On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) introduced the new, revised version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for their 300,000+ supply chain contractor organizations. This new version development effort, which started in March 2021, was the culmination of DoD’s program review of the CMMC endeavor enacted…
Nowadays, we are seeing that information is being exposed to a variety of risks, as a result of an increasingly interconnected environment. Digital threats such as ransomware and phishing attacks are becoming more common and sophisticated, and this is making the implementation and updating of information security controls and processes…
As the technology that surrounds us keeps evolving rapidly, the level of its complexity is increasing as well, leading to potential misuse. Prioritizing data protection is becoming very prominent. Not everyone can study the field and understand all details, however, reading a book to learn portions of it will do…
In April 2021, the IT Security Act 2.0 was passed by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. Among other things, the regulation provides for changes in connection with the protection of critical infrastructures (KRITIS). For example, KRITIS companies are confronted with the expansion of their reporting obligations. CARMAO GmbH…
In January 2014, SAE International, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers, classified the future of the automobile. A system was developed defining six levels of automated driving from SAE Level Zero (no automation) to SAE Level 5 (full vehicle autonomy). It has since become one of the most…
In order to completely fulfill the business needs driving the development of 5G by the 3GPP standard organization, 5G uses and introduces technology enablers that transform 5G networks into cloud-based, programmable, software-driven, service-based, and holistically-managed infrastructures, utilizing enablers such as cloud technologies, Artificial Intelligence, open APIs, and Multi-access Edge Computing.…
Discussions around work-life balance and burnouts are one of the most common. Due to the flow that the world is operating at, whatever your job may be, most industries are becoming notoriously demanding, with roles carrying vast pressure and responsibility. To quote Nigel Marsh in his TED Talk on this…
When I was asked to contribute to the Success Story portion in this edition of PECB’s Insights Magazine, I wondered what I would be talking about. First of all, what is success and have we really experienced a success story? This gave me an opportunity to meet with the Abilene…
It’s three-quarters of a century since ISO brought the world’s standards bodies together to commence its operations. When ISO held its first meeting in 1947, countries around the world were rebuilding and people were looking for ways to turn a dire situation into something more positive. They set out with…
As a veteran security practitioner, I can attest that the cybersecurity and information security landscape has evolved dramatically in the last 30+ years. At the beginning of my career in IT, the ability to recover data from a hard disk drive was just starting to become possible, and the first…
