CIS RAM (Risk Assessment Method) Launch & Webinar
CIS RAM (Center for Internet Security® Risk Assessment Method) is an information security risk assessment method that helps organizations implement and assess their security posture against the CIS Controls™ cybersecurity best practices. CIS RAM, a free tool, provides step-by-step instructions, examples, templates, and exercises for conducting a cyber risk assessment. (more…)
CIS Controls 7 CIS RAM
CIS RAM (Center for Internet Security® Risk Assessment Method) was developed by HALOCK Security Labs in partnership with CIS. HALOCK had been providing CIS RAM methods for several years with a positive response from legal authorities, regulators, attorneys, business executives, and technical leaders. (more…)
We Just Gave Away Our Cyber Security Intellectual Property. It was the right thing to do.
Why a Chicago-Based Cyber Security Firm Just Released its Prized IP.
By Chris Cronin, ISO 27001 Auditor, Partner (more…)
Are Your Security Devices HIPAA Compliant?
Would you be surprised to learn that there is no HIPAA requirement that tells organizations to use a firewall? How about an intrusion detection system (IDS)? Nope. And no requirements for a data loss prevention tool (DLP) either, or a proxy server, or even a security information and event management system (SIEM).
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Risk Acceptance Levels: Managing the Lower Limits of Security Costs
Last week I presented a topic here at Halock’s blog site on the Hand Rule, also known as the “Calculus of Negligence.” The basic message of the post was that we can use information risk assessments to help us keep our security costs to a reasonable (more…)
If HIPAA Compliance Seems Too Hard … Then You’re Doing it Wrong. Here are the Basics of Doing it Right.
In April of 2013 the Office of Civil Rights, the branch of the Department of Health and Human Services that oversees compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule, started releasing analysis from their (more…)
HIPAA Security Rule and Fines
Maintaining HIPAA compliance use to not have much teeth behind it. Times have changed, however, as the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is too well aware. (more…)
