Understand how to simplify your compliance projects with our free demonstrations

With the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in effect, many organisations need to understand what personal data they process. To help them, Vigilant Software offers free demonstrations of its software tools: vsRisk™, Complia… Continue reading Understand how to simplify your compliance projects with our free demonstrations

Getting Your Organization Up to Speed With SAP GRC

There’s a gowing disparity between IT professionals and the C-suite regarding SAP GRC concerns. Bridging this gap of understanding is the first step toward an effective compliance strategy.

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Save time and money this summer with Vigilant Software

We have a special offer on our software tool vsRisk™ until the end of September. Purchase the ISO 27001 ISMS Documentation Toolkit, vsRisk risk assessment software tool and one year’s support to save up to £400. The vsRisk Standalone b… Continue reading Save time and money this summer with Vigilant Software

How Self-Assessment Can Help You Avoid a Data Breach

Your business can avoid a data breach by using self-assessment tools to plan your cybersecurity approach. Doing so empowers you to focus on making the headlines with good news. Here’s how.

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DHS to unveil National Risk Management Center

The Department of Homeland Security will on Tuesday unveil a new interagency center to help critical-infrastructure firms assess the risk that a ceaseless stream of cyberthreats pose to their networks. The National Risk Management Center is meant to be a one-stop shop for helping private companies manage their cybersecurity risk – and develop ways to mitigate it. Officials are expected to announce the center at a conference in New York City on Tuesday that will feature Vice President Mike Pence, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and other cabinet officials. The new initiative follows months of public statements from DHS officials about the need to better understand cyber risk spread across sectors.  Effectively assessing risk requires “visibility into an often-opaque supply-chain process and a clear understanding of the threat,” Jeanette Manfra, DHS’s top cybersecurity official, said in April. With the private sector telling DHS it needs more actionable threat data, the department has […]

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How vsRisk can simplify your ISO 27001 risk assessment

An ISO 27001 risk assessment is at the core of your organisation’s ISMS (information security management system). The Standard is explicit in requiring that a risk management process be used to review and confirm security controls in light of reg… Continue reading How vsRisk can simplify your ISO 27001 risk assessment

The Shared Security Podcast Episode 77 – Personal Risk Assessments, Stingray Surveillance Devices

This is the 77th episode of the Shared Security Podcast sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode was hosted by … Continue reading The Shared Security Podcast Episode 77 – Personal Risk Assessments, Stingray Surveillance Devices

It only takes 6,000 smart phones to take down our Public Emergency Response System?

There are fewer scenarios which illustrate an evildoer’s heart than those designed for mass carnage. We are all familiar with the false alarm (human mistake) of the Public Emergency Broadcast system in Hawaii earlier this year, which wreaked hav… Continue reading It only takes 6,000 smart phones to take down our Public Emergency Response System?

Application Security Attacks: Will New NYDFS Regulation Protect NYC Financial Institutions?

New regulation requires all financial institutions in New York City to conduct thorough risk assessments for application security and other IT issues and implement programs to address those risks.

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The Compliance Crisis: A Compliance Officer Faces an Outdated Risk Management Framework

Follow along with risk and compliance officer Frank Roth as he endeavors to fill in the gaps of an outdated (and incomplete) risk management framework in his new role at a utility company.

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