Important Updates to the GLBA Safeguards Rule – How Might it Affect Your Company?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
has been vaguely requiring financial institutions to use “reasonable” security controls since 1999. That is about to change. (more…)
What is Reasonable Cyber Security?
NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit: What is Reasonable Cyber Security?
The panel provided an overview of the risk-based analysis process that substantiates the method, and presented the legal, regulatory, and security best-practice history that informs the method. Each participant presented why the method successfully substantiates the term “reasonable” in their work and provided anecdotes that illustrate how it has been used on (more…)
FTC Workshop to Examine Safeguards Rule
HALOCK partner, Chris Cronin, will be participating as a panelist in the FTC Safeguards Rule Virtual Workshop.
The session, “The Costs and Benefits of Information Security Programs” (more…)
The Current Challenge of Remote Work and Privacy
Prior to the pandemic outbreak, some 5.2 percent of U.S. employees worked remotely on a full time basis according to the U.S. Census. (more…)
The Sedona Conference Draft Commentary on Proactive Privacy and Data Security Governance
On June 24, 2020, an online panel of WG11 drafting team members discussed their June 2020 draft Commentary
, (more…)
A Summary of DBIR 2020 – Where the Data Breach World is Today and How to Prepare for IT
The annual 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was recently released and we would like to summarize some of the key trends found in the report. The Report takes a granular look at threat actors (bad guys) and the tactics they used to carry out the breaches and security incidents of the last year. (more…)
CMMC 101: The Basics of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
WHAT IS CMMC? CMMC which stands for ‘Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification’ is the upcoming required standard for all contractors and suppliers that work with the Department of Defense (DoD). (more…)
M&A: The Cyber Risk of Business
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is profound – every business has been touched, forcing many to explore how their organizations adapt to the new economy. Some industries have bigger challenges due to the nature of their business – travel and lodging, restaurants, transportation, oil and gas and more due to social distancing ordinances. (more…)
Cyber Insurance Carriers Are Insuring the Wrong Thing
By Chris Cronin
Cyber security insurance is rapidly becoming a staple for cyber security risk management. Organizations are increasingly transferring cyber security risk to insurance carriers who will cover costs that result from a cybersecurity breach. (more…)
