key roles in communications during outages and cyber attacks; they also need to be prepared to act when such a tech-related crisis occurs. Continue reading Should IT and Security Teams Play a Role in Crisis Communications?

Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

How are cheerleaders being creeped out by deepfakes? What might Tinder tell potential dates about your murky past? And how should companies respond to the press when a security breach occurs?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

How are cheerleaders being creeped out by deepfakes? What might Tinder tell potential dates about your murky past? And how should companies respond to the press when a security breach occurs?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #219: Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

Black Friday data breach raises concern

Black Friday data breach raises concern Almost every week we hear of a new cyber attack affecting yet another household brand. This week Amazon was hit with what they called a ‘technical error’ days before the much-anticipated Black Friday … Continue reading Black Friday data breach raises concern

When Brand Reputation is on The Line: Five Tips for Crisis Communications

Any business needs to be prepared for crisis communications. From product failures to how an organization handles a natural disaster—emergencies can have a severe impact on a business’s reputation and performance.
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How crisis communications factor into a cyberattack

The epidemic of security breaches is escalating globally across all sectors of business, yet only half of CISOs and CIOs are ready with a crisis contingency plan and have the secure communications to implement one. What are we waiting for? After many high-profile cyber attacks that have brought down brands like Equifax, JP Morgan Chase and Yahoo!, most companies still haven’t implemented a company-wide crisis strategy. According to a recent global study conducted by Ponemon for IBM Resilient, 77 percent of respondents admit they don’t have a formal cybersecurity incident response plan (CSIRP) that is applied across their organizations, despite 65 percent agreeing that the severity of cyber attacks has increased and part of the severity stems from the longevity it takes to rebuild communications and infrastructure. Regardless of clear awareness of the risks and skyrocketing damages to companies who have suffered a cyber attack – which are expected to […]

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