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Regulators Approve New Cybersecurity Reporting Rules

New changes will decrease the amount of time an organization has to report incidents to regulators and customers… An article review. Citing the increasing frequency and pace of cyberattacks in recent years, the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the OCC ha...

CISA To Study School Cybersecurity Risks

President Biden recently signed a bill tasking the agency with evaluating the unique risks that schools face… An article review. Taking note of the unique challenges educational institutions face in securing their networks, President Biden has signed a bill into law ...

New Chinese Law Highlights Disclosure Debate

Questions about China’s new disclosure laws only highlight the uncertainty about disclosure in general… An article review. China recently made waves in the security world by announcing a new set of data security laws, one of which has added new fuel to a long ...

A Cloud Security Reminder

Many organizations still fail to consider the unique risks posed by cloud computing… An article review. Last month thousands of Western Digital MyCloud device owners learned about the risks of cloud-based solutions the hard way: their data had been wiped remotely du...

What a Decade of Breaches Looks Like

Over Seven Billion Usernames Have Been Leaked in Breaches Since 2011… An article review. An unfortunate fact of modern life seems to be the inevitable announcement of new data breaches, and if you’ve lost track of how many breaches you’ve had to perform ...

When New Technology Brings New Risk

Machine learning is here to stay, so how do we assess its risk? An article review. When it comes to assessing technology risk, there seems to be as many methods as there are attack vectors… but what happens when an entirely new field opens up? When it comes to mach...

As Ransomware Proliferates, Response Time Drops

A new study shows organizations are responding to cyber attacks faster than ever, so why is that bad news? An article review. When it comes to cyber attacks, the sooner an organization can begin to respond to an attack the better, so the results of a new study showing a d...

‘Disrupted’ Employees: The New Insider Threat?

Employees working from home may find it more difficult to follow security policies… An article review. The surge in employees working from home during the pandemic created many headaches for IT departments around the world, many of whom had no telecommuting policies...

New Study Shows the Impact of Fleeceware

Dubious app store subscriptions bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue… An article review. When it comes to malicious applications you’re probably familiar with things like malware and ransomware, and you have ways to avoid them. Modern desktop a...

When it comes to Security Incidents, Phishing is Still King

While malware and security exploits continue to make headlines, the majority of reported security incidents involve phishing… An article review. With all the attention given recently to security incidents involving software exploits and high-profile malware attacks,...

Article Reviews

Regulators Approve New Cybersecurity Reporting Rules

CISA To Study School Cybersecurity Risks

New Chinese Law Highlights Disclosure Debate

A Cloud Security Reminder

What a Decade of Breaches Looks Like

When New Technology Brings New Risk

As Ransomware Proliferates, Response Time Drops

‘Disrupted’ Employees: The New Insider Threat?

New Study Shows the Impact of Fleeceware

When it comes to Security Incidents, Phishing is Still King

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