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2020 was a significant year for individuals and businesses alike. It was a year in which all aspects of our lives were drastically affected, exposing our collective fragility and increasing feelings of fear and uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak forced people’s lives to move online, both at work and in person,…
New guidance on cybersecurity frameworks just published. As our world gets increasingly digitalized and interconnected, the threats of cyber-attacks rise with it. Organizations need resilient and secure systems and processes in place to protect them, and an effective solution is a cybersecurity framework. Two new ISO guidance documents have just…
What Every Healthcare Organization Should be Doing Now Healthcare has always intrigued me, not just as a career choice but as a patient. The amount of technology to support the patient experience, improve clinical outcomes, and support value-based care is enormous. While COVID-19 has forced healthcare institutions to pause on…
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TAKES A NEW APPROACH TO CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENTS What is CMMC? Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new cybersecurity standard and a requirement soon to be seen in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that will affect its entire supply chain, including all…
In Hollywood films, cybercrime is usually portrayed as the modern-day Western where the bad and good nerds shoot code at each other instead of bullets. The reality is far more mundane. Most of the time, data breach incidences occur simply due to negligence or avoidable mistakes by employees. According to…
What Will Underpin Organizations’ Cybersecurity Priorities in 2021? My days working in and then with law enforcement began when personal computers were becoming more mainstream and the interconnection of computer systems around the world began with a USA Department of Defense project (ARPANET) and then a project out of CERN.…
Curious to know what to look out for so that you do not fall prey of cybercriminals? Take a look at some cybersecurity must-reads that will help you develop your skills and support your career! Cybersecurity is a quickly evolving industry, and new technologies are day by day bringing new…
ARE PEOPLE REALLY THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE INFORMATION SECURITY CHAIN? This question sounds familiar, right? Indeed, information security is often considered as a chain, and everyone knows that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link is. Starting from this metaphor, it seems like a good idea…
There is a saying that has been the backbone of many cybersecurity scams over the past 20 years, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time.” With this in mind, cybercriminals have been modifying and reusing tried and tested methods…
The increasing rate of cyberattacks on organizations around the globe has produced huge financial gains for cybercriminals. The vast number of threats includes “Insider attacks,” “Malware,” and now the emergence of COVID-19 threats to mention a few. If these threats are not addressed, there is a likelihood that some organizations…
