Should Organizations Be Operating Outside of Their Risk Appetite?

Organizations should know where to draw what may be a new line in their risk appetite, so they can weigh the amount of risk they are willing to take in the pursuit of their business objectives.

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Businesses Underestimate COVID-19 Cybersecurity Risks

COVID-19 has been impacting the world for at least five months, and cybercriminals have not let up in their attempts to manipulate the crisis for their own gain. For example, in the week before Easter—the original hoped-for date to “re-open” the countr… Continue reading Businesses Underestimate COVID-19 Cybersecurity Risks

Build a Culture of Holistic Risk Awareness Throughout Your Workforce

Here are several strategies for building a culture of risk awareness throughout your workforce in such a way that workers aren’t just looking for specific threats, but are also thinking holistically about risk at all times.

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Does Your Security Awareness and Training Program Account for Changing Work Environments?

A shift to remote working demands security awareness and training programs quickly pinpoint an active people-centric strategy to address the needs of changing environments.

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Cybersecurity and COVID: 5 Lessons

Without belaboring the point, there are many similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and cybersecurity. We can learn from the response to the COVID pandemic lessons about cybersecurity. We Know It Is Coming For decades, public health planners have b… Continue reading Cybersecurity and COVID: 5 Lessons

Automating to Prevent Security Misconfigurations During and After a Crisis

Security Misconfigurations in the Pandemic – and What to Do About Them Change has never been a friend of network security. Neither has complication. Right now, we have too much of both. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented shift… Continue reading Automating to Prevent Security Misconfigurations During and After a Crisis

Achieve Flexibility in Business Through Digital Trust and Risk Management

Flexibility in business is a core competency. Information security can contribute to it by creating digital trust and high-performing teams who are well-trained in risk management.

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Businesses Skating on Thin Ice Using Third-Party Services

Every year businesses lose millions of dollars in data breach incidents. A survey by Ponemon Institute revealed a 3% increase in third-party data breaches in 2018, with 59% of companies experiencing a breach due to third parties in 2018. And more than… Continue reading Businesses Skating on Thin Ice Using Third-Party Services

Why Cybersecurity Should Be Your Company’s Next Social Good Investment

Focusing on security is a social responsibility every company should take to protect its consumers and its data, for the benefit of all In his annual letter on corporate governance, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink doubled down on the concept that companies c… Continue reading Why Cybersecurity Should Be Your Company’s Next Social Good Investment