Every organization has a planning and budgeting cycle. Planning is what enables organizations to prepare for the future, address and manage opportunities and threats, identify and...
cybersecurity
PCI Compliance in the Real World
What would you do with $27.5 billion dollars? If you had 27.5 billion dollars, you could buy 916,667 cars at $30,000/each or 137,500 houses at $200,000/each. What’s special about...
Dissecting a Data Breach Notification and How to Avoid Having to Write This Message
Public companies are required by law to report data breaches. These carefully written data breach notifications are often vague. For example, Blackbaud, a company that handles...
Is Your Cybersecurity a Plus or Minus for M&A Valuations?
Would I be correct in assuming that if you are considering a Merger or Acquisition (M&A) you want the “right” valuation that works for both parties? For decades, the M&A due...
How Three Basic Defenses Help You Avoid Web Server Breaches
Perhaps you heard that chipmaker Intel corporation was recently the victim of intellectual property exfiltration web server breach? An anonymous source leaked a folder of highly...
Stay on the Cutting Edge of Cybersecurity Awareness Training
You have probably heard the phrase “situational awareness”, the idea of being aware of what’s going on around you when it comes to your physical security. It is just as important to...
How Business Leaders Can Reduce the Cyber Fog
Why does cybersecurity seem so confusing, complex, and costly? These are some of the questions we often hear when working with business leaders. Every business leader we know wants...
My Take on the TikTok Tizzy
TikTok is kind of fun. It’s like the new Vine (https://vine.co) of the 2020s. People (mostly teenagers, amongst its 65 million US users) make short videos that are funny or sexy or...
Why Penetration Testing Should Be Incorporated into the Development Life Cycle
You can’t assess risk without knowing what your vulnerabilities are. How do you ensure that vulnerabilities don’t slip through the cracks when your system or software is under...
Do You Have a Cyber Attack Prevention Plan? Why You Can’t Afford to Wait Another Minute.
Adapt or die is definitely the mantra of the moment. Multiple global events in play today are certainly pushing organizations to adapt faster. Whether adding barriers and sign in...